مجلة إشكالات في اللغة و الأدب
Volume 15, Numéro 3, Pages 466-483
2026-09-02
Exploring Cultural Expressions In Translations’ Paratexts: A Comparative Study Of Some English And Arabic Literary Translations
Authors : Chahat Nardjesse .
Abstract
The present paper aims to analyse how paratextual elements in translation shape the image of the source culture and inform the general context of translation production and circulation. The study is restricted to the analysis of the peritext and aims to determine how cultural differences between Arabic and English can affect the use of paratextual elements. For these objectives, the analysis is divided into two parts. The first one uses a corpus of twenty English and Arabic translations of varied literary works to discuss the publisher’s paratext. The second part is limited to ten books and investigates the translators’ prefaces. The study found that English translations conform to certain publishing norms, which can be interpreted as a hegemonic attitude. In contrast, Arabic translations showed less systematicity in following similar norms.
Keywords
English-Arabic/Arabic-English literary translation ; paratext ; cultural approaches in translation
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