An Error Analysis Guide to Translation

Izzuddin Mohammed

ISBN 10: 6202340312 / ISBN 13: 9786202340311

Published by Noor Publishing, 2017

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The present book was conducted to analyse the most common errors in translation from Arabic and Kurdish into English by students majoring in English at Duhok University, Iraq. It aimed to identify and classify these errors in an attempt to explain their possible causes. Most of the errors made by Iraqi students are typical of systematic intralingual errors which are found in numerous case-studies of errors of students from different language backgrounds as reported by Richards (1974), Jain (1974), Ellis (1994), Gass and Selinker (1994) and Coelho et al. (2004). They illustrate some of the general characteristics of L2 acquisition such as over-generalization, simplification, faulty learning and incomplete application of rules. It is hoped that the findings of the study will lead to recommendations that will improve the English language teaching - learning process at Iraqi universities. It is also hoped that this piece of research will help English language teachers and syllabus designers adapt their teaching methods and curriculum to students' needs in order to reduce their errors and provide them with corrective feedback and remedial measures based on the frequency of errors.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: An Error Analysis Guide to Translation
• Publisher: Noor Publishing
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 6202340312
• ISBN 13: 9786202340311
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 10D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 10 millimeters depth
• Weight: 233 grams

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Synopsis

The present book was conducted to analyse the most common errors in translation from Arabic and Kurdish into English by students majoring in English at Duhok University, Iraq. It aimed to identify and classify these errors in an attempt to explain their possible causes. Most of the errors made by Iraqi students are typical of systematic intralingual errors which are found in numerous case-studies of errors of students from different language backgrounds as reported by Richards (1974), Jain (1974), Ellis (1994), Gass and Selinker (1994) and Coelho et al. (2004). They illustrate some of the general characteristics of L2 acquisition such as over-generalization, simplification, faulty learning and incomplete application of rules. It is hoped that the findings of the study will lead to recommendations that will improve the English language teaching – learning process at Iraqi universities. It is also hoped that this piece of research will help English language teachers and syllabus designers adapt their teaching methods and curriculum to students’ needs in order to reduce their errors and provide them with corrective feedback and remedial measures based on the frequency of errors.

About the Author

Dr. Izzuddin R. Mohammed is an Assistant Professor of Linguistics. He published papers and supervised many MA theses in discourse analysis and translation . He attended training courses and academic conferences in USA, UK, Spain, Norway and Turkey. He currently serves as Dean of the College of Languages, Nawroz University, Kurdistan Region,Iraq.