Title
Some Aspects of Equivalence in Literary Translation: Analysis of Two Arabic Translations of Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea
Document Type
Article
Annotation
Comparison study drawing on equivalency theory at the word and collocation level to determine the accuracy of each translation. Alwafai identifies challenges and strategies for Arabic literary translation, including the incorporation of Qur’anic expressions to capture the meaning of untranslatable cultural elements found in Hemingway’s novella.
Published in
Arab World English Journal
Volume
6
Issue
4
Date
2015
Pages
320-335
COinS
Citation
Alwafai, Salwa. “Some Aspects of Equivalence in Literary Translation: Analysis of Two Arabic Translations of Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea.” Arab World English Journal 6, no. 4 (Dec. 2015): 320-35.