The translators' misconception of time in five selected translation of 1984 by George Orwell

الملخص EN

This paper investigated five selected translations of Orwell's 1984 in terms of their interpretation of Orwell's employment of 24-hour clock /military time in the novel.

The 24 hour time system was associated mainly with Central Europe and England recovering from a war with many European countries.

Orwell, with the use of military time set the tone of the cold military oppression the in the novel.

Of the five translations, only two translators adhered to the time system used in the novel.

Three of the translators did not convey Orwell's use of the military/24 hour timing; that they did not see that a foreign text has something valuable to communicate.

Only two translators were able to understand the alien territory; while the other three did not extract the meaning from it.