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Figures of Speech in English and Arabic Poetry by Hazem Omar is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This document summarizes a research paper on the importance of figures of speech in translating poetry from English to Arabic. It discusses how achieving full equivalence is difficult in poetry translation due to differences at the semantic, syntactic and other levels between languages. Figurative language, which conveys meaning beyond the literal, plays a key role in poetry but poses challenges in translation. Cultural differences between English and Arabic, such as in politics, society and religion, also
- Author
- Hazem Omar
- Language
- EN