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    Dudley Randall, many different things can be analyzed. The difference in the two translations; one being a literal translation, telling the true meaning of the poem, and the other being a thematic translation, which tells the author’s theme and symbolism used in his/her work. Another thing that all poets have in common is the usage of poetic devices; such as similes, metaphors, and personification. Before translations and devices, readers should first acknowledge the structure of the poem. In structure

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    translating work should successfully and fluently convey the original meaning and cultural context. A. Introduction to the Expressiveness Xu Yuanchong considers that, translation is an art that the translator uses one language form to convey the content another language form has expressed (Xu Yuanchong, 1984) (the author’s translation). It is the solution to the contradiction between the original content and the target form. The contradiction should be that the translator uses expressive target form

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    the complete book-length poem entitled “A State of Siege”: "Because reality is an ongoing text, lovely white, without malady”. Here are three tables that include examples of conceptual metaphors found in Darwish’s poems (Arabic source text and English target text)

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    to solve problems in the process of translation. Translators combine their linguistic strategies with cultural knowledge in translating and offer readers a chance to feel the foreignness with their mother language. This essay is going to talk about how translation problems are solved with the help of cultural awareness, and a case study will be done later

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    The Power of Language in “Translations” by Brain Friel In “Translations”, Brian Friel highlights the powerful way language can impact people’s identity and culture, as demonstrated in the small rural town of Baile Beag, Ireland. Friel connects language to social and political issues regarding the invasion of Ireland by the British, exposing the unbridgeable gap between two different cultures; also he uses symbolism to demonstrate the challenge of having two distinctly different dialects. The

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    legal translation is characterized by having legal vocabulary which is extremely wide. However, translators prefer to use certain choice of words (p.26). Subsequently, legal translation is more complicated than other branches of translation since it is the "Translation from one legal system into another from the source legal system into the target legal system." ( Šarčević, 1997, P.13). Legal translation has the tendency to be specific and to avoid ambiguity at all costs. Legal translation is

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    The Challenges of translating sense of humor from Arabic into English Lamya Al-Ali 679383691 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The Challenges of translating sense of humor from Arabic into English Abstract Humor is a social and stylistic phenomenon. The function of humor text is to achieve the entertaining and amusing the readership. As a first step to translate humor, the translator should know what makes this certain sentence or expression funny? What is the type of this humor

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    Ragheb Elsergany published originally in Arabic on the 17th of may 2010 and later, Dr. Ragheb Elsergany translated the text into English on 17/06/2010. The article explains types of Islamic art during the golden era of Islamic

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    Bettelheim's Report

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    etc. were translated into English and other languages. Specifically, Bettelheim (1983) explained his perspective about why Freud’s work, in his opinion, lost its true meaning after being translated. Therefore,

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    The translation process has been the subject of numerous changes throughout human history, before finally reaching its current state. The process of translation in modern times is much more complex, refined and sophisticated, compared to that of the past. Currently, translation makes use of the legacy of knowledge bestowed upon us by the centuries of research into numerous scientific disciplines, among which: linguistics, sociology, anthropology, psychology, history, ethnography and many others.

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