Problems Encountered in Translating Alternative Questions From Arabic into English
Ali Hussein Hazem
College of Education, Dept. Of English, University of Al-Hamdaniya
Dina Fahmi Kamil
College of Education, Dept. Of English, University of Al-Hamdaniya
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25130/jls.2.4.5
Keywords: _alternative questions Difficulties _ strategies _ translating _
Abstract
This paper is an attempt to tackle problems and difficulties faced by the university students of English when translating alternative questions from Arabic into English in their written performance. A questionnaire of 10 sentences taken from Modern standard Arabic is designed and distributed to a sample of 40 students. The participants have been asked to translate Arabic alternative questions into English. It is hypothesized that the learners of English are not fully aware when translating alternative questions from Arabic to English. The study aims at examining the students’ awareness of alternative questions and trying to focus on the problems that students face when they want to express the alternative questions in both English and Arabic in order to be understood and helpful for learners, translators and other
