that many specific culture bound terms are found in themes of rebu texts and they are hard to translate into English.
2.6.1 Procedures for translating culture-specific concepts CSCs
Sharififar, 2010:188 finds that there are some problems in translating religious cultural elements from English into Persian and the greater problems
are posed by lexical items referring to objects that are forbidden in target language. The findings showed that procedures suggested by Newmark have
accounted well for the transfer of cultural as well as religious elements; it was observed that Newmark’s range of procedures was comprehensive and worked
well. Sharififar, 2010:169 Specific culture bound terms in ST do not specific terms are usually as have
any equivalences in the TL. These situations make difficult for the researcher in the process of translation. To overcome these problems, the translation procedures
are needed. In rebu texts there are some cultural and politeness problems to be solved. They are classified, described and analyzed in the data analysis by
translation methods and translation procedures. Newmark 1988:81-91 contends some translation procedures as the follows:
a. Transference is the process of transferring an SL word to a TL text. It includes
transliteration and loan word. b.
Naturalization adapts the SL word, first to the normal pronunciation, then to the normal morphology of the TL.
c. Cultural equivalent means replacing a cultural word in the SL with a TL one.
however, they are not accurate d.
Functional equivalent requires the use of a culture-neutral word.
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e. Descriptive equivalent occurs when the meaning of the CBT is explained in
several words. f.
Componential analysis means comparing an SL word with a TL word which has a similar meaning but is not an obvious one-to-one equivalent, by
demonstrating first their common and then their differing sense components. g.
Synonymy is a near TL equivalent to an SL word in a context. h.
Through-translation is the literal translation of common collocations, names of organizations and components of compounds. It can also be called: calque
or loan translation. i.
Shifts or transpositions involve a change in the grammar from SL to TL, for instance, i change from singular to plural, ii the change required when a
specific SL structure does not exist in the TL, iii change of an SL verb to a TL word, change of an SL noun group to a TL noun and so forth.
j. Modulation occurs when the translator reproduces the message of the original
text in the TL text in conformity with the current norms of the TL, since the SL and the TL may appear dissimilar in terms of perspective.
k. Recognized translation occurs when the translator normally uses the official
or the generally accepted translation of any institutional term. l.
Compensation occurs when loss of meaning in one part of a sentence is compensated in another part.
m. Paraphrase explains the meaning of the CBT. Here the explanation is much
more detailed than that of descriptive equivalent. n.
Couplets occur when the translator combines two different procedures. o.
Notes are additional information in a translation.
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The researcher confirms only seven, i.e transference, cultural equivalent, descriptive equivalent, shifts or transpositions, paraphrase, couplets and notes.
The seven Newmark’s translation procedures are available to solve the cultural problems in translating ST into the TT. Catford 1965 uses the transference term
in the process of transferring an SL word to a TL text, whereas other experts, e.g. Nida
and Taber 1982, use the terms borrowing” and “loan. In this study the cultural equivalent was seldom applied since the process of
translating cultural terms tends to SL. Newmark, 1988:83 notes the process of transferring means replacing a cultural word in the SL with a TL one. however,
they are not accurate. Culturally specific terms were hard to translate, therefore descriptive equivalent is one of the translation procedure solutions, and the
meaning of the CBT is explained in several words. In the process of translation some transpositions cannot be avoided. Shifts or
transpositions: it involves a change in the grammar from SL to TL, for instance, a. change from singular to plural,
b. the change required when a specific SL structure does not exist in the TL,
c. change of an SL verb to a TL word, change of an SL noun group to a TL noun and so forth Newmark, 1988:86.
Some kinship terms in Karonese society were transferred in detail and this procedure is paraphrase. Newmark 1988:91 asserts paraphrase is the
explanation of the meaning of the CBT. Here the explanation is much more detailed than that of descriptive equivalent.
Newmark’s translation procedure of couplets was also applied in this study
. Newmark, 1988:91 explains that this
occurs when the translator combines two different procedures. Another of Newmark’s translation procedures is notes, which is additional information in the
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process of translation. The best translation procedures to resolve the research questions in this study were applied, i.e. transference, notes and descriptive
equivalence. Employing notes in this study could benefit the readers as much as the ST readers .
2.7 Translation Techniques
