Strategies in Translating Iraqi slang and Collocations from English into Arabic: A study of three translations of “They came to Baghdad” by Agatha Christie.

Abstract

This study aims to examine the strategies adopted by three different translators of “They came to Baghdad,” by Agatha Christie. What are the strategies used when translating culture-specific items in a text. The analysis describes the various translation procedures and methods used in the rendering of the chosen data. We understand how and why some translators did not render a text or the meaning of a word in the colloquial Iraqi dialect. The study shows that translators resorted to various strategies in rendering specific phrases and cultural expressions