How Arabic Journalists Translate English-Language Newspaper Headlines : Case Studies in Cross-Cultural Understanding

This work is a comparative descriptive analysis of seventy English language headlines and their Arabic translations gathered from the national and international press and news agencies over the peroid of January 1, 2002 through August 1, 2002, a peroid that happened to include the months leading up to the second Iraq war. The headlines considered in this study are selected for their relevance to Middle East issues and for their importance. While headline translation has received some attention from scholars, there is little or nothing in the literature that deals specifically with the translation of English language headlines into Arabic.

Dr.Ali was born in Baghdad, attended the University of Almustansrya, Baghdad, earning an undergraduate degree in English and later a master in English-Arabic translation. She taught English-Arabic translation for eight years in Iraq and Libya. Dr. Ali has also worked as translator and as a freelance journalist having been published in several Arab newspapers. At present, she is a professor at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pa., teaching Arabic, Middle East Culture and Women in Islam.