The Paratextual Analysis of English Translations of Arabic Media Narratives on Daesh

Hijjo, Nael F. M.; Kaur, Surinderpal

doi:10.17576/3l-2017-2303-02

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“…REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE Different scholars have conducted several studies on translation in general (see Al-Adwan & Abuorabialedwan, 2019;Al-Harahsheh & Al-Omari, 2019;Hijjo & Kaur, 2017;Yuan, 2018), while some others paid attention to the translation of Audio-visual materials (see Jankowska, 2009;Tian & Xiong, 2013;Yahiaoui, 2016). Dubbing and subtitling are by far the most widespread techniques used to make foreign-language TV programs accessible to the international market.…”

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Overcoming Cultural Constraints in Translating English Series: A Case Study of Subtitling Family Guy into Arabic

Debbas

Haider

2020

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Subtitling and dubbing foreign animation in Arabic have been growing since TV screens reached Arab homes. This imposes stricter control and ethical supervision of the used language. This study examines the cultural constraints in subtitling the American animated sitcom Family Guy into Arabic. Family Guy addresses sensitive matters, such as sex, alcohol, religion, and politics, and so it is viewed with concern and caution in the Arab world. The researchers classified the cultural constraints in translation into three main categories: religious remarks, jokes & humour that revolve around proper nouns, and taboos. The analysis shows that the strategies used in translating religious remarks were scene deletion, words omission, and words omission with justifications. For jokes and humour, the translator opted for three strategies, namely, retain unchanged, retain unchanged with added guidance and retain unchanged with detailed explanation. Euphemistic expressions and word omission were the two strategies followed in translating taboos. The study concludes that the target audience has a vital role in determining the appropriate constraints on translation that go in line with their ideology and culture.

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Overcoming Cultural Constraints in Translating English Series: A Case Study of Subtitling Family Guy into Arabic

Debbas

Haider

2020

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“…In contrast, French ellipsis occurs after deontic modals such as devoir (must, should) and pouvoir (can, may). Hijjo (2013a) has studied the grammatical shifts in English-Arabic translation, and the study reveals that the meaning and quality of the translation are affected owing to translators' ineffective manipulation. In the same vein, Hijjo (2013b) has studied structural and syntactic shifts in the translation of political French news; his study indicates that the sentence structure changes, which makes the message different.…”

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Occurrence of Ellipsis and Shift in French-English Translation: A Study of <i>Madame Bovary</i>

Abdou Moindjie

2024

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Ellipsis is a cohesive device that omits an element or elements in a sentence whose interpretation depends on presupposition in the context; it is about linguistic changes that occur in translation. This study aims to describe ellipsis, shift and their effect on meaning in French-English translation. The study is a qualitative research study carried out manually on <i>Madame Bovary</i>. The novel is wholly read, and passages of the novel which demonstrate cohesive devices of ellipsis and shift are selected and analysed. This study is supported by Halliday and Hasan’s theory (1976) of textual cohesion and Catford’s theory (1965) of translation shifts. The analysis reveals that English is more elliptical, whereas French is more demonstrative due to some language peculiarities and language norms. It specifies that some language peculiarities (concreteness and abstractness) and language norms (language usage options) are determinants of the translation procedures of ellipsis from French into English. Class shift and modulation are the translation procedures that are more functional than other shift categories and translation procedures in dealing with ellipses in French-English translation.

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“…Still fewer studies have investigated the paratextual mediation of different agents in the translation process using narrative theory. These studies are Ayoub (2010), Summers (2013), Dubbati and Abudayeh (2017), and Kim (2017) -which focus on literary translation -, and Hijjo and Kaur (2017), with a focus on media translation. This motivates the need to conduct a study with a focus on the translation of political texts.…”

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Dissenting Voices: When Paratexts Clash With Texts. Paratextual Intervention in Persian Translations of Texts Relating to the Iran-Iraq War

Yalsharzeh

Barati

Hesabi

2019

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The Paratextual Analysis of English Translations of Arabic Media Narratives on Daesh

Abstract: This paper investigates the role of media translations in reframing 'reality' and inserting ideologically-loaded

Cited by 22 publications

References 24 publications

Overcoming Cultural Constraints in Translating English Series: A Case Study of Subtitling Family Guy into Arabic

Overcoming Cultural Constraints in Translating English Series: A Case Study of Subtitling Family Guy into Arabic

Occurrence of Ellipsis and Shift in French-English Translation: A Study of <i>Madame Bovary</i>

Dissenting Voices: When Paratexts Clash With Texts. Paratextual Intervention in Persian Translations of Texts Relating to the Iran-Iraq War

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