Difficulties EFL Jordanian University Students Encounter in Translating English Idioms into Arabic.

Amal Mohammad Husein Alrishan · Oqlah Mahmoud Smadi

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This study aimed at investigating the difficulties that Jordanian EFL University students encounter in translating English idioms into Arabic. The participants of the study were all M.A translation students at Yarmouk University and the University of Jordan who were selected purposefully. The total number of the students who participated in the translation test which contains 16 idioms of different categories was 90. The quantitative findings of the study revealed that EFL Jordanian university students encountered difficulties in translating English idioms into Arabic. Keywords : Difficulties, EFL translation students, Translating idioms

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