The problem of translation from Arabic to Hebrew

Abstract

Translation in general is considered a means of revealing the other, whether it is a general translation or a specialized translation such as translating literary works. Israel has paid great attention to Arabic literature, seeking to reveal the nature of this society. Despite the conflict between Israel and the Arab countries, translators who are interested in translating Arabic works, whether Jewish or Arab, must be neutral without bias and spreading lies to the reader interested in literature translated from Arabic, in order to eliminate racist tendencies and reduce conflict, as these indicate the existence of... A kind of hatred, in addition to the low translation skill that the translator must possess, as many Jewish translators, whether old or modern, fell into the same mistakes, whether mistakes related to language or that reflect racist tendencies and hatred of Arabs. The study aims to identify the most important fundamental and formal errors that Jewish translators made while translating Arabic literary works.

The study addressed two requirements. The first requirement was a theoretical study of translation from Arabic to Hebrew and its most important problems, by identifying the political and social situation in Israel and its relationship to the Arabic language, the development of Arabic translations in Israel, and the classification of translators from Arabic to Hebrew. The study aims to reveal the most important problems facing translators of Arabic to Hebrew. The second topic dealt with the Iraqi contribution to Hebrew translations by examining some Iraqi Jewish writers whose productions were in the Arabic language and then changed after their immigration to Israel to write in the Hebrew language and translate Arabic works into the Hebrew language, including Shimon Ballas and Shalom Darwish. The study relied on the critical approach. The study ended with conclusions and recommendations based on a number of Arab and foreign sources and references.