The Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) has announced that Regaip Minareci is the 2023 recipient of the Talât Sait Halman Translation Award, presented in memory of Talât Sait Halman to support high-quality literary translations.
Following the evaluations of the Selection Committee, it was decided to award the 40 thousand TL prize to Regaip Minareci for her translation of Jenny Erpenbeck’s novel Kairos from German, published by Can Yayınları.
'TRANSLATED INTO TURKISH WITHOUT ANY LOSS OF MEANING'
In a statement released by İKSV, it was noted: "The fragmented, disjointed sentences and shifts in time have been successfully conveyed, and slang terms have been translated into Turkish without any loss of meaning. The comprehensive footnotes added where necessary contribute greatly to a better understanding of the text by reaching its different layers.
We believe that the striking and experimental structure of the novel has been very well conveyed into Turkish through the meticulous work of experienced translator Regaip Minareci."
WHO IS REGAİP MİNARECİ?
Regaip Minareci was born in Istanbul in 1955. After completing her secondary education in Munich, she studied electronic engineering at the Technical University of Munich. She began her professional career as a translator for the Hürriyet group in 1977.
She held administrative positions for many years as an editor, editor-in-chief, publishing director, and publishing coordinator at various publishing organizations.
Regaip Minareci, who has brought numerous classical and contemporary works into our language from German, is a recipient of the Austrian State Prize for Literary Translation.
News Source: 12punto
