Translation Of Idioms Research Articles

The Pilgrimage of Egeria: A New Translation of the Itinerarium Egeriae with Introduction and Commentary by Anne McGowan and Paul F. Bradshaw

Reviewed by: The Pilgrimage of Egeria: A New Translation of the Itinerarium Egeriae with Introduction and Commentary by Anne McGowan and Paul F. Bradshaw Maurus Mount O.S.B. Anne McGowan and Paul F. Bradshaw The Pilgrimage of Egeria: A New Translation of the Itinerarium Egeriae with Introduction and Commentary Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2018 235 pages. Paperback. $29.95. For students and lovers of the liturgy the Itinerarium Egeriae is a must read. It is an important testimony to the phenomenon of Christian pilgrimage to the Holy Land in the fourth century following the Peace of the Church. Between 381 and 384, a pious woman of influential means and plenty of free time travelled to the Holy Land, and left in her travel journal addressed to her “sisters” a record of where she had gone and what she saw. Her fairly detailed description of the liturgical year as celebrated in Jerusalem, especially the ceremonies of Holy Week, is a gold mine for historians of liturgy in late antiquity. Her mannered vulgar Latin is of great interest to Late Latin and Romance philologists. As it touches upon liturgical terminology, the Itinerarium is an important witness to the development of words used to describe various liturgical rites and the Holy Eucharist. Scholarly inquiries into the identity of this grande dame have settled upon the name Egeria. Aside from her Spanish or Gallican origin, and the fact that she lived with a group of women, not much can be said about her or her station in life. Anne McGowan and Paul F. Bradshaw have provided a new translation with introduction and commentary with the stated purpose of making Egeria’s diary of her pilgrimage “more easily intelligible” (vii). In contrast to earlier more idiomatic translations, McGowan and Bradshaw have taken a more literal approach, hoping to preserve the colloquial style of the author. Their translation is based upon the Sources chrétiennes edition prepared by Pierre Maraval. McGowan and Bradshaw do not include the Latin text. The introduction is of uneven quality. The discussion of the controversy over the name of the author of the Itinerarium (Aetheria [End Page 190] or Egeria?) is adequate, referring the reader to George E. Gingras’s treatment (3–12) in his translation and commentary for the Ancient Christian Writers series. In the section on Egeria’s education and writing style (13–15), McGowan and Bradshaw decide to take a pass when addressing the important philological work done on the Itinerarium, by referring the reader to the bibliography (13). Their previously stated commitment to using inclusive language “when appropriate” (vii) is undermined when they presume to correct a fellow scholar’s English when quoting him by placing a sic after “his” used as a generic pronoun (15). The discussion of Egeria’s probable country of origin (20–22) covers all the bases. However, the treatment of the all-important topic of the dating of Egeria’s travels is unfortunately incomplete. After a good treatment of Paul Devos’s arguments for the years 381–384, they bring up the old assertion that Egeria quotes from St. Jerome’s Latin translation of Eusebius’ Onomasticon, putting the terminus post quem at 390, an argument which led Gingras astray (25–26). Pierre Maraval’s commentary dealt with this assertion, arguing convincingly, if not at length, that Egeria was not quoting Jerome. McGowan and Bradshaw are to be praised for providing important historical context to Egeria’s travels in their section on pilgrimage in early Christianity, by providing contemporary examples of pilgrimage to the Holy Land (27–33). After a sometimes overly trendy (vid. women “constructing themselves,” 36) yet good discussion of the meaning and history of Christian pilgrimage, Egeria’s devotional practices during her pilgrimage are taken up. When laying out the pattern of prayer practiced by Egeria and her companions while visiting a site associated with biblical events, the reader is told “In most of the occasions that Egeria describes, the leader of this prayer is unspecified, which neither proves nor precludes the possibility that women sometimes may have served in this role” (54). Given that the few times when Egeria does mention who led the prayers she speaks of...

USING TRANSLATION AS MEANS TO OVERCOME DIFFICULTIES IN LEARNING PHRASAL VERBS AND IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS

The present study is an attempt to benefit from translation in language learning in general and learning phrasal verbs and idiomatic expressions in specific. Its importance lies in its creative employment of translation in facilitating the difficulties of learning specific language issues such as phrasal verbs, idiomatic expressions, jargon…etc. The researcher observes the difficulty that faces English language learners and trainees in mastering certain language issues such as phrasal verbs and idiomatic expressions for students. The difficulty of studying phrasal verbs lies in their being similar, confusing and their being difficult to remember. Moreover, students misuse them because they have no chance or allocated time in their study plan to study and practice them perfectly. On the other hand, the difficulty of studying idiomatic expressions lies in their being closely related to a cultural background. Therefore, they require idiomatic translation that helps to remember better as it relates them to culture in a functional or cultural way.

SPORTS IDIOMS IN EVERYDAY SOCIAL AND POLITICAL LANGUAGE

The proposed article is devoted to the study of set expressions (idioms) transformed from sports vocabulary to everyday language. The features and variations of idioms translation from English into Ukrainian are analyzed on the material of American social and political press. It should be noted that the skillful use of idioms makes the language brighter, expressive, emotionally colored, and evokes certain associations in the reader. It becomes obvious that the final decision on how to use one way or another translation technique of an idiom depends on the context. The article stresses that the use of idioms makes it possible to solve one of the main objectives of journalistic style combined with the highest level of informativeness expressive emotional fullness material. The correct application of any translation technique or method involves a creative approach to solving each specific problem. It is stressed that sports idioms are an important component of the language of modern life. Such phraseological units provide imagery and expressive expressiveness of modern journalistic discourse.

Dictionaries and translation

Abstract The article offers a bird’s-eye view of the use of dictionaries in translation, accompanied by down-to-earth exemplifications of the arguments. After propounding the essential difference between a bilingual dictionary and translation, a brief survey follows of problems that should be solved by both. They include the treatment and translation of technical and literary texts, of collocations, phrases and idioms, of colloquial, slang, dialectal, dated and obsolete words, of neologisms and nonce-words. Mention is also made of the problem of treating application. As a onclusion, translators may be given a piece of advice: Think of a dictionary as a counsellor and a friendly aide, but complement it with other sources of information and do not always rely upon it.

IDIOMS TRANSLATION STRATEGIES IN PASUNG JIWA NOVEL ENGLISH VERSION

The research deals with idioms translation strategies. The aims of this study were: (1) to investigate the strategies of translating idioms in Pasung Jiwa novel, (2) to analyze the process of translation strategies applied in Pasung Jiwa novel, and (3) to describe how the context of idiom translation strategies applied in translating Pasung Jiwa novel. The research was conducted by using qualitative design. The data of this study were words, phrases and clause. The data were collected through documentary technique and the instrument was the documentary sheet. The data were analyzed by using Miles and Huberman’s Interactive Model. The result of this study revealed that: (1) The kinds of idioms translation strategies in Pasung Jiwa Novel found by the researcher namely (a) idiom of similar meaning aand form, (b) idiom of similar meaning but dissimilar form, (c) translating idiom by paraphrase, (d) translating idiom by omission and (e) description strategy. (2) There are four process of idiom translation strategies based on sequences, namely (single process, double process, triple process and quadruple process) in this study, the most dominant type was single process. triple and quadruple process was not found in this research. (3) From four types of context in translation proposed by Nida (2001), in this study the dominant context was social cultural context. Meanwhile, paralinguistic context and style context were not found. Therefore, in translating idiom, the translators need to know SL/TL culture and its relations to all aspects of cultural background and literature heritage of both languages in translation. The translator wanted the English translated version of Pasung Jiwa Novel easy to understand by the global reader. This translation was aimed to the acceptance of target reader.Keywords: Idioms Translation Strategies, the Contexts of Translation, Pasung Jiwa Novel English Version

The Translation of Idioms in George Orwell’s <i>Animal Farm</i>

This research aims to study the use of idioms in Animal Farm (1954) and their translation into Bahasa Indonesia. The idioms found in the original text are classified based on the classification of idioms by Adam Makkai (1972). The idiom translation strategy is identified by comparing the idioms in the source text to the translation in the target text. The research identifies 156 idioms and classifies them into phrasal verb idioms (39%), tournure idioms (34%), irreversible binomials (11%), phrasal compound idioms (14%), and incorporating verb idioms (2%). There are 4 strategies to translate an idiom following Mona Baker (1992) and 1 strategy following Newmark (1991). The idiom translation strategy is classified into translating an idiom by using an idiom of similar meaning and form (1.92%), translating an idiom by using an idiom of similar meaning but different form (1.92%), translating an idiom by using paraphrase (85.90%), translating an idiom by using omission (0.64%), and literal translation strategy (9.62%).

The Impact of Direct and Indirect Feedback on Idiom Translating Skill of Iranian EFL College Students

This study examines the effectiveness and efficacy of teachers' direct vs. indirect feedback on students' idiom translating skills. To achieve this purpose, 23 Iranian university students from two intact classes were randomly assigned to two experimental groups: direct feedback group in which the teacher located and gave the correct translation of idiom and indirect feedback group in which the teacher only noted the number of wrong translations of idioms. The study lasted 10 weeks in the course of which the participants had to translate a short text from “Idioms and Metaphorical Expressions in Translation” by “Ghaffar Tajalli”. The study included a pre-test, a treatment for experimental groups, and a post-test to see whether or not the treatment had been effective. The statistical analyses indicated the effectiveness of direct feedback inaccurate use of the translation of idioms. Therefore, the results can provide some useful insights into translating courses, syllabus design, and translator training courses.

WAYS TO TRANSLATE DIALECTS IN A LITERARY TEXT

The article dwells on the study devoted to the translation of dialects used by the authors of literary texts as a means of giving a special colouring to some area. Being forms of the language, they are used within a certain geographic location as a means of the speech attribute of the character and as a detail disclosing its social context.The dialect is considered to be a retreat from the literary standard and is juxtaposed to it though in linguistics there is a set of various approaches to the problem. The article points out the difference between the terms «dialect» and «accent» highlighting that the latter is a narrower notion and just a constituent of the «dialect».Dialects in a literary text are aimed at rendering certain ideas and performing various functions depending on which one should carry out a strategy of their transfer to the target text in the course of the pre-translation analysis. Distinctive features of dialects point to the existence of the problem connected with their translatability. In general, there are three approaches to it: complete untranslatability, complete translatability and relative translatability. The relative translatability approach seems to be the most adequate as dialectal words refer to zero equivalent lexical units and locative peculiarities of dialects cannot be translated into a foreign language. In this respect the transformation of compensation turns out to be the most essential way of dialects translation. It can be assumed that there are several types of compensation. The article employs clippings from several literary texts to accentuate the highest efficiency and importance of vertical compensation due to resorting to units of different linguistic levels. This way of using compensation allows translating the maximum of the content and of the communicative value of the source text, though it is common knowledge that some loss of information is inevitable.

Tackling Difficulties in Translating Culture-bound Metaphor in Nizar Qabbani’s Poetry: A Comparative Study

Arabic poetry has long taken precedence over other literary forms. It is the oldest form of literature known in the Arabic language, dating back to year 400 A.D. In the context of translation, poetry poses a few daunting hurdles in attempting to reach equally metaphorical meanings in the target language. This article seeks to illustrate the cultural problems witnessed in translating culture-bound metaphor. For this purpose, poetry by prominent Arab poet Nizar Qabbani is the main reference and the selected case study in the article for the poet’s place and contribution in Arabic poetry. The theoretical framework adopts two translation models— Newmark’s Semantic Translation and Den Broeck’s literal, paraphrase and substitution. In addition to illustrating difficulties emanating from translating culture-bound metaphor, the article will present a comparative analysis of two translations of one poetic text, thereby hopefully serving as a valuable contribution to the area of cultural metaphor translation by providing a range of translation possibilities starting from Dynamic Equivalence or idiomatic translation and continuing through literal and semantic translations. In doing so, the article has tackled strategies in the field of cultural metaphor translation, which will hopefully lead to further research.

A descriptive comparative study of the strategies applied for the translation of the vernacular dialect of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men as a sociolect into Farsi

Abstract This study aims to identify and compare the strategies applied by native Farsi Translators, Parviz Dariyush (1975) and Soroush Habibi (2009), in rendering the vernacular dialect (Chicano English) of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men (1965) as a sociolect into Farsi. One hundred samples which contained seven unique characteristics of vernacular dialect limited to the two main characters of the novel, George and Lennie, were extracted from the novel with their Farsi equivalents. Sienkiewicz (1984, as cited in Berezowski 1997: 35) proposed strategies for the translation of dialects are taken as the model for this study to investigate the way dialectal features are dealt with in the selected parts and to check whether the procedure proposed by Sienkiewicz is sufficient and adequate for their translation. Analysing these samples, the results showed that one-to-one transference of dialectal elements is not practically possible into Farsi. However, both translators used phonological, syntactical, and morphological irregularities of Colloquial Farsi to show that the language of the novel is not standard language. Approximate Variety Substitution is the most frequent strategy used by Habibi and Dariyush. The aim of this strategy is to select a colloquial variety that has some dialectal features such as lexical, phonological, and morphological specifics and at the same time does not present an obvious recognizable TL dialect.

ACCURACY OF IDIOM TRANSLATION IN SIDNEY SHELDON’S THE SKY IS FALLING INTO INDONESIAN LANGIT RUNTUH

<p>The purpose of this research is to know the accuracy of idiom translation and strategies that are used by the translator in translating the idiom into Bahasa Indonesia. This research uses qualitative descriptive analysis. After analyzing the results of accuracy of idiom translation from the three evaluators in the novel entitled The Sky is Falling, the researcher gets the conclusion that accuracy in “0” scale takes the highest position. There are three strategies used by the translator in translating idioms. They are paraphrase which marks 87%, borrowing the source language idioms with 6%, omission of entire idioms with 2%, using an idiom of similar meaning but dissimilar form with 5%.</p><p>Keywords: Accuracy, Idiom Translation, Novel entitled <em>The Sky is Falling</em>.</p>

ON THE ORIGINS OF SOME ENGLISH IDIOMS AND THE ADEQUACY OF THEIR DEFINITIONS IN THE GEORGIAN DICTIONARIES (II PART)

The aim of this article is to fill the informative gap and to overcome those difficulties which arise in case of not having the adequate interpetation or exact definition of the English idioms in the Georgian dictionaries.This paper investigates some idiomatic expressions and observes how often they are used in the modern English publicist texts from “The Guardian”, “Fortune”, “The Scotsman”, “The Independent” etc. whether they have preserved their original meanings or obtained some other new senses and coloring. More than this, the goal is to research if there is an adequate translation or interpretation of those English idioms in the Georgian language bilingual dictionaries. If there is not any, then the objective is how to make their adequate Georgian equivalents and, as a result to compose a new mini-dictionary of idioms. The urgent need for etymological study of idioms is also stimulated by the fact that the phraseology condensates the complex interaction of the culture and psychology of people, national self-being and their unique metaphoric mentality The reaserch value is dectated by its outcome, namely, it will be the research not only of those idioms which have the adequate definitions in the Georgian dictionaries, but find out some cases of not having the right definition and in result to compile the mini be-lingual dictionary of idioms. It can be assumed, that it will make a siginificant contribution to the development of lexicography in Georgia.

The Realization of Ideology of Translation in Rendering Figurative Language in Dashner’s The Fever Code

Translation involves at least two languages which come from the source language (SL) and target language (TL). In addition, it also involves the ideology in all of the translation fileds including novel. Novel has many components on it including figurative language. It means that the ideology depends on the belief of the writer or the translator which deals with two domain; foreignization and domestication. The realization of ideology of figurative language translation needs to be investigated to find out the translator's tendency. This study is a descriptive qualitative study. The main objective of the study is to explain the realization of ideology in rendering figurative language from English into Indonesian in Dashner’s The Fever Code. In order to collect the data, the researchers used the document. The document was used to collect of figurative language from both English and its Indonesian translation including simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, and irony. Then, they were analyzed the translation method used by the translator and the realization of ideology in rendering figurative language. The finding shows that two translation tendencies involves in translating process; they are SL emphasizes and TL emphasizes. The SL emphasizes involves literal translation, faithful translation, and semantic translation. Meanwhile, TL emphasizes involves free translation, idiomatic translation, and communicative translation. The SL emphasizes matches the foreignization which introduces what is foreign and unknown to the target readers, taking the reader cover to the foreign culture and making the target readers see the cultural and linguistic differences; it also enables the better understanding and appreciation of the thoughts and lives of foreign people. Moreover, TL emphasizes matches domestication which brings what foreign and unknown the cultural and linguistic differences to the target readers. The findings can be concluded that the employing translation method leads to the translator to realize the ideology in rendering figurative language; simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, and irony.

ENGLISH IDIOMS CONTAINING HUMAN-BODY PARTS AND THEIR VIETNAMESE EQUIVALENTS: A CASE STUDY OF TWO ENGLISH NOVELS AND THEIR VIETNAMESE TRANSLATION VERSIONS

The current paper focuses on investigating the semantic and syntactic features of idioms, including idioms containing human-body parts in the two English novels “The Godfather”, “To Kill A Mockingbird” and their Vietnamese translation versions. Using comparison and contrast method, the paper attempts to point out the equivalent and non-equivalent references of human-body-part idioms found in the two English novels and their Vietnamese translation. The research results will be useful for improving English teaching and learning, especially English idioms, as well as English-Vietnamese translation of idioms.

Baker’s Strategies Used in Translating English Idioms Into Indonesian in Crazy Rich Asians By Kevin Kwan

The use of appropriate strategies to translate idioms determines the quality of the idiom translation because the meaning of idioms cannot be extracted from its each component word.
 The research was conducted to describe the types of idioms found in Crazy Rich Asians novel and to analyze the strategies used in translating the idioms by applying Baker’s translation strategy.
 The data were taken from idioms found in Crazy Rich Asians novel. There were 325 data which were analyzed qualitatively to determine the types of idioms and what strategies were employed.
 The use of appropriate strategies to translate idioms determines the quality of the idiom translation because the meaning of idioms cannot be extracted from its each component word.The research was conducted to describe the types of idioms found in Crazy Rich Asians novel and to analyze the strategies used in translating the idioms by applying Baker’s translation strategy.The data were taken from idioms found in Crazy Rich Asians novel. There were 325 data which were analyzed qualitatively to determine the types of idioms and what strategies were employed. The result shows that opaque phrases dominated of all idiom types, followed by semi-transparent phrase, semi-opaque phrase and transparent expression. There were five strategies employed in translating idioms, they were using an idiom of similar meaning and form, using an idiom of similar meaning but dissimilar form, translation by paraphrase, translation by omission and literal translation. Translation by paraphrase is the most frequent strategies used to translate idioms because the equivalent idioms in Bahasa Indonesia are not available. Even though in Baker’s strategy does not include literal translation, this strategy is applicable to translate transparent expression, but it is not appropriate in translating opaque phrases. This research will be beneficial as the source of information and reference related to the translation of idioms.

Some Issues of Translation of Idioms from English into Russian

The relevance of the research is determined by the importance of intercultural and cross-language studies in order to identify similarities and differences in language systems. The aim of this study is to consider different translations of idioms from English into Russian comparing different time translations of the D.K. Jerome’s novel Three Men in a Boat (to Say Nothing of the Dog) with the English original novel. Materials of the article can find application in the development of lectures and practical lessons on general and comparative linguistics, country studies, special courses in translation theory and intercultural communication theory. The research materials may be used in the practice of the improving the techniques and methods of translation from English into Russian.

Idiom Translation of Love in a Fallen City From the Perspective of Hermeneutics

Love in a Fallen City is Eileen Chang’s classic novel, which contains many idioms. Guided by the theory of hermeneutics, this paper explores the idiom translation in this novel from the following four steps: trust, aggression, incorporation and compensation. By this study, it can be found that the translator, Karen S. Kingsbury, has used various translation methods, such as literal translation, free translation, omission, interpretation, borrowing the western expressions, etc. By studying their translation methods, this study hopes to provide reference for the idiom translation in other novels in future and promote the cross culture communication between China and the west.

A Study on Translation Methods in Yu Bufan’s Version of Sherlock Holmes Series From the Perspective of Skopos Theory: A Case Study of A Study in Scarlet

Sherlock Holmes Series as a prominent detective novel has many Chinese translation editions. Among the numerous versions, Yu Bufan’s version is the first single-translator-finished translation of complete works of Sherlock Holmes Series in the history of the Chinese Sherlock Holmes Series ’ translation. He states that this version pursues the beauty of words. By studying the first volume A Study in Scarlet , this paper analyzes the four translation methods applied in this translation version including imitation, free translation, literal translation and idiomatic translation. And this paper is focused on deducing the intention and the effect of using these translation methods under the guidance of three rules of skopos theory. The conclusion is drawn that skopos theory can guide translators’ translation activities. By choosing different translation methods, the translation is full of language beauty and can be well-accepted by its target readers.

Translation of the Batumi Linguocultural Digital Archive: The methodology of Glossing and Tagging Social, Political and Cultural Information in Translation of DRSP

The Georgian dialects’ translation methodology (GDTM) for the digitized recorded speech patterns DRSP in the BalDAR was adopted for translation of the stratified language, which in this specific case is the Georgian dialect containing residues of Turkish, Persian, and Arabic, and Pontic Greek borrowings. However, GDTM can be extended as a general approach to the translation of other Georgian dialects into Standard English (SE) for the language documentation and archiving purposes. The justification for the Georgian Dialect Translation Methodology (GDTM) is that Batumi Linguocultural Digital Archive is a source of the cross-cultural validation of the Georgian and its dialects. The digitized, documented speech patterns contain many facts which are, at present, and will be in the future too, worth researching in various fields of study: Glossing and Tagging in translation can enhance the potential of the DigiArchive for the global research by the international scholars.

Metode dan Prosedur Penerjemahan Quote Anime Bahasa Jepang ke dalam Bahasa Indonesia pada Official Akun LINE Bahasa Jepang Bersama

The title of this research is “Method and Procedure of Translation used in Anime Quotes from Japanese to Indonesia at Official Account LINE Bahasa Jepang Bersama”. The purpose of the research is to identify the types of technique, procedure, and method of translation applied in translating anime quotes. Theories used in this research are the theory of translation techniques proposed by Molina and Albir (2002), the procedure of translation by Vinay and Darbelnet (1995), and the translation methods by Newmark (1988). The research data was analyzed by translational equivalence method and glossing. The result of the data analysis indicates that there are several translation techniques applied, they are literal translation, amplification, modulation, linguistic amplification,established equivalence, reduction, and transposition. The most found translation technique is literal translation because its aim is to produce a translation that stick to the originality of the language source text content and form. Then, there are procedures of translation applied, they are literal translation, transposition, and modulation. Thereafter for the method of translation applied they are literal translation, free translation, communicative translation, and idiomatic translation. The most found translation method is free translation because its aim is to produce a translation that fit to the need of target language readers. The translation methods applied tend to be oriented towards the target language.