Abstract
This study examines local transformations as a translation strategy of the news report genre from English into Arabic. It analyzes the frequency of deletion, substitution, addition, and reorganization to identify any relation between applying these transformations and news topics. This is achieved via a textual analysis of a parallel corpus of 60 texts of hard and soft news reports in English and Arabic derived from two sources: the Reuters (news agency) and BBC (news broadcaster) websites. Results show that deletion is by far the most frequently used transformation in both soft and hard news. Transformation frequencies are discussed in relation to the structural elements of news reports.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 43+64 |
| Journal | International Journal of Arabic-English Studies |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| Publication status | Published - Jun 2022 |
Keywords
- hard news
- news translation
- soft news
- transformations
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cultural Studies
- Language and Linguistics
- Literature and Literary Theory