Investigating the Difficulties Facing Students of Postgraduate Diploma at University of Khartoum in Translating Preposition from Arabic into English

Abstract

This study aims at investigating the difficulties facing the postgraduate diploma students in translation at University of Khartoum in translating the prepositions from Arabic Language into English Language; and that after the researcher observed the difficulties students are facing in translating the aforesaid prepositions which lead in the end to incorrect or mislead the translated meaning. The researcher has gone through Arabic Language and English Language preposition in details. The researcher assumed that the students are not aware of English Language preposition equivalent in Arabic Language, as he assumed that the first language (mother tongue) affects the students significantly and that the students makes errors in most of the prepositions. The researcher spots the light on eight prepositions.