Conceptual Distinction Between Source Text and Target Text
The translator does not only act as a reader of texts in written translation but can also perform text readings in the field of oral translation. This is because, in the field of verbal translation, the source message is also conveyed to the other party in a textual dimension. At this point, we can examine the situation of the translator who receives the source text and produces the target text. If we consider this in terms of the phenomenon of translation, it is possible to say that the primary element determining meaning in a literary work or in verbal communication tools is the translator's life experiences, especially in the sense of individual experiences. Although the translator's culture is the most sought-after characteristic in translation, it is also possible to evaluate it within the framework of such a way of life and the tradition and customs to which one belongs.
In both written and oral translation, the identity of the translator who reads the source text to transform it into the target text and how they evaluate their work according to their own life experiences are quite important. Indeed, as you might guess, especially in international translations, whether simultaneous or consecutive, what needs to be translated sometimes comes to the translator in the form of texts. Therefore, it is possible to categorize the translation in this field into such a type.
Reception Aesthetics in Translation
We can say that reception aesthetics, as a critical theory developed on the basis of hermeneutics, attaches special importance to the problem of understanding and the reader's position in the process of understanding. In contemporary translation studies theories, which oppose traditional, source-oriented translation approaches, reception aesthetics has emerged as an important approach in discussions about translation, with the increasing importance placed on both the translator as a reader and the reader of the translated text, whether in verbal or written translation contexts.
In this case, it will be impossible to establish a questionable relationship between the target text and the source text because if meaning is not inherent in the text itself, even in a potential form, then the goal of reflecting the source text at this or that level also disappears on its own. Considering this perspective, the target readers will actually be reading the work produced by the translator.
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