Translation in Arabic language and literature
Fatemeh Zarei; Ali Afzali; Shahriar Niazi
Abstract
One of the problems for translators is the adaptation to military ranks. The difficulty of a translator is doubled when the number of military ranks in the source and target languages is not the same; as a result, these terms remain unequal in one of the two languages, because there are differences in ...
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One of the problems for translators is the adaptation to military ranks. The difficulty of a translator is doubled when the number of military ranks in the source and target languages is not the same; as a result, these terms remain unequal in one of the two languages, because there are differences in the military structure of the armed forces of countries that ignoring them can create problems for translators. After describing Iran's military ranks and comparing it with Arab countries, the present study examines general and specialized dictionaries and investigates how to find their equivalence, using a descriptive-analytical and comparative method. The results indicate that most of the general dictionaries did not have sufficient knowledge of specialized fields and did not study the terms of this field carefully and specialized dictionaries could not be equivalent due to the fact that they were written by military people and had no information about the structure of Arab countries. The best way to choose an equivalent for the terms of military ranks is "equivalent selection after recognizing the pattern of military ranks of Iran and Arab countries.
Ghader Pariz
Abstract
Equivalence means the search for expressions and expression templates and the commanding roles of the target language for the words and constructs of the sentence of the source text. Considering the importance of this issue, the present article carefully evaluates the equivalence of some of the grammatical ...
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Equivalence means the search for expressions and expression templates and the commanding roles of the target language for the words and constructs of the sentence of the source text. Considering the importance of this issue, the present article carefully evaluates the equivalence of some of the grammatical roles, including the structures used in it, to examine the challenges and differences in the translation from Persian to Arabic. Slow and show problems. In this regard, most examples are from two classic Persian novels, "The Director of the School" from Jalal Al-Ahmad and his "Ayes" from the Bozorg Alawi, which can be said to be indicative of the standard language. This paper, by descriptive-analytic method, examines the process of translation and equivalence of grammar and change of expression based on the theory of formal change of Katford, and it is based on the data that the interpreter should not seek to find a grammatical role Similar to the target language, it should also identify a semantic relation between two or more words in the Persian language. Then, follow the same semantic relation between the words in the Arabic language, which the theory of Katford also confirms the same difference in grammatical roles.
Reza Nazemian; Zohreh Ghorbani
Volume 3, Issue 9 , December 2014, , Pages 85-102
Abstract
Looking for a lexical or grammatical equivalence is a mental process which occurs in different layers of the mind. For the novice translator, who has not gained much experience, looking for equivalences and translation occurs in the first mental layer. Influenced by the translation of old texts, the ...
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Looking for a lexical or grammatical equivalence is a mental process which occurs in different layers of the mind. For the novice translator, who has not gained much experience, looking for equivalences and translation occurs in the first mental layer. Influenced by the translation of old texts, the novice translator learns to write down the meaning of every word under it. He is afraid of carefully delving into the meaning of the words, and writing down the different equivalences that come into his mind.This article seeks to find some methods and approaches to translate a text fluently while maintaining accuracy. The goal of this paper is to wipe out the complexities and uncertainties that formerly overrode the translated texts so that the readers of the translation experience the same joy and entertainment that the readers of the original text experience. The overall objective of the suggested methods for finding equivalents is to decrease the dominance of the original text over the reader to the least possible degree.
Hossein Shamsabadi Shamsabadi; Fereshteh Afzali
Volume 3, Issue 6 , March 2013, , Pages 29-48
Abstract
Different languages have different systems and any language has its own specific lexical elements, grammatical structures, expressions, and idioms. This implies that not all elements can be literally reproduced in another language. Therefore, for our translation to be natural and understandable in the ...
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Different languages have different systems and any language has its own specific lexical elements, grammatical structures, expressions, and idioms. This implies that not all elements can be literally reproduced in another language. Therefore, for our translation to be natural and understandable in the target language, we should make changes and transformations to the source text. One of the most important principles to be observed in such translations is finding exact and proper lexical, structural, and contextual equivalents in the process of transferring message from the source to the target language. To understand shifts present in the process of finding equivalents in the target language, the concept of equivalence is studied in the translation of a story on the three levels of similarity, shift, and transfer. Inspired by these shifts and techniques, the study aims to explore the methods of finding equivalents in the translation of Arabic stories into Persian on three levels, including: lexicon (colloquial, slang, loan, and communicative words), structure (literary writings, rhyming, and communicative and expressive translation), and context (paralinguistic elements, presuppositions, and semantic elements). A number of the stories by Naguib Mahfouz, including The Honeymoon, Midaq Alley, Under the Umbrella, The Thief and the Dogs, and The Beggar, are analyzed as the sample translations of the study.
