Deviations in Language learning for Specific Purposes (LSWR) in French Translations across India

In the globalised world today, foreign language acquisition is a significant skill of career upgradation. Acquiring any new language has various challenges, as the target language is generally learnt with deeply rooted native language or mother tongue. While translating, students face difficulties due to linguistic complexities like idioms and technical terms, cultural gaps involving unfamiliar contexts, references, and lexical challenges stemming from polysemantic words and a lack of specialized vocabulary in the target language. Students often struggle with understanding and accurately transferring the original text's nuanced meaning and cultural subtleties, especially in technical or literary content. This study explores the challenges in translation and the factors that influence the process from the perspective of foreign language students at undergraduate level. It further examines the difficulties learners face when translating into French as a foreign language focusing upon the four basic skills namely listening, speaking, writing, and reading. Employing a mixed-methods approach (quantitative and qualitative), the analysis draws on descriptive statistics of findings from the individual student. Based on these findings, the study proposes pedagogical approaches to strengthen translation competence and advocates the integration of modern technologies into academic practice.