Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport

College of Language and Communication

Language and Translation Department
Translation 2
Intersemiotic Translation and Recontextualization

As part of your 12th week assessment you are asked to do the following:

In groups of 3/4, choose a text (such as a scene from a play / a short story/ a poem / a video / a
documentary…etc.) and translate it into Arabic/English. Use Linell’s (1998) recontextualization
levels to do the following:

1. Change the audience you are addressing in the target language (adult to children /
children to adult ..etc.).
2. Through Intersemiotic Translation change the mode you are using (from written to
video / from written to audio + music / from film to written…etc.). Using semiotic
complementation is also allowed.
3. Prepare a 10-minute presentation on your topic to be given in Week 13.
4. You can use the following table to help you during your work and presentation.

Source text Recontexulaized text Recontexualization Level

 Marks allotted: Presentation (10 marks)

Translation product (10 marks)

OR

In pairs, choose a text that is already recontextualized through intersemiotic intelerlingual

translation (a novel to a film / a short story to a play / a short story to a poem…etc.) and do the
following:

1. Analyze the translation in terms of Linell’s (1998) recontextualization levels (Medial /

Linguistic / Cultural / Generic / Ideological)
2. Suggest your own translations when necessary.
3. Prepare a 10-minute presentation on your topic to be given in Week 13.
4. You can use the following table to help you during your work and presentation.

Source text Recontextulaized text Recontextualization Level

 Marks allotted: Presentation (10 marks)

Analysis and suggested alternative translation (10 marks)
P.S. Core elements of meaning of the source text is a must for the translation to be
acceptable.