Abstract
This thesis aims to contribute to the research on the effect of subject area knowledge on
the quality of translation focusing on a sports field: football. An experiment was
conducted with a sample of university students in which they were divided into two
groups: the experimental group and the control group. During the experiment, both groups
took a pre-test translation task. Then, the experimental group participated in a 4-week
special training program in the field of football. The control group continued their normal
education in the department. Following the training program, both groups took a post-test
translation task. Results were evaluated in terms of three categories: translation quality,
terminology, and accuracy. The result of the pre-test translation task shows that there were
no significant differences between the two groups. However, the result of the post-test
translation task shows that there were significant differences between the two groups and
also there were significant differences between the pre-test and post-test translation
results of the experimental group. It was observed that experimental group participants
who went through the training program performed better results compared to control
group participants. This thesis aims to help emphasize the importance of subject area
knowledge training in the translation process by focusing on football which to my
knowledge, has not been studied in translation studies in terms of the effect of subject
area knowledge.
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