ABSTRACT
This study is the translation of idioms in Edo language based on the receptor response. It examines some idioms in Edo language, the challenges involved in translating them, the strategies employed to translate these idioms.
Data collected for this study were gathered from a variety of sources, including several settings in which the native speakers make use of idioms, as well as published works on Edo language, areas where idioms occur in were extracted from them. The theoretical framework employed is that of dynamic equivalence, to ensure the translation of the Edo idioms based on the receptor audience response and for the message of the original to be preserved. The idioms were presented by categorizing them into different types, which includes Proverbs, euphoria, slangs and phrasal verbs, the functions of the idioms will be discussed as well.
This research was able to establish the fact that Edo idioms can be translated, and translating idioms is relevant for it portrays unique ideas ofthe SL, generate a deeper understanding of the SL and portray the culprit of the SL.
The study concludes by revealing that the research follows the rule of back transformation, that is the same way the meaning is used in the SL is the same way it is used in the TL, and the message is preserved in the target language during the course of the transformation.
