Translation of cultural aspects from English into Arabic: a case study of a dance of the forests
Culture is about the mode of life and activity, way of thinking, and artifacts, which are associated with particular communities and the language which serves as a vehicle for meanings. This paper is aimed at describing cultural challenges and their translation procedures from English into Arabic; i...
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| author | Harmoush, Doha Hisham Moindjie, Mohamed Abdou Shaidatul Akma Adi Kasuma, |
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| description | Culture is about the mode of life and activity, way of thinking, and artifacts, which are associated with particular communities and the language which serves as a vehicle for meanings. This paper is aimed at describing cultural challenges and their translation procedures from English into Arabic; it also investigates choices of translation procedures that can be used to overcome cultural aspects problems. This study limits itself to cultural factors. It follows Newmark’s approach (1988) on culture translation. The corpus of this study is a play entitled A Dance of The Forests written by Wole Soyinka. The study is a qualitative study and cultural occurrences are analyzed and their translations are rated by raters who are native speakers of Arabic. The research reveals that translating a literary work like a play requires the use of strategies and procedures like domestication and oblique translation procedures, which are found to be vital in translating drama text from English into Arabic. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:230442024-02-19T06:17:47Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/23044/ Translation of cultural aspects from English into Arabic: a case study of a dance of the forests Harmoush, Doha Hisham Moindjie, Mohamed Abdou Shaidatul Akma Adi Kasuma, Culture is about the mode of life and activity, way of thinking, and artifacts, which are associated with particular communities and the language which serves as a vehicle for meanings. This paper is aimed at describing cultural challenges and their translation procedures from English into Arabic; it also investigates choices of translation procedures that can be used to overcome cultural aspects problems. This study limits itself to cultural factors. It follows Newmark’s approach (1988) on culture translation. The corpus of this study is a play entitled A Dance of The Forests written by Wole Soyinka. The study is a qualitative study and cultural occurrences are analyzed and their translations are rated by raters who are native speakers of Arabic. The research reveals that translating a literary work like a play requires the use of strategies and procedures like domestication and oblique translation procedures, which are found to be vital in translating drama text from English into Arabic. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2023-11 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/23044/1/655412252411PB.pdf Harmoush, Doha Hisham and Moindjie, Mohamed Abdou and Shaidatul Akma Adi Kasuma, (2023) Translation of cultural aspects from English into Arabic: a case study of a dance of the forests. e-Bangi Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 20 (4). pp. 141-153. ISSN 1823-884x https://ejournal.ukm.my/ebangi/index |
| spellingShingle | Harmoush, Doha Hisham Moindjie, Mohamed Abdou Shaidatul Akma Adi Kasuma, Translation of cultural aspects from English into Arabic: a case study of a dance of the forests |
| title | Translation of cultural aspects from English into Arabic: a case study of a dance of the forests |
| title_full | Translation of cultural aspects from English into Arabic: a case study of a dance of the forests |
| title_fullStr | Translation of cultural aspects from English into Arabic: a case study of a dance of the forests |
| title_full_unstemmed | Translation of cultural aspects from English into Arabic: a case study of a dance of the forests |
| title_short | Translation of cultural aspects from English into Arabic: a case study of a dance of the forests |
| title_sort | translation of cultural aspects from english into arabic: a case study of a dance of the forests |
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