Analysing the Relationship of Collocational Competence to Translation Accuracy: A Contrastive Analysis

Abstract

In this study an attempt is made to analyse collocation as being an important lexical relation between words. It includes a thorough analysis of collocational competence in both English and Arabic. Though plenty of research has been conducted on collocational competence; yet collocational competence in both English and Arabic and its relation to translation, interpretation and lexicography has gained little attention from specialists and scholars. The aim of this paper is to study collocation contrastively in both English and Arabic in terms of translation, interpretation and lexicography. The study concludes with some findings and recommendations, which could reinforce translation and teaching/ learning process. These recommendations, if best implemented can improve the quality of teaching, learning and translating of collocations. It is hoped that this study will prompt further research into other contrastive areas between English and Arabic.