Translation in Arabic language and literature
Ensiye Sadat Hashemi
Abstract
For almost a decade, translation theories have been used to evaluate the translation of the Qur'an. The purpose of choosing a theoretical framework for research is to achieve a scientific and non-tasteful assessment, but by examining these evaluations, it turns out that in some cases evaluations are ...
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For almost a decade, translation theories have been used to evaluate the translation of the Qur'an. The purpose of choosing a theoretical framework for research is to achieve a scientific and non-tasteful assessment, but by examining these evaluations, it turns out that in some cases evaluations are out of the theoretical framework or have a misunderstanding of the theory. In order to examine these evaluations, the present study analyzes five studies based on Naida's theory in the field of Qur'anic criticism as a case study to examine the slips of researchers in applying this theory. The research uses a descriptive-analytical method along with critique. This research shows that critics sometimes make mistakes in understanding the formal and dynamic equivalent meaning and have found wrong examples in translations. In some cases, despite the fact that Naida's theory has been used as a basis for the assessment, the critique still moves in a different direction from this framework, which in some cases is due to the incompatibility of the theoretical framework with the research data.
Shahriar Niazi; Ensie Sadat Hashemi
Abstract
Evaluation of the Qur'an translation has not yet had a comprehensive model. To achieve such a model, we can first examine the efficacy of existing evaluation models. In this regard, the present article examines the effectiveness of the TT-oriented Garces model in evaluating the translation of the Qur'an, ...
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Evaluation of the Qur'an translation has not yet had a comprehensive model. To achieve such a model, we can first examine the efficacy of existing evaluation models. In this regard, the present article examines the effectiveness of the TT-oriented Garces model in evaluating the translation of the Qur'an, examining the “Syntactical-morphological” level. This level examines structural changes in translation. For this purpose, the translation of five Surahs of the Quran from the TT-oriented translation of Makarem Shirazi has been selected as the research data. Studying the efficiency of this level in evaluating the translation of the Qur'an also shows that the syntactic-lexical level of the Garces model is efficient in evaluating the translation of the Qur'an due to the structural differences between the Persian and Arabic languages and the necessity of syntactic changes in the translation of the Qur'an. However, the overall classification of techniques to the positives and negatives is should be reviewed according to their status and necessity. Among the techniques of this level, "Transposition", "Modulation" and "Explanation" have the most function in the Quran translation. According to the high usage of rhetorical devices in the Qur'an, the "Compensation" is an effective technique to evaluate the translator's skill in translating them to Persian. The "literal translation" and "Implication, reduction, omission" as negative techniques and "Changes in the type of sentences" as an ambivalent technique have had the least function in the Makarem translation as an example of a TT-oriented translation.
