Pathology of Translation Abilities of Undergraduate Students of Arabic Language and Literature and Teaching Arabic-Farsi Translation and Vice Versa Relying on Error Analysis

Education is a significant matter, and in order to reach the targeted goals, educational methods shall constantly be the subject of update and pathology. One of the existing grounds in this area is teaching translation to students of foreign languages, including Arabic. In this regard, the application of linguistic theories for recognition and analysis of problems the language learners face seems to be useful and efficient. Relying on the descriptive-analytical method of Error Analysis in the current essay, the researchers intend to examine and analyze the subject of teaching translation in the field of Arabic Language and Literature. In line with this aim, the testing method has been used for describing the errors, and the field method (questionnaire) has been adopted to serve the purpose of the section where the solutions are provided. The gained results have been studied and analyzed later on. The results of the studies show that it is necessary that the time allocated for teaching translation subjects become more and more proportionate to the educational aims set to be reached out of teaching such subjects. While confirming the approximate direct relationship between success in learning grammar and Arabic texts and favorable outcomes of various types of translation, these studies report that the highest percentage of errors belong to inter-lingual and lexical errors in the field of translating texts from Arabic to Persian, grammar errors and inter-lingual lexical errors in the field of translating from Persian to Arabic, and inter-lingual lexical errors and specifically the error of lexical borrowing in the field of translation in journalism. In the solution chapter, findings indicate that the experts advise the composition of a comprehensive and strategic program that includes standard teaching resources in educational groups, adoption of appropriate method for teaching and activities of the teacher in the field of translation, reading suitable and effective texts and practice inside the classroom, [adopting] a meaning-oriented view towards course subjects, teaching writing method of different type of Arabic sentences, as well as paying attention to teaching of Arabic idioms and expressions and writing sentences based on the learned phrases.