AL-MUTARĞIM المترجم
Volume 23, Numéro 1, Pages 105-125
2023-06-30
Challenges Of Semantic Shift In Translating Classical Arabic Texts Into English, Extracts From Yaakubi’s Book “al-buldan” As A Case Study
Authors : Tahraoui Samir .
Abstract
This study aims to examine semantic shift in classical Arabic texts and the challenges it poses for translators; it also tests the ability of machine translation to detect and render semantic shift from Arabic to English. The study employs Yaakobi’s book “Al-Buldan” as source text to spot semantic shift in professions and names of geographical places in the part related to Mid-Maghreb or present day Algeria. Not only does semantic shift pose challenges for machine translation and translators in general, but it might also undermine research and reduce opportunities of establishing facts for historians and linguists, hence the need to establish laboratories where linguists, translators, historians, stakeholders and researchers collaborate to study and translate ancient Arabic texts.
Keywords
semantic shift ; classical Arabic texts ; translation ; challenges ; English
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