Journal of African Studies and Sustainable Development

Igbo language is the indigenous language of the Igbo people spoken in South Eastern Nigeria. The language is a tonal language classified under Niger-Congo/ Benue –Congo language classification. It is also a dialectal language with varying terms that usually take the same form but differ in meaning. These differences also occur in Igbo translation. Also most problems in translation are related to meaning and meaning is the central core of translation. The translator faces the linguistic, semantic and cultural aspects of untranslatability and how to cope with equivalence. This paper seeks to address the problem of equivalence in Igbo language translation using different translation methods. Certain concepts would be translated to effectively portray and reflect retention of meaning in cases were there are no equivalent terms in Igbo Language.

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