Résumé:
The present study addresses some cognitive aspects of individual differences that influence
foreign language learning. The research attempts to investigate the relationship between one
type of intelligence that is referred to as linguistic intelligence and Translation mastery. To
achieve the objectives of this study, the mixed research method design incorporating both
correlational and descriptive methods were used. First, for the correlational research, the data
were collected through distributing Linguistic Intelligence test and Translation Mastery Task
of researchers opted for a Linguistic Intelligence Test for a sample of 41 students from a
population of 195 second-year students at the Department of Letters and English, Mohamed
Boudhiaf University, M’sila. 41 students answered the (IQV) Test, but only 30 students
answered the (TM) Test to generate the necessary data that was processed and analyzed by
researchers and confirmed through SPSS version 23. On the other hand, the researchers
determined and categorized the students’ linguistic intelligence levels from high to low in a
table and histogram (Normal curve distribution) from SPSS -V23. In addition, the study
employed a TMT to evaluate and analyze individuals’ translation competencies, for the
descriptive part of the research. The findings revealed an existing statistically significant
moderate positive correlation with 0,368* value at the significance level p=0,045