Asymmetry of gender markedness in English-Arabic translation

The study tackles the problems encountered in translating St neutral gender into TT marked categories and vice-versa. By means of a contrastive textua l approach, it sets out to investigate points of divergence between English and Arabic gender distinction and assesses the changes in focus, function and impact in the target version of the St. The study concludes with an ana lysis of the strategies employed by translators in neutralizing the negativ e transfer of gender markedness.