The role of the Normalisation component in the readability of Reza Ameri's translation of the novel The Season of Emigration to the North

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1 Member of the academic faculty of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, Tehran, Iran

2 Department of Language and Arabic Literature Group, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran

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Naturalization is a universal translation in which the translator benefits from a process of special creativity such as the use of criteria, appropriate metaphorical terms, completing sentences, substituting simple expressions for complex structures, increasing the meaning of words or changing them according to the meaning of the language. Makes translation normal. According to Baker, this approach tends to highlight the characteristics of the target language and follows the conventional patterns of that language. In this research, based on the model of Mona Baker and with a descriptive-analytical method, the types of naturalization in Reza Ameri's translation of the novel "Season of Emigration to the North" and the extent of his style in providing a legible translation of this novel have been evaluated. The result of the research shows that the translator, through naturalization, has brought the target text closer to the semantic horizon of the Persian-speaking reader in a way that makes the text legible by presenting words, syntax and natural style, he has provided a translation with individual coordinates and style. The result of the research shows that the translator, through naturalization, has brought the target text closer to the semantic horizon of the Persian-speaking reader in a way that makes the text legible by presenting words, syntax and natural style, he has provided a translation with individual coordinates and style.

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Journal of Foreign Language Research
Volume 13, Issue 3
November 2023
Pages 357-371

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