Arab World English Journal (AWEJ) Volume 12. Number2 June 2021                                                   Pp.158-168
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.24093/awej/vol12no2.11

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A New Approach for Paraphrasing and Rewording a Challenging Text 

Yahya Polat
Translation Studies Department, Faculty of Humanities, Ala-Too International University
Bishkek, 720048 Kyrgyzstan 

Satylmysh Bajak
Turkish Studies Department, Faculty of Humanities, Ala-Too International University
Bishkek, 720048 Kyrgyzstan 

Ainuska Zhumaeva
 Translation Studies Department, Faculty of Humanities, Ala-Too International University
Bishkek, 720048 Kyrgyzstan  

Received: 3/28/2021               Accepted: 5/10/2021               Published: 6/24/2021 

Abstract:
This article aims to propose a practical model for intra-lingual translation or paraphrase in another term. Paraphrase is a restatement of a text, rewording something written or spoken, especially to achieve greater clarity. This approach could help a troubled translator who is having issues translating a complex text into a receptor language by assessing the source text and reconstructing the contents in a simpler semantic structure. (Larson, 2012) Noam Chomsky’s generative–transformational model (1957, 1965) and Larson’s (2012) methodology have been followed to analyze sentences into a series of related levels governed by the help of several other techniques. To achieve this, firstly, the concepts; Intralingual translation, rewording, paraphrasing, and restatement are identified and explained. Secondly, methods of rewording are unpacked, then other elements that play an essential role in paraphrasing are presented. Thirdly, steps of paraphrasing are applied to the text Taj Mahal where skewings between semantic structure and grammatical features are studied and unskewed. Lastly, a conclusion is drawn from the findings to verify the hypothesis of the paraphrase. The findings and results of rewording are also briefly discussed.
Keywords: antonyms, paraphrase, reciprocal words, restatement, skewing, synonyms, substitute words 

Cite as:   Polat, Y. , Bajak, S. & Zhumaeva, S.  (2021). A New Approach for Paraphrasing and Rewording a Challenging Text.
Arab World English Journal, 12 (2) 158-168.
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.24093/awej/vol12no2.11

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