English Translation and Interpreting students successfully presented their graduation projects

Üsküdar University Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of English Translation and Interpreting 4th-year students completed their 2025-2026 Spring Semester graduation projects with a two-day presentation program. Within the scope of the program, students presented their graduation projects, consisting of translation studies article translations, short novel translations, story translations, and translation studies analyses, for the evaluation of the jury members. The academic studies carried out by the students throughout the semester were discussed in detail accompanied by presentations.

Üsküdar University Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of English Translation and Interpreting 4th-year students presented their graduation projects to the jury members in a two-day presentation program. 

Translation projects evaluated with academic criteria

The studies prepared by the students in the field of translation and translation studies throughout the semester were evaluated in line with academic criteria.

The jury included; Head of English Translation and Interpreting Department Prof. Sabri Gürses, Prof. Feride Zeynep Güder, Asst. Prof. Hümeyra Genç, Asst. Prof. Nafi Yalçın, Asst. Prof. Melda Enginsu, Asst. Prof. Gözde Büklüm, Research Asst. Paşa Bayramoğlu and Research Asst. Cansu Civan.

Projects evaluated according to academic criteria

Projects; 

-    Process monitoring, 
-    Academic research quality, 
-    Analytical depth, 
-    Appropriateness of translation strategy, 
-    Methods and techniques used, 
-    Language proficiency,
-    Content quality, and 
-    Formal characteristics were evaluated according to criteria such as.

Suggestions regarding the academic publication process were shared

Following the presentations, jury members made suggestions and evaluations regarding the development of students' graduation projects for public release and their transformation into academic studies. 

Additionally, advice was shared with students regarding academic publication processes and increasing the scientific contribution of their works.

The presented project titles are:

Research Projects:

The Place of Translation Courses in English Language Teaching Programs in Türkiye,

Syrian War Discourses in Translated News Texts: Ideological Representations of Barack Obama and Donald Trump in Turkish Media,

The Harem through Translation: An Analysis of Culture-Specific Items in the TV Series "Magnificent Century" using Aixela’s Framework,

An Analysis of Cultural Adaptations in the Turkish Translation of Roald Dahl’s Children’s Literature Book Fantastic Mr. Fox,

Beyond Words: Understanding Stress, Coping, and Resilience in Interpreting,

Translating Cultural References in the Animated Movie Coco: An English-Turkish Analysis through Venuti and Aixelá’s Frameworks,

Transcreation in English-Turkish Advertising: A Study of the Adaptation of Advertisements’ Slogans

Fictional and Non-Fictional Work Translations:

Being at Peace with Yourself: The Education of Emotions - Nevzat Tarhan, 

Psychology of a Happy Marriage – Nevzat Tarhan 

The Puppeteer - Kemalettin Tuğcu

God's Guest - Kemalettin Tuğcu

Çelebi Mehmed: His Life, Ideal, Struggle - Yavuz Bahadıroğlu

Fatih Sultan Mehmed: His Life, Ideal, Struggle - Yavuz Bahadıroğlu 

Three Days in June by Anne Tyler, 

Heartburn by Nora Ephron, 

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, 

The Diaries of Adam and Eve by Mark Twain,

Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl, 

A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, 

The Sign of Four by Conan Doyle, 

The Curse of the Starving Class by Sam Shepard, 

Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, 

Muhteşem Yüzyıl, 

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 

The Turn of The Screw by Henry James, 

Norwood by Charles Portis, 

Call of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft,

Lady Susan by Jane Austen

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

Film, Anime, Script, and Game Translations:

Coco - The animation,

The Last of Us by Naughty Dog