Rhetorical Loss in Translating Qur'anic Similes into English: A Comparative Stylistic Analytical Study

Alhaj, Ali Albashir Mohammed; Abdelkarim, Majda Babiker Ahmed

doi:10.32996/ijllt.2022.5.3.31

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“…But their affective or emotive/ emotional connotative meanings or their connections are varying. Having this in mind would explain the translation strategies utilized by some of the translators of The Noble Qur'an into English (Alhaj, 2018;Jumeh, 2006). Whereas, the Arabic Qur'anic word ra'ayt / ‫يتُ‬ َ ‫أ‬ َ ‫ر‬ implies the meaning of visible view, and ''ānastu ‫ْتُ‬ ‫َس‬ ‫"آن‬ alludes to the same sense besides some extra tenors.…”

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Probing the Meaning Loss in the Translation of Arabic Qur’ānic Connotative Words Into English: A Linguistic Semantic Perspective

Abdelkarim,

Alhaj

2023

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Linguistic, cultural, and lexical knowledge is essential when rendering the Arabic Qur’ānic connotative words into English. The existing renderings show that the translation of Arabic Qur’ānic connotative meaning is an arduous task and presents sometimes insurmountable challenges. This study endeavored to probe the meaning loss in the translation of some selected Arabic Qur’ānic connotative words into English that is from linguistic and semantic perspectives by examining three notable translations of the Noble Qur’ān which have been extracted from The Qur’ānic Arabic Corpus. They are the works of Abdelhaleem (2004), Al- Hilali and Khan (1996) and Pickthall (1930). This study, which is qualitative descriptive in nature, utilized Nord's (2005) model of text analysis in translation. Findings showed that a literal or word-for-word rendering is not the appropriate method to use when translating the Arabic Qur’ānic connotative words into English. The semantic translation method may be more useful in conveying the connotations of The Noble Qur’ān into English and in coping with this phenomenon that is commonly met in the translations of the Arabic Qur’ānic connotative words, due to causes such as the dearth of equivalence of some connotative words in English language.

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Probing the Meaning Loss in the Translation of Arabic Qur’ānic Connotative Words Into English: A Linguistic Semantic Perspective

Abdelkarim,

Alhaj

2023

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“…In connection with the recent study, some previous research papers were carried out to tackle the phenomenon of translationese, mistranslation, and linguistic problems such as semantic Alhaj, Abdelkarim, 2022).). Nevertheless, such studies were inclined to concentrate on the rhetorical losses in some selected ayahs from the Holy Quran.…”

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The Cultural and Semantic Problems Encountered in Translating the Arabic Qur’anic- Specific Lexica ”Alkyedالكَيْدُ” in Sūrat Yusuf into English

Alhaj¹

2022

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Translating the Arabic Qur’an-specific lexicon into English has always been an arduous and excellent complex task. It is increasingly problematic than the translation of the Qur’an-specific lexicon in other forms of general due to the specific contexts of the Glorious Qur’an and its unique rhetorical nature. The recent work predominantly peruses on the cultural and semantic problems met by translators in rendering the Arabic Qur’an-specific lexicon ‘Alkyedالكَيْدُ” in Sūrat Yusuf into English and examines their translation losses. The paramount significance of this research paper is how the intended translators tried to attain appropriate cultural equivalence when rendering connotative meaning and deeper meaning of Qur’anic-specific lexica ”Alkyedالكَيْدُ” in Sūrat Yusuf. Moreover, targeted three notable translations of the Qur’an-specific lexicon into English, namely, Pickthall’s (1996), Khan’s, Al Hilali’s (1996), and Abdul Haleem’s (2004) were chosen by the researcher to show their renderings of the implicative meaning of Arabic Qur’anic-specific lexica into English. Furthermore, the recent research paper purports to find out the proper rendition techniques and approaches maneuvered in rendering Qur’anic-specific lexica ”Alkyedالكَيْدُ” in Sūrat Yusuf into English. The study indicates that three targeted translators’ renderings found cultural and semantic problems translating Quranic-specific lexica into English. It is also discovered that apt lingual and interpretative analyses are prerogatives for appropriate translation, which avert divergence in connotative meaning and rendition loss. The study concludes that the three targeted translators employed culturally equivalent and neutral explanation procedures and word-for-word and sense-for-sense translation methods.

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Rhetorical Loss in Translating Qur'anic Similes into English: A Comparative Stylistic Analytical Study

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Probing the Meaning Loss in the Translation of Arabic Qur’ānic Connotative Words Into English: A Linguistic Semantic Perspective

Probing the Meaning Loss in the Translation of Arabic Qur’ānic Connotative Words Into English: A Linguistic Semantic Perspective

The Cultural and Semantic Problems Encountered in Translating the Arabic Qur’anic- Specific Lexica ”Alkyedالكَيْدُ” in Sūrat Yusuf into English

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