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The children's literature translation studies (CLTS) is an evolving discipline, particularly in the Arab world. Christiane Nord's translation oriented text analysis follows a long tradition of the functional theory including Katharina Reiss's text type approach, Mary Snell-Hornby's integrated approach, Holz-Mänttäri's translatorial action, and most importantly, Hans J. Vermeer's Skopos theory. This paper applies Christiane Nord's translation-oriented text analysis (2005) to AbdutTawaab Youssef's translated story: الناي الحزينThe Magic Flute in order to present a better translation. AbdutTawaab Youssef is one of the pioneer writers of children’s literature in the Arab world. Youssef wrote all his stories, including this story, to be read by Arabic-speaking children. The story is translated by Dr. Loubna Youssef, the author's daughter, to be read by English-speaking children. By analyzing the source text (ST) following Nord's model, some translation problems may arise. Accordingly, suggested solutions are introduced to yield a better translation of the target text (TT). Importantly, it is the effect of the better translation on TT child reader that should be taken into consideration.
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