The (Un)Translatability of Qur’anic Idiomatic Phrasal Verbs: A Contrastive Linguistic Study

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Ali Yunis Aldahesh (University of Sydney, Australia)

The (Un)Translatability of Qur’anic Idiomatic Phrasal Verbs

A Contrastive Linguistic Study

Ali Yunis Aldahesh (University of Sydney, Australia)

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Routledge
09 January 2023

Language: reference & general; Historical & comparative linguistics; Grammar, syntax; Translation & interpretation; The Koran

Series: Routledge Advances in Translation and Interpreting Studies

Qur’anic idiomaticity, in its all aspects, poses a great deal of challenge to Qur’an readers, learners, commentators, and translators. One of the most challenging aspects of Qur’anic idiomaticity is Qur’anic idiomatic phrasal verbs, where significances of proper Arabic verbs are entirely fused with significances of prepositions following them to produce new significances that have nothing to do with the basic significances of those verbs and prepositions.

By examining a corpus of ten of the most influential English translations of the Qur’an, this study scrutinizes how some translators of the Qur’an have dealt with the phenomenon of Qur’anic idiomatic phrasal verbs, the difficulties that they have encountered when translating them into English, and the strategies that they have employed in their attempts to overcome the inherent ambiguity of such expressions and provide their functional-pragmatic equivalents for English readership.

The study proposes a working model for analysing and assessing the translation of the Qur’anic idiomatic phrasal verbs and provides a number of theory-based recommendations for translators in general and Qur’an translators in particular.

By: Ali Yunis Aldahesh (University of Sydney Australia)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 440g
ISBN: 9781032034331
ISBN 10: 1032034335
Series: Routledge Advances in Translation and Interpreting Studies
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 09 January 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ali Yunis Aldahesh is a lecturer in Arabic language, literature, and culture at the University of Sydney, Department of Arabic Language and Cultures, School of Languages and Cultures, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. He holds a PhD in translation and linguistics, an MA in translation and linguistics, and an MA in Semitic studies. Dr Aldahesh’s area of research interest is translation and linguistics, with a special emphasis on the language, text, and translation of the Qur’an. His published works include English Translations of the Qur’an: A Descriptive Comparative Study in their Aspects of Disagreement (2020), The Concept of Taqwa in the Holy Qur’an as Understood by Muslim Commentators (2010), and Translating Idiomatic English Phrasal Verbs into Arabic: A Contrastive Linguistic Study (2009).

Reviews for The (Un)Translatability of Qur’anic Idiomatic Phrasal Verbs: A Contrastive Linguistic Study

This workis carefully and particularly chosen by the author to fill a dire need by contrastive studies, translation and Quraanic studies scholars and students interested in the subject. Kadhim Khalaf Al-Ali, University of Basra, Iraq