The examination on the transfer of "adjectives intensifying" into German in Yaşar Kemal's novel "Ölmez Otu"

This thesis examines the translation of intensifying adjectives found in Yaşar Kemal's novel Ölmez Otu into German. The primary aim of the study is to analyze the translation strategies employed in rendering these intensified structures into the target language and to identify semantic shifts, levels of equivalence, and formal-aesthetic divergences. The research is grounded in the theoretical framework of equivalence in translation studies. The first chapter outlines the aim, research questions, and scope of the study. The second chapter presents the theoretical framework and provides a comparative analysis of intensifying adjectives in Turkish and German, focusing on their morphological and functional characteristics. Within this framework, four types of equivalence -denotative, connotative, pragmatic, and formal aesthetic- are discussed in relation to the translation of intensifying adjectives. The third chapter identifies instances of intensifying adjectives in the source text and investigates their treatment in the German translation. These cases are categorized into three groups: those in which the intensification is preserved, those where the meaning is conveyed without formal intensification, and those for which no direct equivalent exists in the target language. The final chapter concludes that intensifying structures in Turkish often lack direct formal counterparts in German. As a result, translators tend to rely on contextual or pragmatic strategies to maintain meaning. The study highlights how the structural differences between the source and target languages shape translation choices and illustrates this through concrete examples.