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.
Ali Afzali; Attieh Yusefi
Abstract
The translation of Saadi’s books as a one of the greatest literary works of Persian literature is considerable with the modern theories of translation's skills, structurally and contently. Antoine Berman with his theory "Deformative Tendencies" emphasized on the impotency of the others and underscored ...
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The translation of Saadi’s books as a one of the greatest literary works of Persian literature is considerable with the modern theories of translation's skills, structurally and contently. Antoine Berman with his theory "Deformative Tendencies" emphasized on the impotency of the others and underscored the main text. He believed that the translators must respect the first text and be faithful toward it. In this paper, we examine the Arabic translation of Golestan by Jibraiel Al-Mokhalla, by using the seven parameters of Berman's theory: Rationalization, Clarification, Ennoblement, Glorification, the Destruction of underlying Networks of Signification, Quantitative impoverishment, and Qualitative impoverishment. The conclusion shows that the main reasons of deviation in Arabic translation from Golestan of Saadi belongs to: translator's lack of acquaintance to Persian language, the grammatical and lexical differences between Arabic and Persian and naturally it is resulting from the unconformity of culture, civilization, and tradition of these two nations.
