Faramarz Mirzaei; Sayyid Esmaeil Ghasemi Mousavi
Volume 3, Issue 9 , December 2014, , Pages 71-84
Abstract
Differences between the structures of languages are one of the problems with which translators are faced; one of these structural differences is gender-specific pronouns in the Arabic language and lack of them in Persian. This problem puts the translator in such a situation that if he is going to translate ...
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Differences between the structures of languages are one of the problems with which translators are faced; one of these structural differences is gender-specific pronouns in the Arabic language and lack of them in Persian. This problem puts the translator in such a situation that if he is going to translate each pronoun in Arabic (source) with a pronoun in the Persian (target), confusion will rise. These ambiguities prevent the translation to do its basic functioning. Translation studies scholars have mentioned universal features of translated texts. We can mention "explicitation" as one of these features that means adding information in the "translated text" that is not found in the "source text". This research seeks to investigate the functioning of "explicitation" in the translations of Arabic novels and to display its role in translating gender-specific pronouns (male and female) to prevent confusion in the translation of pronouns between the two languages because of the difference between them. Inthis waya novel entitled "Al-Tariq" (‘TheRoad’) written by Naguib Mahfouz and translated by Mohammad RezaMaraashipourunder the title "Rah", has beenchosenas thecase study. Toachieve thisobjective we have used the quantitativeanalysis method.
Faramarz Mirzaei; Sariyeh Sheikhighalat
Volume 3, Issue 7 , June 2013, , Pages 41-58
Abstract
Although translation reduces lexical beauties and expressive settings, it is a science with its principles and rules whose application may help translators to convey the beauty of text. Intertextuality is an artistic tool at the creator’s hands that makes the text formally beautiful and meaningfully ...
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Although translation reduces lexical beauties and expressive settings, it is a science with its principles and rules whose application may help translators to convey the beauty of text. Intertextuality is an artistic tool at the creator’s hands that makes the text formally beautiful and meaningfully rich. But, how is it possible in translation to transfer the meaning while keeping such artistic device? Because in translation, lexical signs, being the most conspicuous realization of intertextuality and semantic reception, are almost lost. The problem is intensified once intertextuality regards the most remarkable texts such as the Qur’an or other holy books.
Appling an analytical-descriptive method and considering Leppihalme’s model and theory of intertextuality, this study tries to examine two kinds of intertextuality, being intertextuality of proper names and lexical intertextuality in Ahmad Mattar's poems. It is concluded that in the intertextuality of proper names, the strategy to keep proper names with the least change, and explicit explanation in the lexical intertextuality convey the meaning of intertextuality better than other strategies.
