STRATEGIES IN ARABIC-ENGLISH BILINGUAL TRANSLATION: SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES OF THE MODERN TERMS

Abstract

This research article is purposefully written for a periodical review on the best strategies exploitable for the arts and sciences of bilingual translation between Arabic and English. The study in the article shows the necessary skills and techniques required for the successful scholasticism and professionalism in the area of translating specialization. It is unquestionably affirmed that translation serves as a major means in aligning and linking of a culture with another culture of different backgrounds and unconnected origins. Likewise, it is a functional knowledge that connects ideas with ideas strategically in terms of spoken and written expressions in various languages. For the success in both translation and interpretation, theory and application in them are inevitable mechanisms which must be duly studied and frequently implemented if true transfer of ideas is minded. The linguistic paths of each of the source language and target language are ingredients for the beauty of bilingual translation. The translators are expected to be equipped with the linguistic knowledge of the two languages in terms of phonological changes, morphological structures, syntactical constructions and stylistic formations etc. Arabic which is one of major Semitic languages is enriched, privileged and favored historically as it took and gave in reciprocal order through translation and transferring efforts. However, unlike English, Arabic is characterized with some standards which include parsing system, derivative formulas and inflectional linguistic order through functional words. In most cases, words in sentences may occupy any unspecified position and still functionally perform in accordance to the intentions of the original expressers if such words necessarily end with indicative vowels. In other ways, English is featured with arrangement order without consideration for any role of declension. In an attempt to highlight the required responsibilities and obligations of the typical translator who should be endowed with the adequate fundamental knowledge of the two languages, the research work has adopted the methodology of practical description and library based method through this work. In conclusion of the work, the outcome shows necessitation of acquisition of inevitable strategies, skills and techniques of language translation of common terms used in both Arabic and English of the modern era.