Procedures in the Translation of Proper Names in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire into Malay

Zabir, Atikah; Haroon, Haslina

doi:10.17576/gema-2018-1802-08

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“…This could have been due to misinterpretations of the SL items, or a lack of knowledge with respect to the SL history and culture. Therefore, recognizing an idiomatic expression (or even names, as observed by Zabir and Haroon, 2018) and understanding its cultural backdrop or the implications behind, and circumstances surrounding, it will only serve to assist the translator in terms of accurate rendition as well as successful transfer of cultural knowledge where applicable.…”

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Translating Idiomatic Expressions in Literary Prose: The Case of Harper Lee’s to Kill a Mockingbird

Sharahil

Lin

Abbaspour

2022

e-Bangi

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Even though idioms constitute an essential part of language and are common in our daily communication, they are seen to possess uncommon linguistic characteristics and high degrees of linguistic and cultural specificities. Due to this, they pose various problems to native and non-native speakers of a language, as well as translators. The present study sought to identify the strategies adopted in translating these expressions found in Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird and to examine if there is any loss of meaning post-rendition, referring to Tawfeeq Al-Asady’s Arabic rendition of the prize-winning novel. In meeting the study’s objectives, a sample of 80 idiomatic expressions were analyzed based on Baker’s (2018) taxonomy and Nababan et al.’s (2012) model. A comparative-descriptive approach was applied; first, comparing the SL idiom with its TL counterpart to identify the strategy used and to assess for any loss of meaning, and then calculating the frequency of the strategies adopted. The findings reveal that four primary strategies were employed: paraphrasing, total equivalence, literal translation, and partial equivalence. The kappa value for interrater reliability is highly favorable at .86, denoting almost perfect agreement between the raters who were invited to assess the study’s data for added validity. We are able to conclude that the idiomatic expressions were to a fair extent rendered effectively, with instances of loss of meaning observed. This study and its findings are of relevance to translators, educators, and scholars engaged in language and translation research.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Translating Idiomatic Expressions in Literary Prose: The Case of Harper Lee’s to Kill a Mockingbird

Sharahil

Lin

Abbaspour

2022

e-Bangi

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“…Furthermore, the previous studies (Zabir and Haroon, 2018;Eriko, 2016;Majed and Bakri, 2014;Isaiah, 2009, Mussche andWillems, 2010;Nazarabadi and Ghareghani, 2016) showed how proper names in a particular language or country were translated into other languages. It is showed that the proper name is important to be translated.…”

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confidence: 93%

Translation Procedures in Translating Proper Names from English into Indonesian

Lestari

Winaya

Sosiowati

2020

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Translation procedure is a procedure or a method to translate the unit of language from the source language to the target language. Every linguistic part needs to be translated. It means including the proper names in the literary work. This study is aimed at identifying and analyzing the types of the proper name and their translation procedures in the novel entitled Pembunuhan di Orient Express. The problems in this study are discussed based on the theory of proper name and the theory of the translation procedure by Newmark (1988). The method used to collect the data was documentation method. This study applied the descriptive qualitative method in analyzing the data. The result of the analysis was presented using an informal method. The analysis showed three types of proper names in the data sources. They are people’s names, the name of an object, and the geographical term. The translator uses seven methods from 18 translation procedures that were proposed by Newmark (1988).

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“…The issue of translation strategies is dominantly related to the issue of translation procedures (Suryawinata & Hariyanto, 2016, p. 67). The previous study on the translation procedures has been conducted by (Zabir & Haroon, 2018) related to the procedures of proper name translation in the book of Harry Potter and the Gable into Malay. This research main focus is the "translation loss".…”

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Developing Creative Writing Process Based on the Translation of Arabic Phrases: Case Study in Arabic Prose and Poetry

Anis

Malik

Setiyadi

2022

nalans

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This study discusses whether the comprehensive understanding on Arabic phrases have significant role in the process of creative writing development or not. By referring to the two basic genres of creative writing, Arabic literature covers prose and poetry in which their translations are easier if they are constructed with the models of Arabic phrases. The construction of phrases is commonly used in Arabic creative writing. Phrases in Arabic when translated into other languages have various types of translation strategies that are quite unique. The researchers are interested to investigate the following notions: (1) whether the variants of phrases will be based on the creative writing process or not, (2) the translation techniques employed for the variants of Arabic phrases models, and (3) the characteristics of the creative writing strategies based on the translation of Arabic phrases. The data were collected from the modern Arabic proses and poetries from both Zaidan and Adonis. In collecting the data, the researchers: (1) collect the observation-based data, (2) convey the distributional method and content analysis for the data analysis purpose, and finally (3) report the data. The problems of the study were analyzed mainly by using two approaches; the theory of Arabic Phrase (attarkib al-isnadiyyah) and the translation of Arabic phrase “phraseological features”. The hypothesis testing shows that the creative writing in Arabic literature is influenced by the creative ways of translating the phrases. It is found that: (1) the variants of Arabic phrases model in Arabic proses and poetries are: idhāfah (annexation), shifa/na’t (adjective phrases), jār majrūr (prepositional phrase), Adverbial phrase, and Syndectic verb phrase (2) The strategies of Arabic phrases translation in Arabic texts are: the metaphorization strategy for idhāfah (annexation), phrasal reconstruction strategy for shifa/ na’t (adjective phrases), the metaphorical approximation for jār majrūr (prepositional phrase), the phrasal reconstruction for the adverbial phrase strategy, and the morphological packaging for the syndectic verb phrase. Our study strengthens the general theory of Arabic phrases or phraseological features. On the other hand, the previous study has not comprehensively elaborated the translation techniques and translation strategies.

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Procedures in the Translation of Proper Names in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire into Malay

Cited by 5 publications

References 7 publications

Translating Idiomatic Expressions in Literary Prose: The Case of Harper Lee’s to Kill a Mockingbird

Translating Idiomatic Expressions in Literary Prose: The Case of Harper Lee’s to Kill a Mockingbird

Translation Procedures in Translating Proper Names from English into Indonesian

Developing Creative Writing Process Based on the Translation of Arabic Phrases: Case Study in Arabic Prose and Poetry

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