is there a way to get rid of DTO - asp.net

Question

I am using Entity Framework. I have the following query in which I get data using two tables Application and Employee connected by a foreign key EmployeeID in Application Table. The tables have 1-1 relationship .
Is there a way to simplify the following code and get rid of the DTO Employee1
which is the same as auto generated Employee class
public List<Employee1> GetApplicant(int ApplicationID)
{
var context = new FPSDB_newEntities();
var data = (from a in context.Applications
join e in context.Employees on a.EmployeeID equals e.EmployeeID
where
(
a.ApplicationID == ApplicationID
)
select new Employee1
{
EmployeeID = e.EmployeeID,
SecondEmail = e.SecondEmail,
EmailID = e.EmailID,
Title = e.Title,
Name = e.Name,
Rank = e.Rank,
POBox = e.POBox,
Phone = e.Phone,
JoinDate = e.JoinDate,
Status = e.Status,
DepartmentID = e.DepartmentID.Value,
NameString = e.NameString,
Department = e.Department,
ParentDept = e.ParentDept,
DepartmentAr = e.DepartmentAr,
NameAr = e.NameAr,
NameStringAr = e.NameStringAr,
TitleAr = e.TitleAr
}).ToList();
return data;
}

Answer 1

If you need to return list of Employees, just select e which refers to Employee and don't use Employee1 as a DTO.
public List<Employee> GetApplicant(int ApplicationID)
{
var context = new FPSDB_newEntities();
var data = (from a in context.Applications
join e in context.Employees on a.EmployeeID equals e.EmployeeID
where
(
a.ApplicationID == ApplicationID
)
select e).ToList();
return data;
}
Another way is this, which I would prefer because of readability:
public List<Employee> GetApplicant(int ApplicationID)
{
var context = new FPSDB_newEntities();
var data = context.Applications.Where(p=>p.ApplicationID == ApplicationID).Select(p=>p.Employee).ToList();
return data;
}