Equivalence and Changes in Translation: Challenges and Strategies, Focusing on Translation of Al-Tarjemah Va Adavatoha

Every language has a unique system and its elements build their identity within this system and in association with other elements. Therefore, the translator cannot find equivalents for source language elements without considering this system. Rather, instead of finding precise equivalents for the elements of the source language, the translator should focus his/her attention on the values and the role of verbal communications, and by implementing essential changes, present a comprehensible translation to the target language readers. Through some practical examples, this article attempts to present strategies that help the fluent and accurate transfer of meaning in translation from Arabic into Persian. These strategies help to provide a translation based on target language norms, which is fluent and tangible to the audience. In line with this, some examples were selected from Al-TarjemahVa Adavateha: Darasaton Fi Nazariah Va Tatbiq, by Ali Al-Ghasemi.These examples were selected during the translation of this book. In order to take a step toward offering a systematic and scientific approach in translation, in this article we introduced the strategies applied for a better translation and the changes made to have a better rendition