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Lexical Translation Loss in the Arabic Dubbed Versions of Some English Animated Films

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Last updated: 05 Jan 2025

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اللغة الإنـجليزية وآدابها

Abstract

The main objective of this paper is to examine the lexical translation loss that occurs in the Arabic versions of some English animated films. It focuses on characterizing certain translational implications based on the lexical differences between the two languages, giving examples of English as the source language and Modern Standard Arabic as the target language. A qualitative analysis is adopted to investigate the scripts of three English animated films and their three Arabic dubbed versions. These films are Brave 2012, Inside Out 2015 and Onward 2020. The findings of the study show that there are four factors that cause lexical translation loss in the selected animated movies. These are omission, synonymy, hyperonymy-hyponymy, and phrasal verbs and collocations. The statistical examination of the data shows that the largest percentage of lexical translation loss is caused by hyperonymy-hyponymy, followed by omission, then phrasal verbs and collocation. The smallest percentage of lexical translation loss is ascribed to synonymy. At the end, the researcher advised translators to take into consideration the factors causing lexical translation loss that are identified in the study.

DOI

10.21608/aakj.2023.204477.1442

Keywords

English-Arabic Translation, Audiovisual translation, dubbing, lexical translation loss

Authors

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Sarah

Last Name

Hassan Abdel-Shafik Hassan Gadalla

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Affiliation

كلية الآداب - جامعة أسيوط

Email

sara.15249192@art.aun.edu.eg

City

أسيوط

Orcid

0009-0009-8739-0913

Volume

30

Article Issue

87

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44367

Issue Date

2023-07-01

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2023-04-06

Publish Date

2023-07-01

Page Start

465

Page End

488

Print ISSN

2537-0022

Online ISSN

2537-0030

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بحوث علمية محکمة

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1,667

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Publication Title

المجلة العلمیة لکلیة الآداب-جامعة أسیوط

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https://aakj.journals.ekb.eg/

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Lexical Translation Loss in the Arabic Dubbed Versions of Some English Animated Films

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28 Dec 2024