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Self-translation: a faithful rendition or a rewriting process? Haikal’s Autumn of Fury as an example

This study aims to investigate if self-translation is a true interpretation of a Source Text (ST) into a Target Text (TT), or if it is in fact a rewriting process. The study examines Haikal’s self-translation of a book titled ‘Autumn of Fury: The Assassination of Sadat’. This self-translation is use...

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Main Authors: Al-Harahsheh, Ahmad Mohammad, Al-Omari, Mariam
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13980/1/26806-98620-1-PB.pdf
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spelling my-ukm.journal.139802020-01-23T01:32:26Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13980/ Self-translation: a faithful rendition or a rewriting process? Haikal’s Autumn of Fury as an example Al-Harahsheh, Ahmad Mohammad Al-Omari, Mariam This study aims to investigate if self-translation is a true interpretation of a Source Text (ST) into a Target Text (TT), or if it is in fact a rewriting process. The study examines Haikal’s self-translation of a book titled ‘Autumn of Fury: The Assassination of Sadat’. This self-translation is used as an example due to the modifications and changes made by Haikal, and examines to what extent the translator is faithful to his ST (English version). For the purpose of this study, fifteen examples have been selected from Haikal's version of Autumn of Fury. They are then analysed and compared to their Arabic translations (TT), and the differences are highlighted and discussed. The selected examples include words, phrases, sentences, and sometimes whole paragraphs. The study relies on Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) as a theoretical framework to uncover the hidden ideologies and attitudes behind the modification, manipulation, or rewriting of the ST into Arabic. These examples are analysed from linguistic, political and ideological perspectives. The study finds that Haikal’s self-translation of Autumn of Fury into Arabic was actually a rewriting process rather than a translation process, and that a new book is almost recreated out of the original. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13980/1/26806-98620-1-PB.pdf Al-Harahsheh, Ahmad Mohammad and Al-Omari, Mariam (2019) Self-translation: a faithful rendition or a rewriting process? Haikal’s Autumn of Fury as an example. 3L; Language,Linguistics and Literature,The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies., 25 (1). pp. 144-157. ISSN 0128-5157 http://ejournals.ukm.my/3l/issue/view/1178
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description This study aims to investigate if self-translation is a true interpretation of a Source Text (ST) into a Target Text (TT), or if it is in fact a rewriting process. The study examines Haikal’s self-translation of a book titled ‘Autumn of Fury: The Assassination of Sadat’. This self-translation is used as an example due to the modifications and changes made by Haikal, and examines to what extent the translator is faithful to his ST (English version). For the purpose of this study, fifteen examples have been selected from Haikal's version of Autumn of Fury. They are then analysed and compared to their Arabic translations (TT), and the differences are highlighted and discussed. The selected examples include words, phrases, sentences, and sometimes whole paragraphs. The study relies on Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) as a theoretical framework to uncover the hidden ideologies and attitudes behind the modification, manipulation, or rewriting of the ST into Arabic. These examples are analysed from linguistic, political and ideological perspectives. The study finds that Haikal’s self-translation of Autumn of Fury into Arabic was actually a rewriting process rather than a translation process, and that a new book is almost recreated out of the original.
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Al-Omari, Mariam
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Al-Omari, Mariam
Self-translation: a faithful rendition or a rewriting process? Haikal’s Autumn of Fury as an example
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Al-Omari, Mariam
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title Self-translation: a faithful rendition or a rewriting process? Haikal’s Autumn of Fury as an example
title_short Self-translation: a faithful rendition or a rewriting process? Haikal’s Autumn of Fury as an example
title_full Self-translation: a faithful rendition or a rewriting process? Haikal’s Autumn of Fury as an example
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