Applying Larson's Model To Assess the Quality of Two Translations of Antony Hope's Novel The Prisoner of Zenda into Arabic

Hamdan, Mahmood Ibrahim; Hussein, Gailan Mahmoud

doi:10.25130/lang.8.1.13

Applying Larson's Model To Assess the Quality of Two Translations of Antony Hope's Novel The Prisoner of Zenda into Arabic

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Mahmood Ibrahim Hamdan

Gailan Mahmoud Hussein

College of Arts/ University of Tikrit

10.25130/lang.8.1.13

Abstract

This paper investigates the quality of two translations of Antony Hope's" Prisoner of Zenda" novel by applying Larson's model. This novel is rendered into Arabic by two translators in different places and times. The model has three significant criteria that can be employed to assess the quality of translated works including "accuracy, clarity and naturalness". They are considered important indicators of translation quality that can be used to assess the translation and assure that they are appropriately employed. To assess the two translations, the researchers apply each criterion to three excerpts taken from the novel and assess their translation and to what extent the source texts are appropriately rendered. Keywords: Larson Model, criteria, Literary Translation, Assessment, Quality.

Keywords

Assessment

criteria

: Larson Model

Literary Translation

Quality.