Translating Animal Idioms from English into Arabic: An Application of Nida’s Strategies for Translating Idioms

Many animal-related idioms are found in Arabic and English languages. However, since there some differences between Arab western cultures history, tradition, geographical environment mode of thinking, animal can create a cultural gap, which hinders mutual understanding both cultures. The gap is noticed when translating from into Arabic. Therefore, this research investigates problems encountering translators the translation It also presents strategies that be applied rendition source language target language. study discusses based on Eugene Nida’s for (1964). To conduct study, researcher developed an empirical survey adopting mixed approach qualitative quantitative methods, to gain detailed translational followed by Saudi transference Findings indicate most translator respondents opted strategy idiom non-idiom even corresponding