Difficulties of Translating Conceptual Metaphors in English Economics Texts into Arabic from Students' Perspective
This study aimed to explore the factors that senior translation students at Sana’a University perceive as the main causes of the difficulties they have in rendering metaphorical expressions in English economics texts into Arabic. To achieve this objective, the study employed a mixed-methods approach to the analysis of the data collected via a questionnaire administered to a randomly selected sample of 55 senior translation students enrolled in the Translation Dept. at the Faculty of Languages at Sana'a University. Statistical analysis of the data was then carried out using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). Results revealed that senior translation students believe that the difficulties they encounter when translating metaphors in English economic discourses into Arabic arise from a variety of factors, the main ones of which include cultural differences, students' low linguistic proficiency, divergences between the linguistic systems of Arabic and English, lack of necessary resources for translation of economic metaphors and limited exposure to these metaphors in genuine texts, students’ unawareness of the appropriate translation strategies for rendering the target metaphors, curriculum-related factors, and finally other factors related to translation instruction and teaching. The study therefore recommends that metaphorical expressions in English economics texts and the appropriate strategies for rendering them into Arabic be integrated into translation instruction. It is also recommended that greater attention be given to translation courses by increasing the hours allocated to teaching and practicing translation between English and Arabic. This will certainly enable students to broaden their cultural knowledge, improve their linguistic proficiency, and enhance their translation skills.
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