Translation problems in translation of children's literature

As it is known, many new theories about translation studies have emerged recently. While analyzing the literary texts and their translations, these theories have an important role. Gideon Toury?s ?Descriptive Translation Studies? is one of these translation theories. According to this theory, translation activity is held with the help of some cultural norms related with the target culture by the translator. The main aim of Descriptive Studies is to establish these norms, strategic choices made and strategies adopted by the translator(Toury,1995:53). In Toury?s method, the function of translation in the target culture, that is the acceptibality of the text in the target culture is very important. Researches about this subject show that, in translation only a single approach cannot be used during the production of a target text. In this thesis, ?Descriptive Translation Studies? is chosen as a method since it helps the translator to determine the translation problems, translation choices and strategies during the translation process.This study tries to find out how the target-oriented theory operates within literary translation. The main focus will be on children?s literature and its translations. The study consists of three parts.In the first chapter, first general characteristics of children?s literature will be given then the history of translation of children?s literature in Turkey will be studied. Also the dynamics which have affected the development of children?s literature and translated children?s literature after the foundation of Turkish Republic will be given. Lastly, different theories and especially Gideon Toury?s target-oriented theory about translations of children?s literature will be studied.In the second chapter of this study, a short information about the source text Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and about its writer Roald Dahl will be given since the source text and the writer are very important in the translation process. Apart from these, some general information about the translators of the source text and the publishing house of these books will be given.In the third part of this study, in order to show the different translation strategies, the work of Roald Dahl and its two different translations will be analyzed using the features of target oriented approach.