Translation in literature is a complex and interesting process, where a text is rich in nuances, feelings/emotions, and culture as it is transformed into another language without diminishing its original meaning and authenticity. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the translation strategy used in Ibnu Yaqzan's novel in the context of cultural aspects based on Peter Newmark's translation theory (1988). Ibnu Yaqzan's novel, the work of a famous writer in the Arab world, is work rich in cultural elements and special nuances of communication. Descriptive qualitative method is used in this study, with textual content analysis as the main approach. The main focus is to identify Newmark's (1988) translation strategies and cultural elements that influence meaning in the selection of strategies in the target text. The results of the study show that there are seven of Newmark’s (1988) eight strategies used in an effort to analyze and transfer cultural elements from Ibnu Yaqzan's novel into Malay Language, including Word by Word Translation, Literal Translation, Faithful Translation, Semantic Translation, Free Translation, Idiomatic Translation and Communicative Translation. In the context of cultural equivalence, researcher tries to analyze specific cultural elements in the source culture that are maintained in the target culture as closely as possible.

The issue tackled in this study lies on knowing and determining the linguistics communicative issues as a part of the Arabic language learning process in Malaysia. The study opted to analyze these needs of language communicative skills among those who specialized in the Arabic language for non-native speakers in the targeted universities as well as the challenges, limitation and the level of knowledge surrounding this issue among the students. The study utilizes quantitative method; hence, the researcher relies on the descriptive analytical method on his research through distributing questionnaire to 141 (out of 400, randomly selected) of the third-year students at the degree level in the Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM) and International Islamic University Malaysia (UIAM). The outcome of the questionnaire has then been analyzed and discussed in detail to answer the research questions using SPSS software. The results indicated that students have various communicative oral issues and needs based on their specific academic program which relate to the Arabic language as offered by their respective institutions. It is also shown that students are aware of their needs of Arabic communication skills and show their efforts to gain the much-needed skills during their study. At the end of study, the researcher came out with a set of recommendations and suggestions to resolve the linguistic communicative oral issue among students who study Arabic language in Malaysia at the higher level.