A Critical Study of Jalal Ale Ahmed Short Stories Arabic Translation (The Porcelain Vase as Examples)

Translation specially of literary texts besides its vast importance in information transforming and cultural-literary exchange amongst the nations it also has peculiarities and elegances of its own with many difficulties. People who work as translators should enjoy particular qualifications that need a somehow comprehensive and thorough knowledge and control of and over relevant tongues in order to transfer the exact meanings of literary texts to the aimed language. As is noticed translation of Farsi short stories into Arabic by those Arabs who are acquainted with Farsi carry sometimes their own difficulties and weaknesses with, which make the main subject of this very essay. This essay deals with the Arabic translation of two short stories of Jalal Ale Ahmad, titled; the Postman and The Porcelain Vase, according to the relevant evaluation criteria of translation, comparing the rendered version with the original text to find out and show the differences between the both concerning meaning questions, literary ornaments, unreasonable changes and style diverities. The essay concludes that correctness standards of translation have not been well considered in many cases while translating these short stories into Arabic.Nada Hassoon as one of the translators despite her success in organizing the general framework of the stories, fails, more or less, to transfer the same weigh of meanings, the spirit which governs over the stories of Jalal Ale Ahmad and his particular style in her translations. She depite her extraordinary adherence to the original text surpasses some structural reles of its language and as a result of that the reader of the translation can not essily get the clue to the story.