Problematic Areas in the Translation of Proverbs
Joana Kondo Ismaili[1]
【期刊名称】《《文化与宗教研究：英文版》》 【年(卷),期】2018(006)011
【摘要】Passing through the world of translation opens new windows towards getting familiar with the literature,language,and culture of a specific country or countries.Proverbs express the wisdom of a nation and they are closely related to its culture.During the translation process,we might encounter a lot of difficulties with the non-linguistic features.These non-linguistic features,in this paper,are going to be analysed the proverbs.Understanding this unique group of proverbs has been a topic of great importance for many scholars and language educators.The
translation
of
proverbs
includes
feelings,history,religion,and the ways of living and thinking,all of which are part of a specific culture.Therefore,when we analyse proverbs,we are also analyzing the culture of a specific country,the period when these proverbs were first used,the manner how these proverbs were understood years ago,how people understand them now,etc.This paper is focused generally on some strategies that are suggested by various theorists that should be used while translating these kinds of proverbs.Later,there are presented some Albanian and English proverbs and they are compared to each other in order to clarify the language
Problematic Areas in the Translation of Proverbs
