A study of cultural bias in journalistic translation from English into Arabic and vice versa
Other Title(s)
دراسة حول التحيز الثقافي في الترجمة الصحفية من العربية للإنجليزية و بالعكس
Dissertant
Thesis advisor
Comitee Members
Abd al-Latif, Majid
al-Abbas, Sulayman
University
Middle East University
Faculty
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Department
Department of English
University Country
Jordan
Degree
Master
Degree Date
2016
English Abstract
This study aims at investigating the interference of culture that might make translators of journalistic texts biased in their translation.
Moreover, it aims to measure the journalistic translator's tendency to cultural bias when they translate a journalistic text.
The researcher raises the following questions of the study: 1- Why does the culture interfere in making translators biased in their translation? 2- To what extent do translators of journalistic texts tend to be biased in their translation? A questionnaire was designed to collect data, The questionnaire focused on the viability about the averages, standard deviations, and cultural factors.
The validity of the instrument was to ask a panel of experts to evaluate the questionnaire, and find out if the questions measure what they is supposed to measure.
Reliability of the instruments was also assured by conducting a test-retest to a selected sample from outside the sample of the study.
The sample of the study consists of 10 professors.
The researcher used the quantitative method to analyze the obtained data.
The answers to the questions of the study were as follow as: the findings of the study show that the general averages of the journalist’s responses are that the journalist’s translators have a high level in the cultural bias while they translate the journalistic texts.
Main Subjects
Comparative Literature
Languages & Comparative Literature
No. of Pages
96
Table of Contents
Table of contents.
Abstract.
Abstract in Arabic.
Chapter One : Introduction.
Chapter Two : Review of related literature.
Chapter Three : Methods and procedures.
Chapter Four : The results of the study.
Chapter Five.
References.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Saidan, Jafar Ibrahim. (2016). A study of cultural bias in journalistic translation from English into Arabic and vice versa. (Master's theses Theses and Dissertations Master). Middle East University, Jordan
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-721245
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Saidan, Jafar Ibrahim. A study of cultural bias in journalistic translation from English into Arabic and vice versa. (Master's theses Theses and Dissertations Master). Middle East University. (2016).
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-721245
American Medical Association (AMA)
Saidan, Jafar Ibrahim. (2016). A study of cultural bias in journalistic translation from English into Arabic and vice versa. (Master's theses Theses and Dissertations Master). Middle East University, Jordan
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-721245
Language
English
Data Type
Arab Theses
Record ID
BIM-721245
