Errors in translation: A case study of Chinese into English translation

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-142
Author(s):  
Wei Du ◽  
Teeraporn Saeheaw
Keyword(s):  
Error Analysis ◽  
English Translation ◽  
Target Group ◽  
Grading System ◽  
Assessment Framework ◽  
Translation Errors

AbstractTranslation teachers have long experimented with various methods to help students improve their translation competence. This study approaches the issue by developing an assessment framework based on error analysis and a translation grading system, with the aim of identifying the most common and frequent errors committed by students in their translation works. One group of translation students in Ningxia University, China served as the target group of the study. The errors identified in their renditions were classified, with text-level errors the most prominent, followed by translation errors and substance errors. Possible causes of the errors were analyzed, and suggestions were proposed for future teaching.

THE SOURCE OF ERRORS IN INDONESIAN-ENGLISH TRANSLATION

Jurnal KATA ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Utami
Keyword(s):  
Error Analysis ◽  
English Translation ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Incomplete Knowledge ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Grammatical Errors ◽  
Translation Errors

<p>This research aimed to identify types of translation errors and to find out the sources of errors (interlingual and intralingual errors) in Indonesian-English translation written by the students. The type of this research was descriptive research which used Error Analysis procedures to identify and analyze the students’ error. The findings showed that the types of grammatical errors made by the students in their translation were three types, namely global errors, local errors, and other errors. The most frequent error made by the students was local errors and the fewest error made by the students was other errors.  Then, this research revealed that mostly errors occurred in students’ translation were caused by intralingual error. Meanwhile, only few errors were caused by interlingual error. The errors occured due students’ incomplete knowledge of the target language.</p>

scholarly journals An Analysis of Translation Errors: A Case Study of Vietnamese EFL Students

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 22
Author(s):  
Pham Thi Kim Cuc
Keyword(s):  
English Translation ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Lexical Choice ◽  
Test Translation ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Translation Errors

The study aimed to analyze the translation errors committed by Vietnamese EFL students, and identify the source of errors, then inform some implications of pedagogy to improve the translation ability of the students. To this end, 36 Vietnamese students, who at the time of the study were studying English as their major, were subjected to a Vietnamese-English translation test. Translation errors were analyzed using a threefold perspective proposed by Popescu (2012) including linguistic errors, comprehension errors, and translation errors. Findings showed that translation errors and linguistic errors are the most common errors, of which errors related to lexical choice, syntax and collocations are the most frequently committed by the students. The source of the errors could be attributed to inter-lingual, intra-lingual interference or errors can be the integration of the source. Results were discussed and implications for the improvements of translation ability and recommendations for future research were presented. 

scholarly journals Translation Quality Assessment of Proverbs from English into Arabic: The Case Study of One Thousand and One English Proverbs Translated into Arabic

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bodour Abdulaziz Alfaleh
Keyword(s):  
Error Analysis ◽  
Quality Assessment ◽  
Analysis Model ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Lexical Choice ◽  
Translation Quality ◽  
Literal Translation ◽  
Translation Errors

Proverbs are very important in every language and culture. However, translators sometimes mistranslate them. Thus, this study sheds light on the translation quality assessment of proverbs. These proverbs are collected from One thousand and one English proverbs translated into Arabic by Omar Jabak. This study aims at pointing out the most frequently used strategies for translating proverbs, and investigating how far Na Pham's error analysis model is appropriate for the description and assessment of the strategies used in translating these proverbs. Na Pham's error analysis model is used to identify comprehension, linguistic and translation errors. Moreover, this study aims at detecting the most common errors under each strategy used. The findings of this study show that Na Pham's error analysis model is appropriate for the assessment. It also reveals that there are certain types of errors which are committed more often than others. In addition, it uncovers that the types of errors detected when translating proverbs using partial equivalence and paraphrasing are very similar. Comprehension errors, giving an inaccurate meaning, and distorting the meaning are the most frequently detected errors when translating proverbs using partial equivalents and paraphrasing. On the other hand, wrong lexical choice and too-literal translation are the most frequently detected errors when using literal translation. Finally, this study suggests solutions for improving the quality of Arabic translations of proverbs. In addition, some recommendations for further studies are suggested.

scholarly journals AN ERROR ANALYSIS OF INDONESIAN-ENGLISH TRANSLATION

2020 ◽  
pp. 38-51
Author(s):  
Meikardo Samuel Prayuda
Keyword(s):  
Error Analysis ◽  
English Translation ◽  
News Item ◽  
English Department ◽  
Translation Error ◽  
Cohesive Devices ◽  
Reference Device ◽  
Translation Errors

This thesis was purposely made to identify error analysis of Indonesian – English translation of news item text translation made by English Department students of FKIP Nommensen University. The result of this research was there were 4 translation errors made by the students in their Indonesian – English news item translation by considering the cohesive devices. The translation errors were in repetition device, conjunction device, reference device, and synonymy device. This result showed that the dominant translation error was dominated by the repetition translation error and synonymy translation error. The result of this research proved that the students had problems in translating.

A readiness assessment framework for Blockchain adoption: A healthcare case study

2021 ◽  
Vol 165 ◽  
pp. 120536
Author(s):  
Sreejith Balasubramanian ◽  
Vinaya Shukla ◽  
Jaspreet Singh Sethi ◽  
Nazrul Islam ◽  
Roy Saloum
Keyword(s):  
Assessment Framework ◽  
Readiness Assessment

Refraction and recognition

Target ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rainier Grutman
Keyword(s):  
Relative Position ◽  
English Translation ◽  
Cultural Practice ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Republic Of Letters ◽  
The World ◽  
Per Se ◽  
Minority Writers ◽  
Multilingual Literature

Texts foregrounding different languages pose unusual challenges for translators and translation scholars alike. This article seeks to provide some insights into what happens to multilingual literature in translation. First, Antoine Berman’s writings on translation are used to reframe questions of semantic loss in terms of the ideological underpinnings of translation as a cultural practice. This leads to a wider consideration of contextual aspects involved in the “refraction” of foreign languages, such as the translating literature’s relative position in the “World Republic of Letters” (Casanova). Drawing on a Canadian case-study (Marie-Claire Blais in English translation), it is suggested that asymmetrical relations between dominating and dominated literatures need not be negative per se, but can lead to the recognition of minority writers.

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