As far as translation is concerned, how can a translator choose a suitable model for analyzing the data he/ she has collected in order to get the best results? does he/she depend, for example, on the type of the text, the aim of the translation, his/ her readership or something else? and to what extent his/ her choice will affect the findings?
If you are talking about translation and analysis of things like qualitative interviews, I think it is better to analyze in the original language and then translate passages as needed for publication.
Michael W. Marek
Thanks for your answer. To illustrate my question with an example. suppose I want to translate an English text into Arabic. should I follow, for example, one of Newmark's models viz. Semantic or communicative or one of Venuti's models, namely foreignization or domestication or Nida's (formal , dynamic ) or House's model, just to mention some.
Your question is too general. That really depends on the kind of research you are about to conduct. I think if you can provide more information, then I and others can help you.
Amir Raies Ozhan
Thanks for your comment. To illustrate my question , suppose I want to translate an English text into Arabic or an Arabic text into English. Should I follow, for example, one of Newmark's models (Semantic or communicative) or one of Venuti's models (foreignization or domestication) or Nida's (formal , dynamic) or House's model, just to mention some. On what basis should I make my choice? Is it on the basis of the type of the text or the aim of the translation or the translator's readership or something else?
There is a difference between translation strategies and procedures. The former refers to the translator's general tendency, such as Venuti's domestication or foreignization, while the latter deals with the strategies the translator uses to translate a unit of translation such as addition or omission. The issue you are discussing is related to translation strategy. So, depending on your tendency, you can use the models proposed by the scholars you mentioned.
The criteria you have mentioned: the type of the text/the aim of the translation or the translator's readership are so different that you can use them in turn. When writing from a translator's point of view or experience you can bring arguments from what you have used. What is really needed is the complete understanding of both the S(ource) Language system and the T(arget) language one.
Anca-Mariana Pegulescu, Gayane Hovhannisyan
Thanks for being interested in answering the question
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