• Nourah Sulaiman Alsalamah

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This study aimed at investigating the impact of integrating Jakobson's theory of the function of the language into Newmark's translation theory on student's journalistic translation and to determine the most appropriate method of translation to translate journalistic texts. The focus of this study was on identifying the problems of translating journalistic texts that faced students. Data analysis was collected by using a Likert scale questionnaire to identify student’s problems and a content analysis to measure the quality of student’s journalistic translation. This study was applied to level five female undergraduate students in the English Translation Department, at the College of Languages and Translation, Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University. The results of data analysis showed that applying the integration of Jakobson's theory of the functions of the language into Newmark's translation theory to solve journalistic translation problems was effective. The recommendations of this research included that integrating Jakobson's theory of the functions of the language into Newmark's translation theory was necessary for improving student’s performance and quality of translation.

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