The Comparative Translation of English Proverbs into Persian from the viewpoint of Linguistics

Subject Areas : شعر

Bahman Gorjiyan ¹ , Hoda Nisi ²

1 - Faculty Member, Department of Translation, Abadan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Abadan, Iran
2 - M.A. Graduate, Department of Translation, Khuzestan Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khuzestan, Iran.

Received: 2012-09-10 Accepted : 2012-09-10 Published : 2011-11-01

Keywords: ترجمه, translation, Persian, ضرب‌المثل‌ها, فارسی, انگلیسی, معادل‌یابی, زبان مبدا و مقصد, proverbs, English, Equivalent terms, source language, target language,

Abstract :

Comparative translation of English proverbs in Persian makes Iranian translators, face issues such as word applications, literary style, culture and structure or sense, when comparing the source language (SL) with the target language (TL). In this case, the main factors in translation and searching language equations are placed in both the source and target languages in three areas of linguistics such as form, content and context. The present article seeks to provide a plan applied in triplicate to translate English proverbs into Persian with minimal loss of structural, semantic and the conceptual aspects.

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