Translation of Scientific Terms into Hausa: Domestication, Adaptation and Foreignisation

Abstract

This paper examined the implication of adaptation and challenges of translating scientific terms into Hausa language. It sampled some critical lexical terms that are postured in English-Hausa dictionaries and some Hausa media outlets. As deduced from the findings, the paper discovered that there is a large gap between the provision on the ground and what needs to be achieved as a way forward to a new dawn of intended educational realisation in relation to effective translation of scientific terms into Hausa. The paper recommended that the government should form a team of translation experts to properly and adequately address these challenges. According to the paper, a dictionary of English-Hausa scientific terms should be established.