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Difficulties Encountered by Arab Translators in Translating Love Songs from Arabic into English

 | University of Science & Technology, Jordan
Published online: 1 April 2007
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https://doi.org/10.1075/forum.5.1.02alk
Cet article étude des problèmes et des difficultés que les traducteurs arabes rencontrent en traduisant des chansons arabes en anglais. Il s’agit que chaque culture a des caractéristiques distinctes qui le rendent différent de chaque autre culture. La communication interculturelle présente ainsi beaucoup de défis et l’un d’entre eux est la nécessité de prendre conscience de l’importance de comprendre les aspects culturels - littéraires de l’espace croix - culturelle. Les textes choisis pour la traduction sont cinq chansons d’amour les plus populaires et reconnues dans le monde arabe. Quatre stratégies principes de ceux employées par des auteurs de chanson arabe ont été identifiées: flatterie, blâmer, douleur, et se plaindre. Un projet de traduction a été formé pour découvrir comment ces chansons étaient traduites en anglais. Les sujets étaient (10) traducteurs qui ont de maîtrise en Anglais, Traduction, ou Linguistique Appliquée. Les difficultés que les traducteurs arabes rencontrent en traduisant des chansons arabes de l’amour en anglais ont été identifiées et discutées au-dessous de trois titres principaux: collocation lexique, espace lexique, et transfert culturel. Des extraits des données contenant les erreurs faites par celui traducteurs sont présentés et les implications socio -pragmatiques pour la signification et la communication interculturelle sont discutées.
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