Ali Afzali; Attieh Yusefi
Abstract
The translation of Saadi’s books as a one of the greatest literary works of Persian literature is considerable with the modern theories of translation's skills, structurally and contently. Antoine Berman with his theory "Deformative Tendencies" emphasized on the impotency of the others and underscored ...
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The translation of Saadi’s books as a one of the greatest literary works of Persian literature is considerable with the modern theories of translation's skills, structurally and contently. Antoine Berman with his theory "Deformative Tendencies" emphasized on the impotency of the others and underscored the main text. He believed that the translators must respect the first text and be faithful toward it. In this paper, we examine the Arabic translation of Golestan by Jibraiel Al-Mokhalla, by using the seven parameters of Berman's theory: Rationalization, Clarification, Ennoblement, Glorification, the Destruction of underlying Networks of Signification, Quantitative impoverishment, and Qualitative impoverishment. The conclusion shows that the main reasons of deviation in Arabic translation from Golestan of Saadi belongs to: translator's lack of acquaintance to Persian language, the grammatical and lexical differences between Arabic and Persian and naturally it is resulting from the unconformity of culture, civilization, and tradition of these two nations.
