Argumentative Discourse: A Problem in English- Arabic Translation

The translation of argumentative texts is not difficulties free.Learners of English as a foreign language most often fail to transfer the pragmatic content which is expressed to the target language. This paper aims at highlighting the links between pragmatic knowledge and the strategies involved in...

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Main Author: Naima EUTAMENE
Format: Article
Language:Arabic
Published: University of Constantine 1, Algéria 2015-12-01
Series:Revue des Sciences Humaines
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Online Access:https://revue.umc.edu.dz/h/article/view/2465
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description The translation of argumentative texts is not difficulties free.Learners of English as a foreign language most often fail to transfer the pragmatic content which is expressed to the target language. This paper aims at highlighting the links between pragmatic knowledge and the strategies involved in the performance of EFL learners in translating argumentative texts. In this connection, an experimental design has been opted for in which an experimental group and a control group of third year students of English,(40 students per each) take a pre-test and a post-test. The testees of the experimental group show a remarkable development in their translation performance after theywere trained to translate four argumentative texts into Arabic in addition to being exposed to theoretical background about speech acts, argumentation and translation. On the contrary, the respondents of the control group keep on encountering the same difficulties in the pretest and the post-test with no change in their performance. This proves that there is a strong correlation between enhancing learners’ theoretical knowledge about speech acts, argumentation and translation and learners performance in translating argumentative discourse.
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spelling doaj-art-d34014bb54f34a24aac5ad5e9b254bc32025-08-20T03:39:22ZaraUniversity of Constantine 1, AlgériaRevue des Sciences Humaines2588-20072015-12-01264Argumentative Discourse: A Problem in English- Arabic TranslationNaima EUTAMENE0University Frères Mentouri Constantine The translation of argumentative texts is not difficulties free.Learners of English as a foreign language most often fail to transfer the pragmatic content which is expressed to the target language. This paper aims at highlighting the links between pragmatic knowledge and the strategies involved in the performance of EFL learners in translating argumentative texts. In this connection, an experimental design has been opted for in which an experimental group and a control group of third year students of English,(40 students per each) take a pre-test and a post-test. The testees of the experimental group show a remarkable development in their translation performance after theywere trained to translate four argumentative texts into Arabic in addition to being exposed to theoretical background about speech acts, argumentation and translation. On the contrary, the respondents of the control group keep on encountering the same difficulties in the pretest and the post-test with no change in their performance. This proves that there is a strong correlation between enhancing learners’ theoretical knowledge about speech acts, argumentation and translation and learners performance in translating argumentative discourse. https://revue.umc.edu.dz/h/article/view/2465Argumentative textsSpeech actsTranslationPragmatics
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Argumentative Discourse: A Problem in English- Arabic Translation
Revue des Sciences Humaines
Argumentative texts
Speech acts
Translation
Pragmatics
title Argumentative Discourse: A Problem in English- Arabic Translation
title_full Argumentative Discourse: A Problem in English- Arabic Translation
title_fullStr Argumentative Discourse: A Problem in English- Arabic Translation
title_full_unstemmed Argumentative Discourse: A Problem in English- Arabic Translation
title_short Argumentative Discourse: A Problem in English- Arabic Translation
title_sort argumentative discourse a problem in english arabic translation
topic Argumentative texts
Speech acts
Translation
Pragmatics
url https://revue.umc.edu.dz/h/article/view/2465
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