QScience Connect - 1-Special Issue on Translating the Gulf: Beyond Fault Lines, February 2016

The most common accusation levelled at those working in gender studies in the Arab world is tied to the fact that they are commonly viewed as dealing with a “Western” concept; corrupting the cultural and traditional value system of the Arabo-Islamic heritage of the region. Linguistic resistance to this field is an obvious impediment to its progression, with a range of dissatisfactory and often conflicted terminology meant to distance the langu Read More

Although there is a long tradition of active translation work in the Arab world, some see a need to make improvements. The number of translation projects in the region has grown exponentially in recent years, with a notable increase in translations into Arabic from English, as well as from other languages. Achieving high quality translations continues to require high levels of linguistic and cultural competence from translation professio Read More

ملخص لقد تحول البحث في رهانات الترجمة نتيجة تأثره بعوامل معرفية مستحدثة في علم اللغة وعلم اللسانيات عامة إلى الاهتمام بقضية الهوية وسلطة التأويل بوصفها مسألة ذات طبيعة متعددة ومختلفة الحدود بسبب اختلاف التجارب الأدبية التي نتناولها بالدراسة والتحليل. والترجمة تدعونا للانتباه إلى تعددية المعاني التي ينتجها النص الإبداعي، إذ أن كل نموذج روائي اعتمدنا عليه في هذا البحث إنما هو في جوهره ناجم عن تحولات حصلت في النموذج الروائي الأصلي خلال هجرته إلى بيئة ثقافية ولغوية مغايرة. فهل يعني ذلك أن كل عملية ترجمة لعم Read More

This paper is concerned with an evaluative overview of Translation Studies (TS) as a rapidly growing interdiscipline through the different attempts to map it. Its main preoccupation is first to examine the trends of some contemporary research in Translation Studies and describe the growing fragmentation it is undergoing. Second and as a matter of consequence, it will also overview some teaching trends by looking at some of the most favored str Read More