English to Persian Translation of Compound Modifiers in the Press Articles from ۲۰۱۴ To ۲۰۱۷ Based on House’s TQA Model

This research was a review of the English-to-Persian translation of compound modifiers in press articles from ۲۰۱۴ to ۲۰۱۷ concerning quality assessment according to House's (۱۹۷۷) TQA model. To this end, ۱۵۰ pieces of news containing the compound modifiers were selected from different newspapers and journals as the source texts, and their equivalent translations were published in local newspapers as the target texts. In the first step, the source text and the target text profiles were provided. Then, the overt and covert errors in translating compound modifiers in the press articles were identified. The findings showed that out of ۱۵۰ selected compound modifiers, ۹۷ were overt errors, and ۵۳ items had no errors. The overtly erroneous translations had ۳۶ instances of not translated, ۲۳ cases of addition, ۱۴ instances of a slight change in meaning, ۱۳ cases of substitution, and ۱۱ instances of ungrammatically. In terms of covert errors, there was only one error; in the target text, the translator took the author's stance instead of the journalist's. The findings also showed that translations of English compound modifiers of press articles do not undergo cultural filtering. Concerning the House's TQA model, the translation of compound modifiers of the press articles belonged to the covert translation.

Keywords:

Compound Modifiers , Covert Errors , House's Model , Overt and covert translation , Overt Errors , Translation quality assessment