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JORDANIAN PROVERBS: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC AND

TRANSLATIONAL PERSPECTIVE


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Abstract

The present paper addresses the ethnogphy nd tnslalt f Jorannroverbs. It ers a cmparatie/ contrastie e eween Jrdnan nd Engs

ro1·erbs wth an ee to rdgng the theise ide gp beeen he to cultures Thereria epcton of Jordnan culture is meant to contribute to etter understaningf Jordanan aues, conictions an ieals othe cutues thus hoping to encouage

roeia rroing eteen anguages Ths stu is aso expected t e of aue toiscpines of fokoe anthopoog an socoog as t highights the ngenous aspcts

f Jordanan cuture Fina the paper oers a theo-base ethoolog for theanslaton of proeial epessons

. noduction

Proverbs are often regarded as the miror o a culture; they eicently express it�onvitions ideal and vlues Denitonall a roverb can be viewed as a tradtionalaying which oers advie or presents a moral in a sort and pithy manner (Simpson982) By and large proverbs fall into three types: truthul proverbs whih express generlruths observational proverbs which express generalisations about everyday experencend traditional wisdom and olore proverbs which oer lassial maxims in variousreas Witness the ilustrative ordaian proverbs aong with their orrespondent Eglish

ones in ) 2) and 3) b _7 Jow Tey exempliy the hree types respetively) I

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Conclusio

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