• Abdel-Hameed Al-Awabdeh

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The purpose of this study is to shed light on the main pragmatic challenges and difficulties that face English students in translating Arabic Bedouin poetic expressions into English. This study is classified as qualitative and quantitative study; it includes 25 junior level students at the University of Jordan/Aqaba. The students were asked to translate one English Bedouin poem into English. The findings of this study show the students face real problems in translating Arabic poetic expression and the students performed poorly in their translation due to pragmatics and cultural differences. There are several reasons behind the problems that encounter the students in translation Bedouin poetic expressions from English to Arabic such as culture, using figurative language, and structure of the poems. Culture is one of the main problems that lead to real problems in translating English literary text into Arabic. Furthermore; pragmatic challenges that is considered one of the main hindrances in translating literary text.

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