Les formules figées dans la traduction des fables d’Ésope du français au turc :

This study shows that literary translation, particularly the translation of fables, extends well beyond linguistic concerns and constitutes a deeply cultural endeavour. Through a comparative analysis of 100 Aesop’s fables translated by Nurullah Ataç and by the DeepSeek-V3 AI model, we found that the human translator employs significant stylistic adaptations to align the text with the target culture. These include, notably, the transformation of indirect speech into direct speech (91 instances) and the incorporation of traditional Turkish narrative formulas. Such interventions, entirely absent from the AI generated translations, underscore the current limitations of artificial intelligence in capturing the cultural and stylistic subtleties that are integral to literary translation. While AI tools offer advantages in terms of speed and efficiency, our findings highlight the indispensable role of human translators especially for texts demanding intercultural sensitivity and stylistic nuance that automated systems have yet to emulate.