Mohamed Abdou Moindjie
Biographic Data
| ID | 6945843 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mohamed Abdou Moindjie |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mohamed Abdou |
| FAMILY NAME | Moindjie |
| SIGNATURE | MOINDJIE M A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universiti Sains Malaysia |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2518-9033 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Translating Culture-specific Items on the Jordan Tourism Board Website
This study examines the translation of culture-specific items (CSIs) on the Jordan Tourism Board (JTB) website, focusing on whether translations tend toward domestication or foreignization and how Jordanian culture is represented for international audiences. A mixed-methods approach was employed, with the JTB website serving as the case study. A total of 1,178 CSIs were extracted, categorized according to Newmark’s (1988) taxonomy, and analyzed i…
Understanding the Use of Domestication and Foreignization
Purpose: The aim of this study is to critically examine the application of domestication and foreignization in English–Chinese translation, outlining how the two strategies have been theorized, applied, and debated in scholarly research. It attempts to identify their advantages and disadvantages, as well as cultural implications, and fill theoretical and empirical research gaps.Method: Systematic review method was employed, reading 28 peer-review…
Speech Acts and Implicatures in Literary Translation
This paper explores the translation of speech acts and conversational implicatures of two Arabic versions of A Farewell to Arms, which may face a longstanding problem in literary translation in terms of the translation of pragmatic meaning achieved by using ellipsis, hedging, rhythm, and turn-taking. The analysis is based on the Speech Act Theory and Gricean pragmatics, and it is operationalized following the translation procedures presented by V…
Human-AI Collaboration in Bidirectional Multilingual Institutional Translation
Recent research on large language model translation has largely focused on product-oriented comparisons between human and machine output, in which human-AI collaboration is typically narrowed to post-editing. This article argues that an approach overlooks how translation quality is shaped through decision-making in the translation process. Drawing on process-oriented perspectives in translation studies (Toury, 2012), it reconceptualizes human-AI …
On the Construction of Gender Discourse in Eileen Chang’s Translation of The Old Man and the Sea
Western feminist translation theory has gained increasing attention, influenced by the “cultural turn” in translation studies and the feminist movement. However, due to differences in social, cultural and historical contexts, feminist translation strategies and practices in the West and in non-Western contexts, such as China, exhibit distinct characteristics. What requires further exploration is how these distinctions reflect the sociocultural re…
Trainers’ Perceptions of Undergraduate Translation Technology Course Design and Delivery
As a key driver in the global language services, translation technology has emerged as a central element of modern translation education. Consequently, training in translation technology has become an indispensable part of translation programs at the tertiary level to develop students’ technological competence. Nevertheless, there remains a marked disparity between the rising technological complexity of the translation market and the training pro…
Rendering Culture-Specific Items (CSIs) in Translating Wole Soyinka’s Death and the King’s Horseman From English Into Arabic
This paper examines the process of translating culture-specific items (CSIs) from English into Arabic in the Nigerian play Death and the King’s Horseman by the Nobel Prize laureate Wole Soyinka. Anglophone African literary texts, particularly those rooted in indigenous belief systems and oral traditions, present unique challenges for translators due to their dense cultural and linguistic layers. Research on English–Arabic translation has largely …
The Translation Techniques of Figurative Expressions in Novel Texts
The translation of figurative expression in novels represent a distinct challenge to translator because it requires preserving the aesthetic and artistic features as well as the intended meaning. This necessitates the translators to balance the formal with the functional aspects to convey the author’s message precisely and equivalently. The study aims at investigating the translation techniques of translating figurative expressions in novels. The…
A Discourse Analysis of the Translation of Humor From English to Arabic in American Sitcoms
This paper describes the translatability of humor from English into Arabic. The study aims to evaluate the translation of verbally expressed humor—specifically universal, cultural, and linguistic humor—from English into Arabic in subtitling, with a particular focus on sitcoms, which serve as a rich source of humor. The research adopts a descriptive qualitative methodology, utilizing a comparative analysis of the script of Halloween (Season 1, Epi…
Foreground and Background
This paper aims to provide insights into translating classic narratives from ancient China. It does so by analyzing Graham Sanders’ translation of Fu Sheng Liu Ji from two dimensions: foreground and background. First, it examines the translator’s foregrounding strategies, including activating images, recreating scenes, and reproducing personal narratives. Second, it analyzes background-recreating strategies, including an elaborate introduction, a…
Translator’s Style in Fiction Translation
This research aims to comprehensively analyze the Translator's Style in fiction translation to enhance the understanding of its influence on the quality and effectiveness of translated fiction. The systematic literature review was conducted by extracting relevant content from four databases: Scopus, Web of Science, EBSCO, and Google Scholar. The removed material was then analyzed and synthesized based on a predefined set of rules and criteria. Th…
The Translatability of Culture-Specific Items in the Novel Season of Martyrdom
Culture-specific items (CSIs) in literary translation are obstacles translators may face during the translation process because of the absence of a systematic equivalence between the source language (SL) and the target language (TL). The problems with their translation may increase if languages and cultures are diverse, such as Arabic and English. The aim of this study is to investigate the translation of the culture-specific items (CSIs) in Arab…
A Study of Culture-Specific Items in Jean M. James’s Translation of Luotuo Xiangzi
How Context and Belief Shape Interpretations of the Qur'an
This paper analyzes diverse hermeneutic patterns in English translations of the Glorious Qur'an across different eras and by different translators. The study compares the interpretations of five translators focusing on five Quranic verses from four Surahs. The paper examines variations in approaching positions like male authority in marriage (Al-Nisaa 4:34), disciplinary track regarding "striking" (Al-Nisaa 4:34), dry ablution (Al-Ma'idah 5:6), t…
Assessing Narratives in the Translation of Chinese Political Discourse
In the global era, translating Chinese political discourse is key to enhancing international understanding and diplomacy. This research employs the narrative paradigm to assess the translation of Chinese political discourse, with the goal of enhancing the effective narrative comprehension of such translations for international communication. It applies Fisher’s narrative paradigm and Baker’s assessing narratives to investigate the application and…
Translation Studies on Xi Jinping
This paper conducted a systematic literature review of the previous studies within China and other countries within the period from October 2014 to July 2023 with the purpose of investigating the research foci on the English translation of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China. This study revealed that scholars in Chinese Mainland mainly focused on three fields: research on translation strategies of political documents, cultural translation in fore…
Exploring the Relationship Between Translators’ Styles and Translation Competence
This study investigates the relationship between Translators’ Styles and Translation Competence (TC) by examining five English translations of The True Story of Ah Q. The five translators are George Kin Leung, Chi-Chen Wang, Yang Xianyi & Gladys_Yang, William Lyell, and Julia Lovell. Employing a mixed-method approach, the research utilises the Multidimensional Analysis Tagger (MAT) for quantitative analysis and the PACTE model framework for quali…
The Rhetorical Communication of Identification Theory in the Translation of Chinese News into English
To further understand the external news publicity effect of mainland media, the open-source data mining platform Social Bearing is applied to collect data of China’s 2021 Two Sessions on Twitter platform and relevant reports of the official accounts of Xinhua News Agency, China Global Television Network and People’s Daily, together with reports on 2020 Two Sessions. It is found that the topics chosen by mainland media are different from that of t…
Translatability of Arabic Cultural References to English
Cultural references are phrases and words embedded within a source text that refer to entities, persons, or even ideas that are not present in the target language and culture or are significantly different in terms of sociocultural equivalents. Translating cultural references into a language where translated texts are interpreted through the prism of cultural norms presents a substantial challenge. The objective of this study is to investigate th…
Syntactic Features in Legal Arabic- English Translation
This study deals with the translation of syntactic features in legal documents from Arabic into English. It aims to identify the syntactic features and to describe translatability of the syntactic features of Arabic and English Sharia divorce documents, accordingly, will help in assessing translators’ choices ad decisions. Being a qualitative descriptive study, samples of translated divorce contracts have been collected from Palestinian sworn tra…
Manipulation of Gender in the Translations of I am Malala and Things Fall Apart
Translation studies in the 1960s have evolved due to the concept of culture turn which embodies gender translation problems. Gender is a culture-specific problem because languages have different peculiarities of natural gender, grammatical gender, and dual gender, which need a semantic cultural approach. This paper is a comparative qualitative study on translators’ manipulation of gender in translation. Being a product-oriented study, it examines…
Influence of Cultural Nuances on Translation Accuracy between English and Chinese
This review aims to identify key cultural factors that affect translation quality and propose strategies to enhance accuracy in cross-cultural translation. A programmatic method is a viable culture competency approach that involves learning by participating, interacting, and immersing in the target culture through intercultural exchange programs or by interacting with native speakers. The analysis begins with data extraction, where valuable infor…
The Function and Manipulation of Demonstrative Reference in French-English Translation
Demonstrative reference, a form of verbal pointing, is one of the subcategories of cohesive reference . This paper aims to describe demonstrative reference in French-English translation and to explore underl yi ng shift factors . For this purpose, this paper investigates differences and similarities, describe s function and manipulation, and determines factors that bring about translation shifts of demonstrative reference. The investigated texts …
The Multidimensional Analysis of the Translator Style in English Translations of The True Story of Ah Q
This research investigates the characteristics of the translator style in five English translations of The True Story of Ah Q, with particular attention paid to lexicons, syntax and overall text structure. The primary goal is to examine patterns between translation versions as well as identify subtle variances that exist among translation versions. By employing Multidimensional Analysis techniques, we delve deeper into the concept of Translator S…
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The Function and Manipulation of Demonstrative Reference in French-English Translation
Demonstrative reference, a form of verbal pointing, is one of the subcategories of cohesive reference . This paper aims to describe demonstrative reference in French-English translation and to explore underl yi ng shift factors . For this purpose, this paper investigates differences and similarities, describe s function and manipulation, and determines factors that bring about translation shifts of demonstrative reference. The investigated texts …
The Multidimensional Analysis of the Translator Style in English Translations of The True Story of Ah Q
This research investigates the characteristics of the translator style in five English translations of The True Story of Ah Q, with particular attention paid to lexicons, syntax and overall text structure. The primary goal is to examine patterns between translation versions as well as identify subtle variances that exist among translation versions. By employing Multidimensional Analysis techniques, we delve deeper into the concept of Translator S…
Assessing Narratives in the Translation of Chinese Political Discourse
In the global era, translating Chinese political discourse is key to enhancing international understanding and diplomacy. This research employs the narrative paradigm to assess the translation of Chinese political discourse, with the goal of enhancing the effective narrative comprehension of such translations for international communication. It applies Fisher’s narrative paradigm and Baker’s assessing narratives to investigate the application and…
Translation Studies on Xi Jinping
This paper conducted a systematic literature review of the previous studies within China and other countries within the period from October 2014 to July 2023 with the purpose of investigating the research foci on the English translation of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China. This study revealed that scholars in Chinese Mainland mainly focused on three fields: research on translation strategies of political documents, cultural translation in fore…
Exploring the Relationship Between Translators’ Styles and Translation Competence
This study investigates the relationship between Translators’ Styles and Translation Competence (TC) by examining five English translations of The True Story of Ah Q. The five translators are George Kin Leung, Chi-Chen Wang, Yang Xianyi & Gladys_Yang, William Lyell, and Julia Lovell. Employing a mixed-method approach, the research utilises the Multidimensional Analysis Tagger (MAT) for quantitative analysis and the PACTE model framework for quali…
The Rhetorical Communication of Identification Theory in the Translation of Chinese News into English
To further understand the external news publicity effect of mainland media, the open-source data mining platform Social Bearing is applied to collect data of China’s 2021 Two Sessions on Twitter platform and relevant reports of the official accounts of Xinhua News Agency, China Global Television Network and People’s Daily, together with reports on 2020 Two Sessions. It is found that the topics chosen by mainland media are different from that of t…
Translatability of Arabic Cultural References to English
Cultural references are phrases and words embedded within a source text that refer to entities, persons, or even ideas that are not present in the target language and culture or are significantly different in terms of sociocultural equivalents. Translating cultural references into a language where translated texts are interpreted through the prism of cultural norms presents a substantial challenge. The objective of this study is to investigate th…
Syntactic Features in Legal Arabic- English Translation
This study deals with the translation of syntactic features in legal documents from Arabic into English. It aims to identify the syntactic features and to describe translatability of the syntactic features of Arabic and English Sharia divorce documents, accordingly, will help in assessing translators’ choices ad decisions. Being a qualitative descriptive study, samples of translated divorce contracts have been collected from Palestinian sworn tra…
Manipulation of Gender in the Translations of I am Malala and Things Fall Apart
Translation studies in the 1960s have evolved due to the concept of culture turn which embodies gender translation problems. Gender is a culture-specific problem because languages have different peculiarities of natural gender, grammatical gender, and dual gender, which need a semantic cultural approach. This paper is a comparative qualitative study on translators’ manipulation of gender in translation. Being a product-oriented study, it examines…
Influence of Cultural Nuances on Translation Accuracy between English and Chinese
This review aims to identify key cultural factors that affect translation quality and propose strategies to enhance accuracy in cross-cultural translation. A programmatic method is a viable culture competency approach that involves learning by participating, interacting, and immersing in the target culture through intercultural exchange programs or by interacting with native speakers. The analysis begins with data extraction, where valuable infor…
A Discourse Analysis of the Translation of Humor From English to Arabic in American Sitcoms
This paper describes the translatability of humor from English into Arabic. The study aims to evaluate the translation of verbally expressed humor—specifically universal, cultural, and linguistic humor—from English into Arabic in subtitling, with a particular focus on sitcoms, which serve as a rich source of humor. The research adopts a descriptive qualitative methodology, utilizing a comparative analysis of the script of Halloween (Season 1, Epi…
Foreground and Background
This paper aims to provide insights into translating classic narratives from ancient China. It does so by analyzing Graham Sanders’ translation of Fu Sheng Liu Ji from two dimensions: foreground and background. First, it examines the translator’s foregrounding strategies, including activating images, recreating scenes, and reproducing personal narratives. Second, it analyzes background-recreating strategies, including an elaborate introduction, a…
Translator’s Style in Fiction Translation
This research aims to comprehensively analyze the Translator's Style in fiction translation to enhance the understanding of its influence on the quality and effectiveness of translated fiction. The systematic literature review was conducted by extracting relevant content from four databases: Scopus, Web of Science, EBSCO, and Google Scholar. The removed material was then analyzed and synthesized based on a predefined set of rules and criteria. Th…
The Translatability of Culture-Specific Items in the Novel Season of Martyrdom
Culture-specific items (CSIs) in literary translation are obstacles translators may face during the translation process because of the absence of a systematic equivalence between the source language (SL) and the target language (TL). The problems with their translation may increase if languages and cultures are diverse, such as Arabic and English. The aim of this study is to investigate the translation of the culture-specific items (CSIs) in Arab…
A Study of Culture-Specific Items in Jean M. James’s Translation of Luotuo Xiangzi
How Context and Belief Shape Interpretations of the Qur'an
This paper analyzes diverse hermeneutic patterns in English translations of the Glorious Qur'an across different eras and by different translators. The study compares the interpretations of five translators focusing on five Quranic verses from four Surahs. The paper examines variations in approaching positions like male authority in marriage (Al-Nisaa 4:34), disciplinary track regarding "striking" (Al-Nisaa 4:34), dry ablution (Al-Ma'idah 5:6), t…
Translating Culture-specific Items on the Jordan Tourism Board Website
This study examines the translation of culture-specific items (CSIs) on the Jordan Tourism Board (JTB) website, focusing on whether translations tend toward domestication or foreignization and how Jordanian culture is represented for international audiences. A mixed-methods approach was employed, with the JTB website serving as the case study. A total of 1,178 CSIs were extracted, categorized according to Newmark’s (1988) taxonomy, and analyzed i…
Understanding the Use of Domestication and Foreignization
Purpose: The aim of this study is to critically examine the application of domestication and foreignization in English–Chinese translation, outlining how the two strategies have been theorized, applied, and debated in scholarly research. It attempts to identify their advantages and disadvantages, as well as cultural implications, and fill theoretical and empirical research gaps.Method: Systematic review method was employed, reading 28 peer-review…
Speech Acts and Implicatures in Literary Translation
This paper explores the translation of speech acts and conversational implicatures of two Arabic versions of A Farewell to Arms, which may face a longstanding problem in literary translation in terms of the translation of pragmatic meaning achieved by using ellipsis, hedging, rhythm, and turn-taking. The analysis is based on the Speech Act Theory and Gricean pragmatics, and it is operationalized following the translation procedures presented by V…
Human-AI Collaboration in Bidirectional Multilingual Institutional Translation
Recent research on large language model translation has largely focused on product-oriented comparisons between human and machine output, in which human-AI collaboration is typically narrowed to post-editing. This article argues that an approach overlooks how translation quality is shaped through decision-making in the translation process. Drawing on process-oriented perspectives in translation studies (Toury, 2012), it reconceptualizes human-AI …
On the Construction of Gender Discourse in Eileen Chang’s Translation of The Old Man and the Sea
Western feminist translation theory has gained increasing attention, influenced by the “cultural turn” in translation studies and the feminist movement. However, due to differences in social, cultural and historical contexts, feminist translation strategies and practices in the West and in non-Western contexts, such as China, exhibit distinct characteristics. What requires further exploration is how these distinctions reflect the sociocultural re…
Trainers’ Perceptions of Undergraduate Translation Technology Course Design and Delivery
As a key driver in the global language services, translation technology has emerged as a central element of modern translation education. Consequently, training in translation technology has become an indispensable part of translation programs at the tertiary level to develop students’ technological competence. Nevertheless, there remains a marked disparity between the rising technological complexity of the translation market and the training pro…
Rendering Culture-Specific Items (CSIs) in Translating Wole Soyinka’s Death and the King’s Horseman From English Into Arabic
This paper examines the process of translating culture-specific items (CSIs) from English into Arabic in the Nigerian play Death and the King’s Horseman by the Nobel Prize laureate Wole Soyinka. Anglophone African literary texts, particularly those rooted in indigenous belief systems and oral traditions, present unique challenges for translators due to their dense cultural and linguistic layers. Research on English–Arabic translation has largely …
The Translation Techniques of Figurative Expressions in Novel Texts
The translation of figurative expression in novels represent a distinct challenge to translator because it requires preserving the aesthetic and artistic features as well as the intended meaning. This necessitates the translators to balance the formal with the functional aspects to convey the author’s message precisely and equivalently. The study aims at investigating the translation techniques of translating figurative expressions in novels. The…
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