Applications of Language Studies
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The Strategies Employed in Translation of Idioms from English into Persian: the case of Dickens' Great Expectations

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Ebrahim Samani 1
Gohar Gholampour 2

1 Assistant Professor, Higher Education Complex of Bam, Bam, Iran.

2 Master of English Translation, Higher Education Complex of Bam, Bam, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22034/jals.2024.713346
Abstract
The present study aimed at examining the repertoire of strategies employed by Iranian translators in translating English idioms into Persian. To achieve this aim, the study focused on Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations. The strategies proposed by Mona Baker (1992) were the selected framework for the analysis. The results of descriptive statistics helped the researchers answer two research questions with regards to the types and frequencies of the strategies used. The findings showed that the least frequently employed strategy was paraphrasing (4.28%) and the most frequently used one was “using an idiom of similar meaning but dissimilar form” (67.14 %). The findings of the study can be of help to educators in providing a comprehensive map of strategies used by Iranian translators in their translation tasks.

Keywords

Idioms
Translation strategy
Persian translators
Great Expectations

Subjects

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Applications of Language Studies
Volume 2, Issue 1
April 2024
Pages 171-184

  • Receive Date 25 May 2024

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