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Vol. 4:2 (1992) ► pp.209–222

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On Two Style Markers of Modern Arabic-Hebrew Prose Translations

 | Bar llan University
Published online: 1 January 1992
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https://doi.org/10.1075/target.4.2.05sar
Abstract
Following Enkvist's method for establishing style markers, one 'positive' and one 'negative' marker of modern Arabic-Hebrew prose translations are constituted through a comparison of the translations with their respective original texts. A complementary intra-language study of original Hebrew prose fiction, which revealed the same style markers, shows that the findings are not translation-specific, but rather a language-bound phenomenon. Although the findings for Hebrew translations from English and German concerning the 'negative' style marker do not concur with the findings in the translations from Arabic, they nonetheless indirectly support the conclusion that it is language-bound.
Résumé
La méthode mise au point par Enkvist pour établir des marques stylistiques permet de distinguer dans les traductions modernes de l'arabe en hébreu une marque 'positive' et 'négative', grâce à la comparaison des traductions avec leur original. Une étude complémentaire de textes hébreux originaux en prose révèle la présence des mêmes marques, qui sont donc un phénomène langagier plutôt que traductif. Cette conclusion est indirectement confirmée par des traductions de l'anglais et de l'allemand, même si les observations sur la marque 'négative' ne coïncident pas avec celles que suscitaient les traductions de l'arabe.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Addition of Emphatic Means
  • 3.Obliteration of Successive Synonymous Repetitions
  • 4.Discussion
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References
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