The Comparative Analysis Between Two Persian Translationof Kalila and Dimna (Case Study: The story of the monkeys)

This study seeks to adapt the narrative of The Apes in Kalila and Dimna with two Persian translations of Nasrallah Monshi and Muhammad Bukhari written in the 6th century AH. The authors have attempted to analyze these two translations in a descriptive-comparative way and to pay particular attention to their method of lexical equivalence. Also, in particular, the translation of the term ‘Yara’ah’ has been taken into account in this narrative, as if one of the translators has failed to translate it. One of the most important results of this research is that Nasrallah Monshi tries to create new templates in the target language for the transfer of concepts expressed in the source language, so that no part of the form and meaning disappears. He has therefore begun to invent new texts. ‏But, Muhammad Bukhari has translated the original Arabic text into Persian as far as possible, and his translation is closer to the Arabic text of Ibn al-Muqaffa’. Also, Muhammad Bukhari also tends to be more in line with Persian equivalents in terms of vocabulary, but Arabicism in Nasrallah Monshi’s translation (the use of Arabic vocabulary, an affirmation of verses, proverbs and greedy poems), is more common.