Religious and Cultural Expressions in Legal Discourse: Evidence from Interpreting Canadian Courts Hearings from Arabic into English

Weld-Ali, Eman W.; Obeidat, Mohammed M.; Haider, Ahmad S.

doi:10.1007/s11196-023-10016-z

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“…Interlingual translation, the process of translating a text from one language into another, often involves a certain degree of loss in the intended meaning or message of the source text (Weld-Ali, Obeidat, & Haider, 2023). Venuti (2002) posits that translated texts suffer a degree of loss in either form or meaning, and sometimes both.…”

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English Translation of Verbal Humour in Egyptian Comedy Films

Al-Ezzi,

Al-Qudah

2023

WJEL

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Humour is deeply rooted in culture and may differ remarkably across societies. Translating humour interlingually necessitates navigating cultural variations and references, mainly because humour often relies on language-specific elements such as puns, idiomatic expressions and wordplay. Translating these linguistic features while preserving the comedic effect can be particularly challenging. This study investigates the complexity of translating humour that depends on a combination of both cultural and linguistic elements involving play with words and sounds from the Egyptian Arabic vernacular into English. To explore this area, the researchers examine three films in which humour is deemed by viewers as unique. The verbal humour investigated depends heavily on the replacement of words and sounds in a vast array of expressions that include puns, irony, jokes, spoonerisms, malapropisms, collocations, and proverbs. The results of the analysis of 34 examples extracted from the three films demonstrate that the translators of the films rejected several puns in the sense that they disregarded the translation of most puns, while resorting to communicative translation with some other puns. However, with other linguistic humorous devices such as malapropisms, irony, jokes, and spoonerisms, the translator used strategies including explicitation, transposition, literal translation (calque), and omission.

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English Translation of Verbal Humour in Egyptian Comedy Films

Al-Ezzi,

Al-Qudah

2023

WJEL

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“…The transfer of religious texts from one language to another has been a core element in disseminating the divine messages and teachings throughout history. However, this area poses challenges for translators since it often involves specific language uncommon in daily use and religious expressions that are loaded with sacred meanings (Weld-Ali, Obeidat, & Haider, 2023).…”

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The Translation of Near-Synonymous Names of Allah in the Holy Qur’an: A Comparative Study

Al-Adwan,

Al-Abbas

2023

WJEL

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This study aimed to investigate the lexical choices of the near-synonymous names of Allah in the Holy Quran, namely, (الوهّاب ، الرزّاق) , (البارئ ، المصوّر ، الخالق) , (الرءوف ، الودود ، اللطيف) in five English translations which include Muhammad Sarwar's (2011), Pickthall's (1930), Yusuf Ali's (1982), Arberry's (1955), Al-Hilali and Khan's (2018). The meanings of the names of Allah were checked based on the Qur'anic exegeses and the English equivalents selected by the five translators were looked up in Cambridge and Merriam-Webster's Dictionary in order to determine the translation that best provided the closest meanings to the Qur’anic interpretations. The study found that the slight differences in the meanings of the names of Allah were not reflected in the English lexical choices of some translators. The study recommends that translators of religious books should take into account the minor differences between words of similar meaning which are intended for specific purposes.

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Translating classical Arabic verse: human translation vs. AI large language models (Gemini and ChatGPT)

Farghal,

Haider

2024

Cogent Social Sciences

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Religious and Cultural Expressions in Legal Discourse: Evidence from Interpreting Canadian Courts Hearings from Arabic into English

Cited by 6 publications

References 19 publications

English Translation of Verbal Humour in Egyptian Comedy Films

English Translation of Verbal Humour in Egyptian Comedy Films

The Translation of Near-Synonymous Names of Allah in the Holy Qur’an: A Comparative Study

Translating classical Arabic verse: human translation vs. AI large language models (Gemini and ChatGPT)

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