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ERIC Number: ED580942
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Dec
Pages: 28
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: EISSN-
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Machine Translation as a Model for Overcoming Some Common Errors in English-into-Arabic Translation among EFL University Freshmen
El-Banna, Adel I.; Naeem, Marwa A.
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This research work aimed at making use of Machine Translation to help students avoid some syntactic, semantic and pragmatic common errors in translation from English into Arabic. Participants were a hundred and five freshmen who studied the "Translation Common Errors Remedial Program" prepared by the researchers. A testing kit that included "A Translation Common Errors Test" booklet, a table of specifications, scoring criteria and a model answer key were prepared by the researchers as well. Besides, a ten-session "Translation Common Errors Remedial Program" also designed by the researchers was implemented. The theoretical basis of that program was the Presentation-Practice-Production (PPP) method. The one-group pre-posttest design was adopted. Statistically, the Paired-samples t-test was utilized to manipulate the collected data. It was found that the "Translation Common Errors Remedial Program," which employed Machine Translation as a model, was effective in bettering participants' translated texts syntactically, semantically and pragmatically. The Researchers added their own observations and concluded with some recommendations for further research.
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Egypt
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