Challenges in Translating Idiomatic Expressions from English into Arabic

The study aims to shed light on the main challenges encounter universities students in translating idiomatic expressions from English into Arabic and to discuss some translation strategies, which can help students in translating idiomatic expressions from English into Arabic. Therefore, to meet the...

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Published in:	ELT Worldwide: Journal of English Language Teaching
Main Author:	Nor Alhadi Hamed Abdalla
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	English Language Education Graduate Program State University of Makassar 2023-10-01
Subjects:	: idiomatic expressions equivalence translation source language target language.difficulties
Online Access:	https://ojs.unm.ac.id/ELT/article/view/51894

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