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Author: Huda Yaseen Abdulwahid
Department of English, Cihan University-Erbil
DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.24086/cuesj.v1n2a14
Abstract
This study aims at investigating the language of business in Erbil city – the capital of Kurdistan region- to figure out how often shop signs fail to convey any relevant information to target language readers. These errors are classified into three categories: spelling, grammar, and word choice with the second having the highest frequency. This study supposes the reasons behind these sorts of errors include translator’s language incompetence, translator’s carelessness, and the socio-cultural differences between English, Arabic, and Kurdish.
Keywords: Shop signs, Translation errors, English, Arabic, Kurdish
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