In Translating Scientific Texts from English into Arabic- a Case Study

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the problems encountered by Libyan students at university level in translating scientific texts from English into Arabic. Fifteen students studying at Department of English, Faculty of Arts, University of Zawia were asked to translate a scientific texts. The students’ translations to the text were analysed and evaluated to identify: the problem in translating the items concerning order and sequence (clear and unclear), translation (under translation, complete translation and over translation). The obtained results revealed that students have encountered difficulties in translating a scientific text.