Practicality and usefulness of English- Arabic dictionaries in translating English metaphors
Fareh, Shehdeh
Practicality and usefulness of English- Arabic dictionaries in translating English metaphors - Sint-Amandsberg Fédération Internationale des Traducteurs january-march 2007 - p.32-47 - Anual - Volume 53, Issue 1, 2007 v. 53, n. 1 .
Inc. ref.
This study aims at investigating the nature and scope of the problems that Arab learners encounter in translating English metaphorical expressions into Arabic using English-Arabic dictionaries. The strategies involved in translating English metaphors into Arabic have been identified and described. The study also aims at determining the extent to which English-Arabic dictionaries are helpful to.learners in translating English metaphors. The findings of the study reveal that learners resort to a number of strategies induding finding the idiomatic translation equivalents, literal translation, interpretation and guessing. Bilingual dictionaries have been found to be a potential source of error for learners. These dictionaries offer inadequate help to translators in terms of providing equivalents to metaphorical expressions.
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INGLÉS - ÁRABE
METODOLOGÍA DE LA TRADUCCIÓN
TRADUCCION DE METAFORAS Y SIMILES
TRADUCCION LITERAL
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Practicality and usefulness of English- Arabic dictionaries in translating English metaphors - Sint-Amandsberg Fédération Internationale des Traducteurs january-march 2007 - p.32-47 - Anual - Volume 53, Issue 1, 2007 v. 53, n. 1 .
Inc. ref.
This study aims at investigating the nature and scope of the problems that Arab learners encounter in translating English metaphorical expressions into Arabic using English-Arabic dictionaries. The strategies involved in translating English metaphors into Arabic have been identified and described. The study also aims at determining the extent to which English-Arabic dictionaries are helpful to.learners in translating English metaphors. The findings of the study reveal that learners resort to a number of strategies induding finding the idiomatic translation equivalents, literal translation, interpretation and guessing. Bilingual dictionaries have been found to be a potential source of error for learners. These dictionaries offer inadequate help to translators in terms of providing equivalents to metaphorical expressions.
0521-9744
EQUIVALENCIA
INGLÉS
INGLÉS - ÁRABE
METODOLOGÍA DE LA TRADUCCIÓN
TRADUCCION DE METAFORAS Y SIMILES
TRADUCCION LITERAL
H17