Translating Business Collocation from Arabic to English among Case of Third Year Students of English at Abbes Laghrour University
No Thumbnail Available
Date
2021
Authors
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
UNIVERSITY OF ABBES LAGHROUR-KHENCHELA
Abstract
Abstract
This research aims to study how business collocations are translated from Arabic into
English among third year students at the department of English, in Abbas Laghrour
University. More precisely, following a translating approach, this study investigates the
students’ translations of business collocations and the strategies they employ, and explores the
students’ awareness and competence of business collocations. Our sample consisted of 55
students that were randomly chosen. Data was collected through a translation test that
included 17 business collocation items to be translated from Arabic into English. The study
revealed that the majority of the students translated the business collocations literally. This
proved that they are not aware of the nature of business collocations and have a very low
vocabulary competence of these collocations.