Equivalence in Technical Texts: The Case of Accounting Terms in English-Persian Dictionaries

International Journal of Foreign Language Teaching and Research

مقاله 3، دوره 1، شماره 3، آذر 2013، صفحه 37-44   

نوع مقاله: Research Papers

نویسندگان

Shadi Forutanian¹؛ Azizeh Chalak^{* 2}

¹Faculty member of Sepahan Institute of Higher Education

²Assistant Professor, Islamic Azad University, Khorasgan(Isfahan) Branch, Isfahan, Iran

چکیده

Translating accounting documents, in general, and accounting terminology, in particular, is not a simple task, especially when the new terms keep created in pace with accounting developments. This study was carried out to find the most common and preferable ways to translate accounting terms from English into Persian. Also, an attempt was made to identify the frequently used patterns of word-formation in the rendition of technical terms in English and Persian. To this end, Mir dictionary was selected and the accounting terms were identified and categorized. Then, patterns of word-formation in English and Persian were identified. Also, a comparison was made between the English accounting terms and their Persian equivalents in order to determine the translation strategies used. The results of the study revealed that the most frequently employed patterns of word-formation for rendering the accounting terms in English and Persian are noun+noun and adj+noun and the most commonly used translation strategy is transposition.

کلیدواژه‌ها

English-Persian equivalence؛ accounting terminology؛ word-formation؛ translation strategy؛ transposition

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