The Challenges of Translation of Igbo and English Languages on Text; The Bible in Discuss
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https://doi.org/10.59890/ijgsr.v3i7.33Keywords:
Translation, Problems, Igbo, English and EffectAbstract
Translation of one language to another is an essential part of human communication and existence because we have millions of diverse languages in human society. Translation can only be done by a multi-linguist who knows the languages who knows the languages he or she wants to translate from or to. Translation of language is of two categories: Oral translation and written translation. The former can be done by any multi-linguist while the later requires a skillful personale (Translator) which is the problems translators face in translating a particular language to another and its effect to written works if those problems are not put into consideration and its possible elimination. The study looked into Igbo language translation of the Bible from the English translation . some of these problems highlighted include cultural differences, sentence formation, limited vocabularies, ambiguity and so on. These problems dictated, heavily affect the smooth translation of the Igbo translation of the Bible from the English version to igbo version
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