Mathematical Terms Translation and the Translators' Background Knowledge: A Case Study of Translating Postgraduate Students' Abstracts in M.A Mathematics at Mu'tah University

The goal of this study was to investigate the effect of the translator's background knowledge on translating technical terms in scientific text produced by postgraduate students at the Department of Science at Mu'tah University in Jordan. This qualitative and quantitative study composes 15 postgraduate students who finished their M.A in Mathematics at Mu'tah university in Jordan. The researcher selected the sample of the study randomly. The researcher used two research instruments that included textual analysis and semi-structured interview. The finding of this research demonstrated that background knowledge has a positive and negative effect on translating technical terms when translating postgraduate