Translation of religious terminology: al-fat-h al-islami as a model

This paper is an attempt to illustrate the importance of understanding the religious and cultural background of the ST in the translation process in order to reach an accurate and precise translation product in the TL. The paper affirms that differences between cultures may cause complications whi...

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Main Author:	Al-Halawani, Ali Alsayed Hassan
Format:	Article
Language:	English English
Published:	Canadian Center of Science and Education 2016
Subjects:	P Philology. Linguistics
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spelling	iium-531792017-04-18T02:53:53Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/53179/ Translation of religious terminology: al-fat-h al-islami as a model Al-Halawani, Ali Alsayed Hassan P Philology. Linguistics This paper is an attempt to illustrate the importance of understanding the religious and cultural background of the ST in the translation process in order to reach an accurate and precise translation product in the TL. The paper affirms that differences between cultures may cause complications which are even more serious for the translator than those arising from differences in language structures. The sample of the study is concerned with an Islamic term, namely al-fat-h al-Islami-commonly rendered into English as Islamic Conquest or Invasion- a religiously and culturally bound term/concept. The paper starts by defining culture, and then follows with an extensive lexical analysis of the selected term/concept. The study proves that it is difficult to translate this concept into the TL simply due to the lack of optimal or even near optimal cultural equivalents. The skill and the intervention of the translator are most crucial in this respect because, above all, translation is an act of communication. It is hoped that this study will provide a more precise equivalent of this significant concept; a matter which may better reflect the innate peaceful nature of Islam as a religion. The in-depth descriptive analytical method this study follows can be used to analyze other religiously and culturally bound terms/concepts. Canadian Center of Science and Education 2016-05-25 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/53179/1/Translation%20of%20Religious%20Terminology%20al-fat-h%20al-islami%20as%20a%20Model.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/53179/7/53179_Translation%20of%20Religious%20Terminology_WOS.pdf Al-Halawani, Ali Alsayed Hassan (2016) Translation of religious terminology: al-fat-h al-islami as a model. International Journal of English Linguistics, 6 (3). pp. 136-147. ISSN 1923-869X E-ISSN 1923-8703 http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ijel/article/view/60138/32262 10.5539/ijel.v6n3p136
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spellingShingle	P Philology. Linguistics Al-Halawani, Ali Alsayed Hassan Translation of religious terminology: al-fat-h al-islami as a model
description	This paper is an attempt to illustrate the importance of understanding the religious and cultural background of the ST in the translation process in order to reach an accurate and precise translation product in the TL. The paper affirms that differences between cultures may cause complications which are even more serious for the translator than those arising from differences in language structures. The sample of the study is concerned with an Islamic term, namely al-fat-h al-Islami-commonly rendered into English as Islamic Conquest or Invasion- a religiously and culturally bound term/concept. The paper starts by defining culture, and then follows with an extensive lexical analysis of the selected term/concept. The study proves that it is difficult to translate this concept into the TL simply due to the lack of optimal or even near optimal cultural equivalents. The skill and the intervention of the translator are most crucial in this respect because, above all, translation is an act of communication. It is hoped that this study will provide a more precise equivalent of this significant concept; a matter which may better reflect the innate peaceful nature of Islam as a religion. The in-depth descriptive analytical method this study follows can be used to analyze other religiously and culturally bound terms/concepts.
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title	Translation of religious terminology: al-fat-h al-islami as a model
title_short	Translation of religious terminology: al-fat-h al-islami as a model
title_full	Translation of religious terminology: al-fat-h al-islami as a model
title_fullStr	Translation of religious terminology: al-fat-h al-islami as a model
title_full_unstemmed	Translation of religious terminology: al-fat-h al-islami as a model
title_sort	translation of religious terminology: al-fat-h al-islami as a model
publisher	Canadian Center of Science and Education
publishDate	2016
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Translation of religious terminology: al-fat-h al-islami as a model

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