Toward a Cognitive Stylistic Contingency Theory of Translation (English–Arabic–English)

Contingency theory is a theory of communication. It is a theory of change of cultural, ideological, political, social, mental and cognitive values. These values are not constantly stative0. Many of them are temporal and susceptible to change every now and then, be they cultural, ideological, political or other values. Some terms and words of cultural or other connotations can acquire new dimensions and change bias and attitude from time to time and from nation to nation. 'Revolution' ( ) , for example, used to have pejorative connotations of bloodshed, military coups, communism, backward politics and dictatorship. However, in the light of the latest Arab Youth revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt, Syria, Libya and Yemen in 2011, the term has earned new positive dimensions of meaning, demonstrating peacefully to change the political dictatorial regimes of many Arab Countries into democratic, freely elected governments. This paper investigates the style of contingency and volume of the vicissitudes of the ideologies of different types, cultural, ideological, etc. over time. The aim is to demonstrate the new changes in the reception and perception of these ideologies and how people re-interpret and re-construct new meanings accordingly. All this is discussed in relation to the cognitive theory of translation in practice, juxtaposing the changes that may have taken place with respect to the topic concerned.