{"id":21708,"date":"2026-02-15T19:36:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T16:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/su.edu.ye\/voga\/?p=21708"},"modified":"2026-02-15T19:39:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T16:39:04","slug":"masters-degree-awarded-to-ms-afnan-ali-an-nahari-in-translation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/su.edu.ye\/voga\/en\/21708\/","title":{"rendered":"Master\u2019s Degree Awarded to Ms. Afnan Ali An-Nahari in Translation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ms. Afnan Ali Mohammed Ahmed An-Nahari <\/strong>was awarded a Master\u2019s Degree in Translation <\/strong>with an average of Excellent<\/strong> and a grade of (95<\/strong>) for her thesis titled: \u200e Cultural Manipulation of Children’s Literature Dubbing from English into Arabic: A Translation Quality Assessment of Extralinguistic Cultural References in The Simpsons<\/em><\/strong>, <\/em>which was submitted to the Community Center for Translation and Language Teaching (CCTLT) \u2013 Sana\u2019a University. The MA defense was held on Thursday, February 5, 2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The MA Viva-voce Committee, which was formed based on a resolution issued by the Graduate Studies and Scientific Research Council, consisted of the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
#<\/strong><\/td>\nCommittee Members<\/strong><\/td>\nDesignation<\/strong><\/td>\nPosition<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nProf. Abdulhameed A. Ashuja\u2019a<\/strong><\/td>\nInternal Examiner<\/td>\nChair<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nProf. Ibraheem Tagaddeen \u200e \u200e<\/strong><\/td>\nMain Supervisor<\/td>\nMember<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nProf. Mohammed Qasim Al-Sharmani<\/strong><\/td>\nExternal Examiner<\/td>\nMember<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The thesis aimed to:<\/p>\n

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  • Explore the main themes, ideological underpinnings, and extralinguistic cultural references embedded in \u200eselected \u200eexamples from The Simpsons<\/em>, using Critical Discourse Analysis.\u200e<\/li>\n
  • Investigate the problems of translating extralinguistic cultural references in the children\u2019s \u200c\u200eseries The Simpsons<\/em> from English into Arabic.\u200e<\/li>\n
  • Identify the strategies used in the dubbed Arabic version of The Simpsons, \u200ebased on \u200ePedersen\u2019s (2011) taxonomy of ECR transfer strategies.<\/li>\n
  • Assess the translation quality of the dubbed children’s series The Simpsons from English into Arabic in light of Pedersen\u2019s \u200c\u200e(2017) \u200eFAR model of quality assessment.\u200e<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    The study yielded a number of key findings summarized as follows:<\/p>\n

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    • The primary difficulty in translating extralinguistic cultural references lies in rendering meaning \u200eheavily \u200eembedded in Western culture for a Muslim Arab child audience.\u200e<\/li>\n
    • The translation tends to rely on substituting Western cultural references with elements \u200c\u200emore compatible with Arab children\u2019s culture.\u200e<\/li>\n
    • These challenges are partly attributable to insufficient oversight by regulatory bodies \u200eand \u200etranslation institutions in evaluating content targeting Arab children, as well \u200eas a lack of \u200escholarly research on children\u2019s literature translation.\u200e<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      In light of these findings, the researcher recommended the following:<\/p>\n

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      • Giving greater attention to assessing the quality of translating cultural references in \u200c\u200econtent directed at Muslim Arab children.\u200e<\/li>\n
      • Strengthening collaboration among translators, educational specialists, and reviewers \u200c\u200ewithin cartoon production institutions to ensure culturally and pedagogically \u200eappropriate \u200edubbed versions.\u200e<\/li>\n
      • Establishing clear criteria for evaluating the quality of translating cultural references in \u200c\u200eanimated works, with due consideration for cultural suitability and semantic \u200e\u200e<\/li>\n
      • Encouraging further research on the impact of translators\u2019 cultural choices on shaping \u200ethe \u200eideology of Muslim Arab children across various animated series.\u200e\u200e<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        The defense session was attended by a number of professors, researchers, students, colleagues, and the researcher\u2019s family.<\/p>\n

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