رسائل ماجيستير
English
2023
Patterns of procedures in
Translating patient information
Leaflets from English into Kurdish
كه زي حسن صالح, نيشتمان عبد الكريم سعيد
كلية التربية-جامعة جرمو · العراق
Patient Information Leaflets (PILs) are documents included in medicine packages and provide important information about the medication for patients. This study explores and investigates the translation patterns of English PILs into Sorani Kurdish, with a focus on identifying the translation procedures employed for translating medical terminologies in PILs intended for laypeople.
It also aims to reveal which translational norms are operating in the Kurdish translations of PILs. In addition, the study conducted a questionnaire to gain insight into the role of PIL translation in the development of Kurdish medical language.
To do so, the study employs a corpus of 150 English PILs along with their Kurdish translations. To analyze the corpus, it adopts Toury’s (1995/2012) three-phase methodology within the descriptive approach to translation. It also uses Vinay and Darbelnet’s (1958/1995) translation procedures to determine how translators handled terminological rendering in the Kurdish PILs.
According to the findings, nine types of translation procedures were used in translating the terminologies, with **borrowing** having the highest frequency and **modulation** the lowest. The results also revealed that Toury’s **initial norms** were predominantly operating in the translated PILs, labeling them as **adequate translations**.
The translators’ choice to closely follow the original PILs reflects their attempt to meet the expectations of the target users, thereby indicating the influence of Chesterman’s (1997) **expectancy norms**.
The study concludes that the translation of PILs into Kurdish is not regulated within the medical field, which is mainly due to the absence of an officially regulating body in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. It also concludes that while the seemingly established norm of PIL translation into Kurdish heavily relies on English borrowings, translating PILs represents a significant step toward the development of Kurdish medical language.