Translation of Political News Headlines from English into Arabic

Abstract

Newspapers provide the population with up data news alone over the situation they live in. The headline is the most important elements of these newspapers. This paper aims to figure out the difficulties that encounter the translators while translating political news headlines from English language into Arabic language. Data has collected from the political headlines of Yemen Observer Newspaper which publishes weekly in the Republic of Yemen in English language version. 40 participants have contributed in the study. Data analyses was based on the Skopostheorie and Bayr's principles. The study revealed that there are many obstacles in translating political headlines.