Intensifiers of negation in Arabic with reference to translation into English

Abstract EN

The present study tackles the problems which translators encounter through the process of translation of the Arabic texts that contain intensifiers of negation.

This study tries to help translators to utilize different techniques to differentiate between the source text with a certain intensifier of negation and the target text which does not contain any intensifier of negation.

In other words, the study aims at attracting translators' attention to make them able to convey the intended sense of the intensifiers in Arabic to English.

It is also to be noted that Arabic has more intensifiers of negation than English, which may lead to greater difficulty in rendering.

This study has verified that intensifiers of negation are widely used in the Glorious Quran as well as in the other standard modern texts of Arabic The present study tackles the problems which translators encounter through the process of translation of the Arabic texts that contain intensifiers of negation.

This study tries to help translators to utilize different techniques to differentiate between the source text with a certain intensifier of negation and the target text which does not contain any intensifier of negation.

In other words, the study aims at attracting translators' attention to make them able to convey the intended sense of the intensifiers in Arabic to English.

It is also to be noted that Arabic has more intensifiers of negation than English, which may lead to greater difficulty in rendering.

This study has verified that intensifiers of negation are widely used in the Glorious Quran as well as in the other standard modern texts of Arabic.