Translating contextualized Arabic euphemisms into English: socio-cultural perspective
- نوع المنشور
- بحث أصيل
- المؤلفون
- Ekrema Shehab
- Abdelrahman Qadan
- Manar Hussein
- النص الكامل
- تحميل
Abstract This study examines the role context plays in determining the translation strategies
pursued by translators of Arabic euphemisms into English. Due to different cultural
backgrounds, adherence to the employment of euphemism in a social context may differ in
both Arabic and English. While some situations call for the use of euphemism in one culture,
the other culture finds no point in using such euphemisms for such situations; preserving the
pursued by translators of Arabic euphemisms into English. Due to different cultural
backgrounds, adherence to the employment of euphemism in a social context may differ in
both Arabic and English. While some situations call for the use of euphemism in one culture,
the other culture finds no point in using such euphemisms for such situations; preserving the
original Arabic euphemisms when rendered into English in this case could lead to ...
المجلة
- العنوان
- Cross-Cultural Communication, Vol 10, No 5 (2014)
- الناشر
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- بلد الناشر
- فلسطين
- نوع المنشور
- Both (Printed and Online)
- المجلد
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- السنة
- 2014
- الصفحات
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