Open AccessIranian Male and Female Learners' Creativity in News Translation from a Sociolinguistic Perspective
Author(s) -
Samad Mirza Suzani
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
middle eastern journal of research in education and social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2709-152X
pISSN - 2709-0140
DOI - 10.47631/mejress.v3i1.428
Subject(s) - creativity , originality , perspective (graphical) , test (biology) , psychology , significant difference , mathematics education , computer science , social psychology , mathematics , artificial intelligence , statistics , paleontology , biology
Purpose: This article investigates the difference between Iranian male and female learners' creativity and their use of translation strategies in news translation from a sociolinguistic perspective.Approach/Methodology/Design: In terms of the sample, 50 (24 male and 26 female) M.A students of the English Translation at Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht Branch were randomly selected as participants of the study. Abedi's Creativity Test (1983) was used to differentiate male and female students' creativity. The test included 60 questions and was designed based on four different subcategories of creativity. Saibua's Model (1985) was used to assess the strategies applied in the process of translation by male and female translators.Findings: There is no significant difference between Iranian male and female students’ level of creativity and their use of translation strategies in news translation at P ≤ 0.05.Practical Implications: The results can be used to uncover the difference between male and female learners’ levels of creativity in transferring source text to target text. Various news translators can draw on the results of this study as a guideline to solve problems that could occur when translating because the strategies mentioned in this study are applicable. In addition, the results may be helpful for the translators of any kind of text because the concepts of these strategies can be adapted or applied for almost every type of text.Originality/value: The study investigates the difference between male and female learners' ability to transfer ST to TT by using translation strategies.