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ather hard to establish a model which would be applicable to all
types of translation, and with the same degree of reliability.
This is the theme of this thesis. Before introducing our model, we
found it necessary to critically review existing models in order to
discover where they are seriously lacking. After this critical
review, we introduced our model hoping that it would correct the
aberrations of other models. Chapter two elaborates on these
issues.
(3) As all translation models are based on specific concepts of
language we had to define the concept upon which our model is
built. The concept of 'structuration', attributed to Abdel-Qahir
Al-Jurjani, forms the basis of our model. Rooted in Arabic
Rhetorics, the concept of 'structuration' subordinates Strelttuie,to
ukvn L Y1,5 Therefore, our proposed rhetorical model is
predominantly meaning-oriented. The meaning of a text is analysed
into three layers: obligatory, extended and accessory. These
layers are interlocked in the surface structure of the text.
Translation quality assessment rests on the integration of these
meanings and the projection of the obligatory meaning to which the
translator should be committed.
(4) Any model for translation quality assessment cannot prove workable
unless it is activated. Activation entails the identification of
obligatory, extended and accessory meaning structures through close
observance of correspondences between source and target texts at
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