The Challenges of Translating Arabic Sentences into Tamil language among Second Language Learners of Arabic at South Eastern University of Sri Lanka

Learners of Arabic language as a foreign language face challenges in identifying meanings of Arabic sentences and translating them into Tamil language. Therefore, this research focuses on identifying challenges of it. This research is based on: descriptive and analytical methodology. Primary data were gathered from interview and questionnaire. Interviews were conducted with specialized students and the questionnaire was distributed to one hundred male and female students of second year from the department of Arabic language, Faculty of Islamic Studies and Arabic Language, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka. Sample size of the study was randomly chosen from them. MS Excel was used for the data analysis. This research finds that the challenges when translating are in choosing appropriate words and determining their meaning, joining the words to build a sentence, annexing the sentences to make a paragraph.