Ma’soumeh Nemati Ghazvini
Volume 3, Issue 9 , December 2014, , Pages 11-36
Abstract
Although different theories have been created as regards the translation efficiency in transferring concepts so far, there is almost no sound scientific method for reaching an exact and clear answer to this question. Nevertheless, it seems that by applying certain new theories in the field of text analysis, ...
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Although different theories have been created as regards the translation efficiency in transferring concepts so far, there is almost no sound scientific method for reaching an exact and clear answer to this question. Nevertheless, it seems that by applying certain new theories in the field of text analysis, appropriate responses could be attained. The theory of cohesion and coherence developed by Halliday and Hasan (1985) is among the methods, with the help of which, the rate of textual cohesion and coherence and consequently, their textuality could be evaluated and analyzed. In addition to this, considering the importance of translation in the field of religious texts and especially the Holy Qur'an, arising from the position of these texts in doctrinal and didactic areas, it seems that by applying this theory to the existing translated texts, the translation efficiency and translator’s success in transferring concepts could be evaluated to some extent. According to this, the present study, following a descriptive-analytic and statistical method based on the mentioned model, has studied the translation of the holy Surah al-Bayyinah translated by Tahereh Saffarzadeh and came to the conclusion that considering the high percentage of coherence in translating this surah, the translator has been successful to a great extent in transferring the surah's concepts.
Abbas Eghbali; Zeynab Rahimi
Volume 3, Issue 7 , June 2013, , Pages 105-130
Abstract
The Holy Qur’an is a multilayered fantastic text and the translation of its verses requires great care and attention. This is why many translations of the Holy Qur’an have been criticized on different grounds. Due to the high frequency of the instances of figurative language in the Holy Qur’an, ...
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The Holy Qur’an is a multilayered fantastic text and the translation of its verses requires great care and attention. This is why many translations of the Holy Qur’an have been criticized on different grounds. Due to the high frequency of the instances of figurative language in the Holy Qur’an, these types of phrases need special consideration in related research. The purpose of the present study is to explore some of the translations offered for the figurative language of the Holy Qur’an within the scope limits of an article. Four translations of the same text have been selected, including those by Ayati, Elahi, Fooladvand, and Khorramshahi. They are famous translators of the Holy Qur’an and, at the same time, differ in their methods of translation. Works on Quranic interpretation like al-Mīzan, Jawame’ al-Jame’, and Mafātīh al-Ghaib and others have been used to look at the language of the first ten chapters of the Holy Qur’an. The results of this study indicate that the four translators offer very different translations of the same figurative language. They seem not to have followed any particular translation style. Sometimes, they have used figurative language of the target forms and sometimes they have tried to offer explanations instead. In some other cases, some of the nuances of the meanings of the figurative language have been ignored and the translations have become literal, not expressing the meaning intended by the verses.
