Faults of Translating Fallacies From English into Arabic:A Case Study
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https://doi.org/10.25130/jfa.18.66.1.15Keywords:
fallacies, English-Arabic translation, pragmatic equivalence, advertising discourse, persuasive languageAbstract
This research deals with the problems and errors facing the translation of fallacies from English to Arabic, focusing on maintaining the semantic, textual and pragmatic meanings of the source text. Translating fallacies is a particular challenge because it requires not only conveying words and meanings, but also maintaining the structure of the argument, its persuasive strength and its rhetorical and pragmatic effect in the recipient. The study adopted a case study method to analyse four advertising texts in English that include multiple types of fallacies, in addition to their Arabic translations completed by four students from the Department of Translation / collage of Arts /University of Tikrit. The analysis was based on Baker's (2018) framework of translation equivalence, focusing on translation strategies and their success in maintaining the meaning and pragmatic function of fallacies. The main problem is the difficulty of maintaining the logical, pragmatic and contextual meanings of fallacies when translated from English to Arabic. The study assumes that linguistic, logical, and contextual differences may lead to the loss or distortion of the erroneous meaning intended in translation.
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