ترجمة التعابير الاحترازية في النصوص الصحفية الإنكليزية إلى العربية: نهج تحليل الخطاب
The Translation of Downtoners in English Journalistic Texts into Arabic: A Discourse Analysis
- الباحث
- عثمان حميد جار الله
- المشرف
- ليث نوفل محمد
- الجامعة
- جامعة الموصل
- الكلية / القسم
- كلية الآداب / الترجمة
- الشهادة
- ماجستير
- السنة
- 2023
- لغة الرسالة
- انكليزي
- الكلمات المفتاحية
- Downtoners ; Journalistic Texts ; Discourse Analysis ; English-Arabic Translation
Abstract
Downtoners are a specific group of degree adverbs which function as hedges. They have a reducing effect, typically scaling down from the assumed norm. The present study aims at translating downtoners from English into Arabic in journalistic texts adopting a discourse analysis. The issue is that downtoners are marked by fuzziness and unclarity which poses a challenge for translators when they come across translating journalistic texts, especially the political ones which use these devices for rhetorical purposes rather than linguistic. In addition, some of these functional devices overlap with one another and consequently result in misunderstandings. Further, sometimes, there is no clear cut between downtoners and hedges which have a pragmatic function conveying the attitudinal meaning of the speaker. Thus, translators' job becomes complicated unless they resort to context to figure out the appropriate meaning of these devices. Consequently, the study adopts Larson's Model, which includes accuracy, clarity, and naturalness. It is hypothesized that providing an accurate translation of downtoners constitutes the greatest challenge for student translators. In addition the translation of downtoners is context-bound. Twenty English texts were randomly chosen from different internet journalistic websites and translated into Arabic by ten M. A. students in a questionnaire conducted in the Dept. of Translation, College of Arts. The study revealed that accuracy is the main challenge faced the student translators in rendering the downtoners. This is clearly shown in the percentages of failure and success mentioned in the findings and tables. The study also showed the role of context in determining the meaning of downtoners. The study further revealed that pragmatic equivalence plays a crucial role in translating and explaining downtoners. This is evident throughout the different equivalent translations provided by student translators. The study concludes that mistranslating downtoners results in distortion of the intended meaning. Therefore, the study recommends that translators should be aware when they come across translating downtoners, for as it has already been stated that these functional devices are fuzzy and require well-knowledge translators.
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