Thinking Arabic Translation: A Course In Translation Method: Arabic To English

__'" method: Arabic to Engll " THINKING ARABIC TRANSLATION A Course in Translation Method: Arabic to English James Dickins Sandor Hervey Ian Higgins I � ��o�:��n�5��UP LONDON AND NEW YORK First published 2002 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX 14 4RN Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 270 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016 Reprinted in 2005 Transferred to Digital Printing 2006 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group © 2002 James Dickins, Sandor Hervey, [an Higgins Typeset in Times by [an Higgins, Cupar, Fife Printed and bound in Great Britain by TJI Digital, Padstow, Cornwall All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Publisher's Note This book has been prepared from camera-ready copy provided by the authors British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data A catalog record for this book has been requested. ISBN 0-415-25064-1 (hbk) 0-415-25065-x (pbk) Contents Acknowledgements Introduction 1 1 Preliminaries to translation as a process 6 1.1 1 .2 1 .3 1.4 Basic definitions Inter-semiotic translation Intralingual translation Interlingual translation Practical1 .1 Practical1 .2 Intralingual translation: 'Today I attempted' Gist translation: ��I L�I � 2 Preliminaries to translation as a product 2.1 2.1.1 2.1.2 2 .1 .3 2 .1.4 2 .1.5 2 .2 2 .2.1 2 .2.2 2 .2.2.1 2 .2.2.2 2 .2.2.3 , J Xl Degrees of freedom in translation Interlinear translation Literal translation Free translation Communicative translation From interlinear to free translation Equivalence and translation loss Equivalence Translation loss Translation by omission Translation by addition Controlling translation loss Practical2 .1 Practical2 .2 Literal vs balanced translation: �WI � �.J Degrees of freedom in translation: doi J� IjL... 6 7 8 10 12 13 15 15 15 16 16 17 17 18 19 21 23 24 25 25 27 Contents vi 3 29 Cultural transposition 3.1 29 Basic principles 3.2 Exoticism 29 3.3 Calque 31 32 3.4 Cultural transplantation 3.5 Cultural borrowing 32 3.6 Communicative translation 35 3.7 Transliterating names 35 Practical3.1 Practical3.2 4 Cultural transposition: �1 Cultural transposition: J� 0LS �J -:aj..LJ1 t\'1 bJ4-uJ�I J� l.o c.fj �Ij= !..il Practical 12.1 Tonal register: Practical l2.2 Code-switching: 13 •.• Textual genre as a factor in translation <