📘 ❞ Challenges that Novice Translators Encounter in Translating Contracts and Agreements in Jordan ❝ كتاب ــ كاتب غير معروف اصدار 2011

عن كتاب Challenges that Novice Translators Encounter in Translating Contracts and Agreements in Jordan:
Challenges that Novice Translators Encounter in
Translating Contracts and Agreements in Jordan

Prepared by
Alaa Deen Mohammad Al Najjar
Supervised by
Professor Bader S. Dweik
M.A. Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in English
Language and Literature
Middle East University (MEU)
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Department of English Language and Literature
Second Semester, May 2010/2011

Table of Contents
Title Page...................................................................................................... i
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Acknowledgment ....................................................................................... iii
Dedication.................................................................................................. vi
Table of Contents ...................................................................................... vii
List of tables ................................................................................................ x
List of appendices...................................................................................... xii
Abstract - English...................................................................................... xiii
Abstract - Arabic ...................................................................................... xvi
Chapter One: Introduction...........................................................................1
1.1 Background of the study .....................................................................1
1.2 Statement of the problem....................................................................4
1.3 Objectives of the study........................................................................5
1.4 Questions of the study.........................................................................5
1.5 Significance of the study.....................................................................5
1.6 Limitations of the study ......................................................................6
1.7 Definitions of terms ............................................................................6
Chapter Two: Review of related literature...................................................9
2.1 Introduction ........................................................................................9
2.2 Review of theoretical literature ...........................................................9
2.2.1 Methods and strategies used in legal translation...............................9
2.2.2 Translational problems and challenges in legal language ...............12
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2.2.3 Characteristics and features of legal discourse ...............................14
2.3 Review of empirical literature...........................................................19
2.3.1 International studies .......................................................................19
2.3.2 Regional Arab studies ....................................................................25
2.3.3 Conclusion.....................................................................................30
Chapter Three: Methods and procedures .................................................. 32
3.1 Introduction ......................................................................................32
3.2 Population and sample of the study...................................................32
3.3 Instruments of the study....................................................................33
3.3.1 Translation test...............................................................................33
3.3.2 Semi-structured interviews.............................................................34
3.4 Validity and reliability of the test ......................................................35
3.4.1 Validity of the test..........................................................................35
3.4.2 Reliability of the test ......................................................................36
3.5 Procedures of the study .....................................................................36
3.6 Scoring the test and analyzing the data..............................................39
Chapter Four: Results and discussion......................................................... 40
4.1 Introduction: .....................................................................................40
4.2 Results related to the questions of the test .........................................41
4.2.1 Results related to the first part of the test - Part I............................41
4.2.2 Results related to the second part of the test - Part II......................68
Chapter Five: Conclusions and recommendations.................................... 100
5.1 Introduction: ...................................................................................100
5.2 Summary of results related to the two tests .....................................100
5.2.1 Summary of results related to Part I test (Arabic – English)..........100
5.2.2 Summary of results related to Part II test (English – Arabic).........104
5.3 Results of interviewing novice translators and professors: ..............107