Problems encountered in translating oxymora from English into Arabic

This study investigated the problems some Egyptian translation students majoring in English encounter when translating texts containing oxymora. To achieve this, the researchers selected 42 students from the Department of Simultaneous Interpretation, Faculty of Arts, Damanhour University, Egypt,...

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Main Authors:	Alhalawani, Ali Alsayed Hassan, Yani, Achmad, Kama, Nonglaksana
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	Tamhidi Centre, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia 2016
Subjects:	PE English PI Oriental languages and literatures
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/52358/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/52358/1/52358_Problems%20encountered%20in%20translating%20oxymora.pdf

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spelling	iium-523582017-10-17T09:26:09Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/52358/ Problems encountered in translating oxymora from English into Arabic Alhalawani, Ali Alsayed Hassan Yani, Achmad Kama, Nonglaksana PE English PI Oriental languages and literatures This study investigated the problems some Egyptian translation students majoring in English encounter when translating texts containing oxymora. To achieve this, the researchers selected 42 students from the Department of Simultaneous Interpretation, Faculty of Arts, Damanhour University, Egypt, who were enrolled during the second semester of 2015/2016. Students were given a translation test in which they were asked to translate 15 statements from English into Arabic. Each statement contained an oxymoron, apart from one statement which was used as a control to check if the students were attentive during the test. The statements were selected in accordance with Shen’s classification of direct and indirect oxymora. The test was then sent to five expert translators to check the validity of the translations and to be used to form model answers. The consultation and advice of an academic expert in Arabic was sought to ensure the validity of the test as well as the accuracy of the model answers, based on which the respondent’s answers were to be graded. Results of the study showed that translation students encounter a number of problems: 1) unfamiliarity with English oxymora, 2) vagueness of some oxymora, 3) inability to achieve equivalence in the target language, 4) lack of cultural awareness. Based on these results, the researchers recommend that translation students should be intensively exposed to literary texts containing linguistic phenomena such as oxymora and the like to become more familiar with their meaning, usage and the appropriate translation strategies to be used in rendering them into the target language. Tamhidi Centre, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia 2016-10 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/52358/1/52358_Problems%20encountered%20in%20translating%20oxymora.pdf Alhalawani, Ali Alsayed Hassan and Yani, Achmad and Kama, Nonglaksana (2016) Problems encountered in translating oxymora from English into Arabic. In: 2nd International Convention On Islam, Science & Education (KONGSI '16), 6th October 2016, Bandar Baru Nilai, Negeri Sembilan.
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spellingShingle	PE English PI Oriental languages and literatures Alhalawani, Ali Alsayed Hassan Yani, Achmad Kama, Nonglaksana Problems encountered in translating oxymora from English into Arabic
description	This study investigated the problems some Egyptian translation students majoring in English encounter when translating texts containing oxymora. To achieve this, the researchers selected 42 students from the Department of Simultaneous Interpretation, Faculty of Arts, Damanhour University, Egypt, who were enrolled during the second semester of 2015/2016. Students were given a translation test in which they were asked to translate 15 statements from English into Arabic. Each statement contained an oxymoron, apart from one statement which was used as a control to check if the students were attentive during the test. The statements were selected in accordance with Shen’s classification of direct and indirect oxymora. The test was then sent to five expert translators to check the validity of the translations and to be used to form model answers. The consultation and advice of an academic expert in Arabic was sought to ensure the validity of the test as well as the accuracy of the model answers, based on which the respondent’s answers were to be graded. Results of the study showed that translation students encounter a number of problems: 1) unfamiliarity with English oxymora, 2) vagueness of some oxymora, 3) inability to achieve equivalence in the target language, 4) lack of cultural awareness. Based on these results, the researchers recommend that translation students should be intensively exposed to literary texts containing linguistic phenomena such as oxymora and the like to become more familiar with their meaning, usage and the appropriate translation strategies to be used in rendering them into the target language.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Alhalawani, Ali Alsayed Hassan Yani, Achmad Kama, Nonglaksana
author_facet	Alhalawani, Ali Alsayed Hassan Yani, Achmad Kama, Nonglaksana
author_sort	Alhalawani, Ali Alsayed Hassan
title	Problems encountered in translating oxymora from English into Arabic
title_short	Problems encountered in translating oxymora from English into Arabic
title_full	Problems encountered in translating oxymora from English into Arabic
title_fullStr	Problems encountered in translating oxymora from English into Arabic
title_full_unstemmed	Problems encountered in translating oxymora from English into Arabic
title_sort	problems encountered in translating oxymora from english into arabic
publisher	Tamhidi Centre, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia
publishDate	2016
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/52358/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/52358/1/52358_Problems%20encountered%20in%20translating%20oxymora.pdf
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