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Cultural difficulties in translations from English into Arabic
Cultural difficulties in translations from English into Arabic

Author(s): Roxana Mares
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Editura Pro Universitaria
Keywords: translations; difficulties; English; Arabic

Summary/Abstract: Translation is an activity of enormous importance in the modern world and has become an established area in language studies, being the main criterion for archieving communication. Considering Newmark's theory that translation is an art as well as a skill and a science, three main aspects are taken into consideration when we talk about translation: the foreign and native cultures, the two languages and the writer and the translator.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 69-77
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: English
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