دفاتر في اللسانيات والتعليمية
Volume 5, Numéro 1, Pages 166-173
2013-06-30

Stylistic Errors In English-arabic Translation

Authors : Benzoukh Halima .

Abstract

Different definitions of translation agree upon the fact that this process means conveying some sort of information from one language into another. Translation, which procures increasing significance at present, has attracted the attention of many scholars. It has contributed a great deal in connecting various cultures of the world, leading to the enrichment of human knowledge at large. In English-into-Arabic translation, the translator encounters various problems in rendering style. His/her errors in translating style stem largely from the fact that s/he focuses on words as isolated items. Therefore, this article comes to deal with a number of stylistic errors in English-Arabic translation. The main stylistic errors in most translated texts could be handled with reference to certain causes like literal translation, inexact rendering and L1interference. In short, errors diagnosed in translation fairly indicate that the task of the translator is rather multiple, for s/he ought to be aware of the linguistic, cultural, as well as idiosyncratic features of the language involved in the translation process.

Keywords

Stylistic Errors - English-Arabic Translation