Applying Foreignization and Domestication in Translating Arabic Dialectical Expressions into English

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 197
Author(s):  
Awadh. G. Baawaidhan
Keyword(s):  
Special Reference ◽  
Central Issue ◽  
Cultural Barriers ◽  
Cultural Translation ◽  
Translation Strategies ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Source Language ◽  
Cultural Strategies ◽  
Language Text ◽  
The Way

<p>Translating across language and cultural barriers is one of the most complicated tasks translator might face. This is due to the fact that text produced in one language and culture contains information about persons, institutions, habits, customers and traditions which accessible to speakers of the source language text but not understood by the speakers of another language. This article shows procedures and strategies used to overcome such problem and difficulties in translating Arabic dialect expressions into English. A central issue of this discussion is to highlight Venuti;s translation strategies foreignization and domestication that have been used in translating dialecticll expressions and culture-specific elements into English, with special reference to Janet Watson”s translation of Sana’ani Arabic dialect. Relying on the distinction of the two key cultural strategies of Domestication and Foreignization, this study reveals the way in which Arabic culture-specific elements have been portrayed in foreign context. The paper considers the validity of those cultural translation strategies and discusses their applications in different occasions. According to the obtained results, both foreignization and domestication strategies have been used to overcome the language and cultural barriers in translation of Sana'ani Arabic into English. But foreignization has been used more as the most pervasive cultural strategy. </p>

Use of vocabulary translation strategies: A semantic translation analysis

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurent Rietveld
Keyword(s):  
Text Messages ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Word Meanings ◽  
Translation Strategies ◽  
Syntactic Structures ◽  
Source Language ◽  
Semantic Translation ◽  
Translation Analysis ◽  
Text Context ◽  
Language Text

Translation is the process of transferring source language text messages into the target language. The practical objective of the message transfer process is to assist the reader of the target language text in understanding the message intended by the original author of the source language text. There are many types of translations available, but semantic translation is considered the type of translation that is the most accurate in conveying meaning. Semantic translation tries to divert as closely as possible the semantic and syntactic structures of the target language with the exact same contextual meaning in the source language text, as well as word meanings and sentence meanings from the perspective of the source text context. Semantic translation is found to be the most flexible and flexible translation.

The translation of wordplay in interlingual subtitling

Babel ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 164-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lee Williamson ◽  
Raquel De Pedro Ricoy
Keyword(s):  
General Theory ◽  
Analytical Tool ◽  
Source Text ◽  
Translation Strategies ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Source Language ◽  
French Film ◽  
Translation Strategy ◽  
Narrow View ◽  
Audiovisual Translation

It is frequently said that humor does not travel well, and wordplay, which is inseparably connected to humor, poses particular problems for the translator as it is intrinsically linked to the source language and culture, and consequently is often described as untranslatable. The translator’s task is further complicated when instances of wordplay are encountered in audiovisual texts due to the constrained and semiotic nature of the medium. The aim of this paper is to examine the translation strategies applied to wordplay in the English subtitles of the French film Bienvenue chez les Ch’tis [Boon 2008]. To do this, instances of wordplay in the source text and the target text were classified according to the typology of wordplay as proposed by Delabastita (1996), and subsequently analyzed using the General Theory of Verbal Humor (GTVH) (Attardo and Raskin 1991) in order to contrast the differences between source text and target text instances of wordplay. The findings show the trends in the application of translation strategies and demonstrate that GTVH, albeit with some modifications, is a useful analytical tool in the context of audiovisual translation in that it could show how the puns evolved in translation and therefore give a better understanding of wordplay to aid the choice of translation strategy. As long as a narrow view of equivalence is avoided, this study demonstrates that the translation of wordplay is possible even within the polysemiotic structures of audiovisual texts.

scholarly journals Analysis of Culture-Specific Items and Translation Strategies Applied in Translating Jalal Al-Ahmad’s by the Pen

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shekoufeh Daghoughi ◽  
Mahmood Hashemian
Keyword(s):  
English Translation ◽  
Translation Strategies ◽  
Source Language ◽  
Functional Equivalent ◽  
Language Text ◽  
Do So

<p>Due to differences across languages, meanings and concepts vary across different languages, too. The most obvious points of difference between languages appear in their literature and their culture-specific items (CSIs), which lead to complexities when transferring meanings and concepts from one language into another. To overcome the complexities arisen from the distinction between languages in the process of translation, translation scholars have proposed different strategies. Newmark’s proposed taxonomy for translating CSIs is the framework for achieving this study. So, after adopting CSIs with Newmark’s (1988) 5 proposed domains of CSIs, we sought to find his proposed translation strategies applied in the English translation of Jalal Al-Ahmad’s <em>By the Pen</em> by Ghanoonparvar (1988) and to evaluate the frequency of each in order to determine which strategy could help the most in translating CSIs. To do so, first, both the source language text and its translation were studied; then, the translation strategies applied were found. Having found the strategies as the sources of the data, they were arranged and analyzed. Results showed that functional equivalent was the most frequently used strategy, and modulation and paraphrase were the least frequently used ones. Findings have pedagogical implications for translation students and literary translators.</p>

scholarly journals STRATEGIES OF TRANSLATING QUR’ANIC CULTURAL TERMS

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (7) ◽  
pp. 139-147
Author(s):  
Ghada Rajeh Ayyad ◽  
Tengku Sepora Tengku Mahadi
Keyword(s):  
Religious Texts ◽  
Translation Strategies ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Source Language ◽  
Cultural Terms

The translation of cultural terms is considered one of the most difficult challenges a translator may face. This is due to the fact that such terms have specific meanings in the source language and culture which do not exists in others. In fact, translating cultural terms become more complicated when dealing with religious texts due to the sensitivity of these texts. One of the most challenging texts for translators is the Noble Qur’an. The translator of Qur’anic cultural terms is required to be very accurate as the mistranslation of such terms may lead to a complete distortion of the meaning. To help in producing equivalent translation for cultural terms, two translation strategies were suggested by Venuti in 1995. These strategies are domestication and foreignization. The present study investigates the use of both strategies by the translators of the Noble Qur’an in translating cultural terms. Also, it tries to find out which strategy can be applied to achieve equivalence in translation.

scholarly journals Strategi Menterjemah dan Upaya Pengentasan Probelamatika Penerjemahan Arab di Kalangan Mahasiswa

Diwan ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-75
Author(s):  
Meliza Budiarti
Keyword(s):  
Language Translation ◽  
Arabic Language ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Original Form ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Source Language ◽  
Translation Strategy ◽  
Language And Literature ◽  
Language Text

If someone wants to get a good quality translation, a translator cannot add or reduce the meaning contained in the source language because it is affected by the original form of the target language. Translation is a bridge between the writer of source language text and the target language reader to make the text come naturally appropriate in the target language. This is certainly different when the results of a translation are still too related to the language and culture of the source. The translation will be wrong and rigid. A translator must master the translation strategy, namely: collocation, domestication and technicality. As well as aspects that must be understood, namely: accuracy, readability and acceptability. This can also be a reference for students in finding solutions to problems in translating difficulties, especially for the Arabic Language and Literature students.

AN ANALYSIS ON THE TRANSLATION OF REPETITIVE INDONESIAN ADJECTIVE INTO ENGLISH

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-70
Author(s):  
Arsiwela
Keyword(s):  
English Translation ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Translation Strategies ◽  
Source Language ◽  
Literal Translation ◽  
Translation Strategy ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Descriptive Method ◽  
Language Text

The function of translation is to convey meaning or message from source language text into target language text. However, in translating, the translator will face some problems, for example is the translation of repetitive Indonesian adjectives. This study investigates how repetitive Indonesian adjectives are translated into English. Indonesian has repetitive adjectives such as tinggi-tinggi, cantik-cantik, and jauh-jauh and the English translation of the repetition is not tall-tall, beautiful-beautiful, and far-far respectively. The method applied in this study is qualitative descriptive method. The data will be categorized and classified and then analyzed in accordance with the principle, translation strategies, and relevant theories. The result of the study shows that literal translation strategy and transposition strategy are the most frequent strategy used by the translator. Some of them are translated in the different form grammatically but the meaning of the message in source language is well maintained into the target language. The principle of translation employed by the translator to translate Indonesian repetitive adjective is meaning.

Literary Title Translations from English to Hungarian

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Imola Zaymus
Keyword(s):  
Translation Strategies ◽  
Source Language ◽  
Direct Translation ◽  
American Novels ◽  
Linguistic Aspect ◽  
Language Text

This paper examines titles, as metatexts, from a linguistic aspect. The title is an integral part of a text, especially of a literary piece. More particularly, it focuses on translation strategies and how they are applied by translators in the context of translating titles of American novels to Hungarian. This study differentiates five groups of translation strategies based on notable linguists’ works, such as Kinga Klaudy and Eugene Nida, supplementing them with an original one, and specifying them with several subgroups. The main categories are the following: Direct Translation, Specification, Generalization, Omission, and Total Transformation. Each category is introduced with specific examples. Based on the collected material, this paper argues that when translating titles of American novels to Hungarian, priority is attributed to the source language text as faithfully as possible, not only in its content but also in its form.

scholarly journals On Relative Translatability of Language with Special Reference to Contrastive Analysis between Chinese and English

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 302
Author(s):  
Wei Wang ◽  
Weihong Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Special Reference ◽  
Intelligence Quotient ◽  
The Other ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Contrastive Analysis ◽  
Source Language ◽  
The One ◽  
Linguistic Structures ◽  
Chinese And English ◽  
Language Text

The issue of translatability has always been in dispute in translatology. On the one hand, languages are translatable, which can be demonstrated from different perspectives such as the general characteristics of language, the parallel linguistic structures, the cultural similarities, and the sameness of the intelligence quotient of all human races. On the other hand, there exist a series of limits in translation which obstruct the translatability of languages. Thus language can be described as relatively translatable. Translators are supposed to provide hybrid versions so as to facilitate communication and decrease tension between source language text and target language text.

scholarly journals Analisis Penerjemahan Tema Topikal pada Buku Cerita Anak Bilingual ‘Sangkuriang’

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-201
Author(s):  
Zulia Karini
Keyword(s):  
Subject Matter ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Source Language ◽  
New Information ◽  
Other Information ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Language Text ◽  
The Way

Abstract In the practice of translation, we often do not pay attention to the way the information is distributed in the text. The information which is being focused is old information that has been mutually known by the writer and the reader and it is usually placed at the front, called Theme, while other information is new information that is only known by the authors and it is usually placed later, called Rheme. Topical theme is the theme related to how the subject matter discussed in the clause or sentence. Topical themes are divided into two types, namely Marked Topical Theme, Unmarked Topical Theme. The analysis of Topical Theme was conducted to determine whether there was a shift in the meaning of the translation of the source language text into the target language text.

scholarly journals Codes across languages: On the translation of literary code-switching

Multilingua ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 483-514
Author(s):  
Mohamed A. H. Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Hebrew Text ◽  
Code Switching ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Original Structure ◽  
Source Text ◽  
Translation Strategies ◽  
Dominant Language ◽  
Source Language ◽  
Text Language ◽  
Language Text

Abstract The translation of bilingual literary texts may challenge a translator when s/he needs to transfer some embedded, foreign codes from a language other than the dominant language of the source text (ST) into the target text (TT). This study analyses the way in which code-switching (CS) is transferred into a TT, looking at the translation strategies for CS in a non-European ST into European and non-European target texts. The source language text is Hebrew with Arabic incorporated into the Hebrew text in different ways, most often using CS. The target texts in the study are in Arabic, English, German and Italian languages. The main aim of this study is to show how code-switching in literary paradigms can be translated into a target text language, and to what extent the original structure of instances of CS is maintained, changed or even deleted in the target texts. The study compares four versions of target texts in Arabic, English, Italian and German, followed by an overview of how the same CS instances are transferred across different languages and cultures. Some problems and issues related to the transfer of instances of CS into the target texts are discussed in view of the typology of the CS strategy. The study concludes with an argument that a better understanding of literary CS terminology regarding both linguistic and creative features is necessary for a better translation of bilingual literary texts.

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