Bridging Emic and Etic Readings: Idiom Translation Strategies in Yusuf Idris's The Cheapest Nights

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The translator effectively captured the deep-structure meaning of 14 out of 19 idioms, demonstrating successful communication.
Findings indicate that while adaptation and paraphrasing aided in cultural representation, surface-structure meanings were often overlooked.
Idioms carry significant cultural connotations, but five expressions were entirely omitted in the translation process.
The study employs a descriptive, comparative analytical approach to assess how cultural implications were conveyed or lost.

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Descriptive analysis examines translation strategies for idiomatic expressions, revealing cultural implications.

Al-Sayadi et al. (2025) studied this question.

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