Arab World English Journal for Translation & Literary Studies最新文献

Investigating the Use of Online Bilingual Resources by Translation Students: The Vertical/Sequential Model Revisited 调查翻译专业学生在线双语资源的使用:纵向/顺序模式的再考察

Arab World English Journal for Translation & Literary Studies Pub Date : 2023-10-15 DOI: 10.24093/awejtls/vol7no4.4

Saadia Elamin

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The Pragmatic Analysis of the Concept of “Feminism” in Spoken Arabic Language from Saudi Adults’ Perspectives 从沙特成人的视角看阿拉伯语口语中“女权主义”概念的语用分析

Arab World English Journal for Translation & Literary Studies Pub Date : 2023-10-15 DOI: 10.24093/awejtls/vol7no4.7

Suha Abdullah Alharbi

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Translation of Substitution and Ellipsis by Professional Translators and Translators in Training: A Contrastive Study 专业翻译与培训翻译替代与省略的对比研究

Arab World English Journal for Translation & Literary Studies Pub Date : 2023-10-15 DOI: 10.24093/awejtls/vol7no4.9

Lama Abdullah Aldosari

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How the Saudi EFL Students at Undergraduate Level Translate English Proverbs into Arabic: Problems, Strategies and Solutions 沙特大学生如何将英语谚语翻译成阿拉伯语:问题、策略与对策

Arab World English Journal for Translation & Literary Studies Pub Date : 2023-10-15 DOI: 10.24093/awejtls/vol7no4.5

Sultan Samah A Almjlad

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Adopting Religious Course’s Translation in Colleges and Universities as an Essential part of English as a Foreign Language Syllabus for Enhancing English Language Learning 将高校宗教课翻译作为《对外英语》教学大纲的重要组成部分，促进英语学习

Arab World English Journal for Translation & Literary Studies Pub Date : 2023-10-15 DOI: 10.24093/awejtls/vol7no4.11

Entesar Alsir Abualgasim Mohamed

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The Effect of Using Dictionaries in Translation Exams on the Target Text 翻译考试中词典的使用对译文的影响

Arab World English Journal for Translation & Literary Studies Pub Date : 2023-10-15 DOI: 10.24093/awejtls/vol7no4.3

Hassna Mohammed Alfayez

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Unfurling the Idyllic Social Scenarios: A Comparative Study of the Selected Works of Elizabeth Barret Browing and Nimah Nawwab 展开田园诗般的社会情景:伊丽莎白·巴雷特·勃朗宁与尼玛·纳瓦布《诗选》比较研究

Arab World English Journal for Translation & Literary Studies Pub Date : 2023-10-15 DOI: 10.24093/awejtls/vol7no4.1

Naela Danish, Ohoud Almaneea

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Semantic Prosody in Holy Qur’an: A Corpus Study of the Collocations and Meanings of the Verb Waqa’a‘Fell’ 《古兰经》中的语义韵律:动词Waqa ' A ' fell的搭配与意义的语料库研究

Arab World English Journal for Translation & Literary Studies Pub Date : 2023-10-15 DOI: 10.24093/awejtls/vol7no4.2

Eman Abdulaziz Alhusaiyan

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Lane Moore’s How to Be Alone: Deconstruction of Contemporary Identity 莱恩·摩尔的《如何孤独:当代身份的解构》

Arab World English Journal for Translation & Literary Studies Pub Date : 2023-10-15 DOI: 10.24093/awejtls/vol7no4.10

Maram R. Alessa, Nesreen Al-Harby

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Frequency Analysis of Transition Words in Students’ Paragraphs 学生段落过渡词的频率分析

Arab World English Journal for Translation & Literary Studies Pub Date : 2023-10-15 DOI: 10.24093/awejtls/vol7no4.8

Baraat Ismael Faqe Abdulla

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