Accuracy of Medical Terminologies Translated from English into Arabic: The Case of Audiovisual Shows
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https://doi.org/10.33806/ijaes.v25i2.506Keywords:
Accuracy, audiovisual, medical terminologies, readability, space constraintsAbstract
The global emergence of audiovisual (AV) shows has increased the demand for translation. The problem regarding AV materials (AVMs) in the medical genre is that medical English consists of a large number of specialised medical terminologies, which can cause a challenge for Arabic translators/subtitlers, especially in terms of translation accuracy. Although there are several references to the issues of translating specialised terminologies in AV translation studies, no light has been shed on the accuracy of medical terminologies translated from English to Arabic. This study investigates the accuracy of translated medical terminologies in selected AVMs and the factors affecting the accuracy levels in the AV setting. This research adopts a mixed approach of qualitative and quantitative analysis methods to assess the accuracy of 100 medical terminologies translated into Arabic. An eclectic model of analysis based on (2012) accuracy and readability aspects and Díaz-Cintas’s (2010) space constraints was used to reach the aims of the study. The results revealed that the average accuracy for all 100 terminologies scored 2.6 out of 3, falling within the accuracy range of 2.4–3 based on Nababan et al.’s (2012) accuracy score calculation (NASC). The aspect of accuracy in the AV setting was highly affected by other aspects—readability and space constraints—and both aspects were related to each other. Thus, the accuracy of translated medical terminologies will gain another notion matching the grounds of the AV setting, which is a hosting one. Accuracy here is affected by space constraints and the readability level of the audience.
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