Simin Valavi; Tahereh Tizgham
Volume 3, Issue 9 , December 2014, , Pages 103-118
Abstract
It is very difficult to translate the Glorious Qur'an as it is unique in the economy of language and expression as well as rhetorical and eloquent features. Therefore, the translator of the Qur'an should be familiar with the means of Quranic revelation and the styles of the verses as well as rhetorical ...
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It is very difficult to translate the Glorious Qur'an as it is unique in the economy of language and expression as well as rhetorical and eloquent features. Therefore, the translator of the Qur'an should be familiar with the means of Quranic revelation and the styles of the verses as well as rhetorical features of the Arabic language to be able to translate accurately and faithfully the verses without any losses and gains of meaning. However, some translators embark on translation without knowing these features. In this study, translations of the holy Qur'anic verses in which qasr ('shortness') in two ways—subject and complement, or foregrounding of the subject preceding the negative construction over the verbal complement—has been examined. Difficulties of transferring the concept of qasr has been illustrated in this study. It has been clarified when qasr in these two ways is accompanied with the article al-, several emphatic devices such as separate pronouns and emphatic particles may be used. For instance, in order to reflect the form of qasr in the construction "foregrounding of the subject preceding the negative construction over the verbal complement", the translator can use the concept of qasr in parentheses. of compliment as a verb to state the nugatory (denunciatory) inquiries. It is necessary to the shortness in the parenthesis to show the meaning of rejection and proof.
