The Rewriting of Characters’ Dialogue: Translating Literary Dialectal Dialogue in Saudi and Egyptian Novels

The research aims to identify the procedures carried out by translators deal with translating Literary Dialectal Dialogue (LDD) in English translations of contemporary Saudi and Egyptian novels. significance this study is that it focuses on two Arabic dialects examines what are translation if these shift changes dialect. involves an analysis random selections LDD were extracted from several uses descriptive quantitative qualitative mapping chosen translate diglossic first construction function its source context then studies how have managed reconstruct socio-cultural socio-ideological selected This finds evidence suggest due change language communities, has changed become Informal (LID). data also reveals practice, none rendered dialect into a target Interestingly, however, do not tend standardize or erase conversational elements dialogue. On contrary, they recognize aspect try adhere general their translations. In fact, procedure one compensation rather than Fairly similar varieties used different regional social all STs.