Pragmatic Approach towards Translation of Quran: A Comparative Study on Imperatives between Arabic and English

Document Type : The scientific research paper

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1 Ph.D. Student in TEFL Department of English Language, Kerman Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kerman, Iran

2 Ph.D. in TEFL, Department of English Language, Kerman Branch, Farhangian University, Kerman, Iran

3 Assistant Professor Department of English Language, Kerman Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kerman, Iran

Abstract

This comparative study sought to explore the translation of requests between God and Prophet in Holy Quran with focus on pragmatic approach. More specifically, the study highlighted the applied techniques in the translations of Quranic verses based on Bach and Harnish's (1979) model. It further analyzed the differences between the translations and examined the translations accuracy in rendering imperatives’ pragmatics. In doing so, some Surah with the most imperative examples were selected as source text, and two English translations of Holy Quran by Ali (1989) and Arberry (1955) were selected as target text. Based on the data, three types of the techniques as "requestives", "questions", and " requirements" were employed in the most of verses with 9 cases, and "prohibition" found in 6 cases. The identified differences between two translations listed as finding the right equivalents, choosing the correct verb, finding meaning faithfully, preserving the imperative function, selecting the common words in TL, etc. The results also indicated some inaccuracies as lexical and pragmatics, finding right pronoun, transferring the illocutionary force of the source words into the TT, and emphasizing on the same theme with different syntactic form. However, most verses provided the accurate factors as word order, transferring the imperative function based on the first interpretation, adding some words to clarify the context, conveying the intended function through applying the exclamation mark, and keeping culture-specific notion. It is worth mentioning that in most cases, the translators could successfully convey the meaning of Arabic words in to the English ones.

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Article Title [Persian]

رویکرد منظور شناسی در ترجمه قرآن: پژوهش تطبیقی جملات امری زبان های عربی و انگلیسی

Authors [Persian]

  • میثم اقدسی خبیصی 1
  • آذر باقری مسعود زاده 2
  • ندا فاتحی راد 3
Abstract [Persian]

پژوهش تطبیقی حاضر تلاش به بررسی ترجمه درخواست های های خداوند و پیامبر را در قرآن کریم با تمرکز بر رویکرد منظور شناسی دارد. به طور ویژه، این تحقیق تکنیک های کاربردی در ترجمه آیات قرآن را بر اساس مدل باخ و هارنیش (1979) نشان داد. همچنین این پژوهش تفاوت های بین ترجمه ها را تحلیل کرد و صحت ترجمه ها را در ارائه جملات امری بررسی کرده است. بدین منظور، تعدادی سوره حاوی بیشترین جملات امری به عنوان متن منبع ST)) و دو ترجمه انگلیسی قرآن کریم توسط علی (1989) و آربری (1995) به عنوان متن مقصد (TT) انتخاب شدند. بر اساس آمار، در اکثر آیات منتخب، سه تکنیک "استغاثه"، "پرسش" و "الزمات" با فراوانی 9 و تکنیک "منع" با فراونی 6 استفاده شده است. تفاوت های شناسایی شده بین دو ترجمه عبارتند از یافتن معادل های مناسب، انتخاب فعل صحیح، یافتن معنی درست، حفظ محتوی امری، انتخاب کلمه مشترک در متن مقصد و غیره. علاوه بر این، نتایج حاکی از نادرستی های واژگانی و کاربردی، یافتن ضمیر صحیح، انتقال نیروی گفتاری واژه های مبدا به متن مقصد و تاکید بر یک مضمون با شکل نحوی متفاوت بود. اما، اکثر آیات عوامل دقیق را به عنوان ترتیب کلمات، انتقال محتوی جملات امری بر اساس تفسیر اول، افزودن کلماتی برای مشخص کردن مفهوم، انتقال کارکرد موردنظر از طریق اعمال علامت تعجب و حفظ مفهوم خاص فرهنگ ارائه کرده اند. شایان ذکر است که در اکثر موارد مترجمان توانسته اند با موفقیت معانی کلمات عربی را به انگلیسی منتقل کنند.

Keywords [Persian]

  • ترجمه
  • ترجمه متون اسلامی
  • قرآن کریم
  • منظور شناسی
  • کنش های کلامی

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Quran and Religious Enlightenment
Volume 4, Issue 1 - Serial Number 7
August 2023
Pages 99-120

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  • Receive Date: 17 January 2023
  • Revise Date: 09 May 2023
  • Accept Date: 18 April 2023

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