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Translation Errors Made by Sinhalese Students Learning Japanese as a Foreign Language

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dc.contributor.author Priyadarshani, R.M.S.
dc.date.accessioned 2016-09-02T04:29:14Z
dc.date.available 2016-09-02T04:29:14Z
dc.date.issued 2016
dc.identifier.citation Priyadarshani, R.M.S. 2016. Translation Errors Made by Sinhalese Students Learning Japanese as a Foreign Language. Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2016, 25th August 2016, Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. pp 88. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 2513-2954
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/14312
dc.description.abstract This study aims to clarify the translation errors made by Sinhalese students learning Japanese as a foreign language. Japanese is said to be one of the easy-to-learn languages for the Sri Lankan learners since there are so many similarities such as grammar, word order and pronunciations between Sinhalese and Japanese. However, due to those similarities, learning difficulties occur in some cases. An attempt has been made in this study to clarify the translation errors made by Sinhalese students learning Japanese in the JFL environment. This study examines the kinds of errors found in translations, by analysing four articles (Japanese to Sinhalese and Sinhalese to Japanese) translated by sixteen students learning Japanese as a foreign language at university level. The results show that not only first language of the learners, which is Sinhalese, Sri Lankan culture also has an impact towards their translation errors. Relationship between culture and language plays a major role in translation since a translator should not disturb the taste of the target language readers. In this case, without sufficient knowledge on the Japanese culture, using natural expressions become an impossible task. In the case of Sri Lankan learners, when they fail to find the exact terms during translation, they use some unnatural expressions which can mislead the target language readers. The first language influence can be seen in Sinhalese to Japanese translations rather than in Japanese to Sinhalese translations. Thus, sufficient knowledge in both Japanese language and Japanese culture is required. Therefore, it is necessary for teachers to take this factor into account when they teach translation methods to Sinhalese students learning Japanese in the foreign language environment. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka en_US
dc.subject cultural effects en_US
dc.subject first Language en_US
dc.subject foreign language environment en_US
dc.subject Japanese culture en_US
dc.subject Sri Lankan culture en_US
dc.title Translation Errors Made by Sinhalese Students Learning Japanese as a Foreign Language en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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