THE FIGURES OF SPEECH IN THOMAS HARDY’S SHORT STORY “ABSENT-MINDEDNESS IN A PARISH CHOIR” AND TRANSLATION STRATEGIES INTO TURKISH

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This study aims to find out the figures of speech in the short story Absent-Mindedness in a Parish Choir by Thomas Hardy and determine the strategies used in the translation of the figures of speech from English into Turkish.13 figures of speech; including simile (7), hyperbole (2), alliteration (1), assonance (1), allusion (1), imagery (1), were found in 8 contexts in the short story.The translation of figures of speech from English into Turkish was analysed according to the strategies put forward by Baker (2018), namely strategies used by professional translators and types of equivalences suggested by Koller (2011).As a result of translation evaluation, it was found that the translator tends to translate the figures by using their cultural equivalences and paraphrasing by related words respecting Baker's translation strategies.Besides, it is worth mentioning that the translator makes no concessions of the tone of the source text and can maintain the equivalency proficiently.Considering the findings of the study and relevant literature, it was concluded that translators can overcome literary difficulties as long as they are aware of the cultural (dis)similarities and translation strategies.