The Acceptability of Religious Terms Translation in the Complete Idiot’s Guide to Understanding Islam

Yulianita, Nadia Gitya; Nababan, M.R.; Djatmika, Djatmika

doi:10.21512/lc.v12i2.3999

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“…Numerous studies have investigated culture-specific items and they greatly vary in nature, models and classification, but they are majorly in the context of translation of literary works from and into English (Davies, 2003;Daghoughi & Hashemian, 2016;Farahani & Mokhtari, 2016;Öztemel & Kurt, 2017;Leskovar, 2017). There are also some studies which focused on the translation of Islamic religious texts and/or Islamic religious terms (El-Shiekh & Saleh, 2011;Agliz, 2015;Alghamdi, 2016;Hassan, 2016;Yulianita et al, 2018). Others studied the representation of Muslims and Islam in the media through analysing associative patterns (Moore et al, 2008;Baker et al, 2013;Törnberg & Törnberg, 2016).…”

Section: Islamic Termsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Semantic Change of Hijab, Halal and Islamist from Arabic to English

Almarwaey

Ahmad

2021

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This paper explores the interrelationship between culture, language and communication. English language has established a position for itself as a widely spoken language in the world in many aspects of people's lives regardless of race, creed or religion. Many Islamic specific terms have been borrowed into English as a result of continuous contact between Muslims and English-speaking communities. This study analyzes the semantic change of three commonly used Islamic terms by English speakers in daily life: hijab, halal, Islamist, and their definitions in English dictionaries. It aims to investigate their definitions and explore their associated meanings both in dictionaries and language in use. The definitions of the terms were compared in two reliable English dictionaries, Collins English Dictionary (CED) and Oxford Learner's Dictionary (OLD). A well-known Arabic dictionary, Al Mu'jam Alwasıt Dictionary (AAD), was used for reference of the original Arabic meaning. The Intelligent Web corpus (iWeb) was used to provide information on the use of the examined terms in daily language, and the words they collocate with. The study adopts a semantic change framework for data analysis. Findings of the research suggest that all three terms have undergone semantic changes, and their new meanings in English do not include the extra levels of social and religious meanings as in the original Arabic language. In particular, the term Islamist has developed negative connotations. Language in use has a strong influence on connotations associated to culture-specific terms.

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Section: Islamic Termsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Semantic Change of Hijab, Halal and Islamist from Arabic to English

Almarwaey

Ahmad

2021

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“…Similar research is also conducted by Yulianta, Nababan, & Djatmika (2018). Their focus is on translation acceptability and techniques.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 98%

The Impact of Translation Method and Shift on Translation Quality at Bilingual Textbooks of Physics, Mathematics and History

Sipayung

2020

Lingua Cultura

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The first goal of the research was to figure out translation methods and shifts applied in translating bilingual textbooks of History, Mathematics, and Physics, Those bilingual textbooks were published by Quadra, Yramawidia, and Yudhisthira, used for grade seven in Medan. The second was to figure out the impact of translation methods and shifts which dominant on translation quality. The third was to recommend better bilingual textbooks to use based on the translation quality point of view. The research used a descriptive qualitative research method with a questionnaire, depth-interview, and observation on a pair of translation to collect the data. The data were analyzed with interactively and non-interactively. Based on the data analysis, the research finds that (1) the dominant shift on History textbook is unit shift while the dominant method is a free translation, the dominant shift on Physics is a unit shift and dominant method is a communicative translation, the dominant shift on Mathematics is structure shift and dominant method is communicative translation. The second finding is that the impact of the dominant translation shift and method on the History textbook is negative. At the same time, in Mathematics and Physics are positive. Third, the research; the researcher recommends bilingual textbooks of Mathematics and Physics to use based on translation quality point of view. The well bilingual textbooks can improve students’ language skills, while low translation quality influences bad development to students on learning the language.

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“…Some previous studies conducted about translation strategies they are: 1) Yulianita [9] conducted a research entitled: The Acceptability of Religious Terms Translation in the Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Islam. This was a descriptive qualitative study with the goal of determining how translation techniques were employed and whether the translation was acceptable.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Translation Strategy of Indonesian Subtitle for English Taboo Words in The Get Hard Movie: Gottlieb’s Strategy

Irwan¹,

Saleh²,

Pammu³

2021

IJRISS

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This research aims to find out the emerging translation strategies of Indonesian subtitle for English taboo texts in the Get Hard movie and discover the effect of the translation strategies toward the translation quality. In finding the data, the researcher employs the embedded design, a mixed-methods design, to apply the theory of translation strategy proposed by Gottlieb using a qualitative method and Translation Quality Assessment proposed by House using a quantitative method. There are 6 emerging translation strategies in translating taboo text; 128 Paraphrasing Strategy (43% or 128 data), Transfer Strategy (25% or 73 data), Imitation Strategy (4% or 12 data), Condensation Strategy (26% or 76 data), Dislocation Strategy (1% or 3 data), and Transcription Strategy (1% or 2 data). It means paraphrasing strategy is dominant strategy used by the translator.

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The Acceptability of Religious Terms Translation in the Complete Idiot’s Guide to Understanding Islam

Cited by 6 publications

References 7 publications

Semantic Change of Hijab, Halal and Islamist from Arabic to English

Semantic Change of Hijab, Halal and Islamist from Arabic to English

The Impact of Translation Method and Shift on Translation Quality at Bilingual Textbooks of Physics, Mathematics and History

Translation Strategy of Indonesian Subtitle for English Taboo Words in The Get Hard Movie: Gottlieb’s Strategy

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