Challenges in Translating Puns in Some Selections of Arabic Poetry Into English

The present study investigates the challenges translators may face when translating pun expressions in some selections found Arabic poetry into English. examines strategies employed to translate puns, choice of pun’s sense, and perseverance aesthetic function puns analyses translation a sample ten Arabic-English by twenty-five MA students grounded on Delabastita’s (1993) model, graded salience hypothesis back-translation method. has revealed that familiarity overt meaning ignorance its covert one constitute major challenge for inadequately thereby distorting target text. Two out are shown be given among which non- is most prevalent one. suggested editorial techniques related rhetorical device as potential means adequately rendering respective puns.