نشریه مطالعات ترجمه قرآن و حدیث
پیاپی 8 (پاییز و زمستان 1396)

The Persian translation of Mohammad Yazdi is one of the most famous translations of the Quran in recent years, which was also widely met with the Iranian people. This translation is neither a purely loyal translation nor an interpretive translation. This is while the interpreter has not specified his method of translation.But, with a brief overview of the translation, it can be understood that the method of translation has been sometimes in a loyal-semantic way and sometimes in an interpretive and free method. The purpose of this paper is to present thematic pathology of the translated text based on a descriptive-analytical method combined with a critique that in many cases turn out that this translation needs to be reviewed and re-edited. Although the translator has made great efforts to provide a loyal translation, nevertheless, translation loyalty has, in many cases, been overshadowed by the figures of speech. In this regard, additional interpretations that are out of parentheses are the most obvious example for the lack of loyalty to the original text which is abundantly seen in throughout the translation.Due to the fact that the translator has fluctuated in the process of translation between two loyal and semantic and possibly interpretive and free methods, consequently this translation has been faced with some problems which the most important of them are the following: problems in translating morphological, syntactic or gramatical expressions, lack of loyalty to the original text that clearly appears in the additional interpretations.

The selected samples of this study taken out of the Persian and English translation of the Holy Qur’an. The collected discourse markers classified based on Fraser’s Model including: Elaborative Discourse Markers (EDMs), Contrastive Discourse Markers (CDMs) and
The present study aims at investigating and comparing discourse markers (DMs) and their functions in the Qur’anic Surah of Al-0mran. To do this, the collected lexical data of the Sarah analyzed based on the theoretical framework of Bruce Fraser (2005).
Inferential Discourse Markers (IDMs). Sequential discourse markers found, were then coherently configurated. The results of the research revealed that the variety of DMs used by the translators as adjuvant and facilitating strategy in order to decode the deep meaning of the holy manuscript. The results also showed that the most frequency of DMs found in EDMs, which commonly used to elaborate, describe and explain the considered concepts in the Surah. Finally, the comparison of the related translations and identifying the existing sequences of DMs can lead to better exploration of the Holy manuscript of the Qur’an, translated by translators on one hand, and to deep understanding of the holy text on the other hand. The related findings may contribute to the other researchers whose main scope of interest is the text of the Holy Qur’an.

One of the new issues in the field of Quranic research is the translation of the Quran. This movement, with its many strengths, also has weaknesses. One of these weaknesses is equivalence of Quranic words, among which one can refer to the word of " Zann: suspicion" as one of the most used and challenging words in the Quran. The present study uses a descriptive-analytical method with the aim of achieving or inventing the correct viewpoint in the semantics of the word of "Zann" and providing a method in the historical conceptualization of vocabulary to collect, analyze and evaluate the views of the native speakers and commentators.Finally, by evaluating the contemporary and famous Persian translations of the Quran (Ayati, Rezai, Safavi, Fuladvand, Mojtabavi, Meshkini, Maazi, Mesbahzadeh and Makarem Shirazi), their weaknesses and strengths in translation have been evaluated.

In the Persian translations of the Holy Quran, numerous equivalents have been used for the verb “kaada” and its different forms which is a controversial issue in syntactic, interpretive and investigative works. One of these equivalents is verbal structures of the infinitive “want” that has been chosen in some of the ancient and contemporaneous translations. The present research studies the mentioned translations with a limited scope of 60 prose translations and considers whether the verb “want” is able to transmit the exact definition of “kaada” in the Holy Quran`s translations or not? Therefore, after explaining kaada`s rhetorical and syntactic features in Arabic language, it assesses the verb want features in Persian grammar and researches its rhetorical functions. Afterwards it recognizes the verses where “kaada” has been translated to want and with presenting syntactic and rhetorical reasons it explains the verb want as one of the most rational equivalents for “kaada” in Holy Quran`s translations. This research’s findings indicate that besides the main meaning of kaada it can have the meaning of willing and desiring in some verses, and the meaning of predicting, expecting and possibility in some other verses which in both cases, want in Persian language can present the same definitions and do the same functions with absolute conformation with Persian language structures.

Translation assessment involves investigating the extent of accuracy or inaccuracy in translation of textual units and levels as well as examining their positive and negative points. As one of the most basic, effective units of translation, words are capable of incorporating various semantic levels; consequently, finding their precise equivalent is of substantial importance. Translators are always faced with a set of challenges because the translation of a word must be adequate and aligned with the context of the text. And sometimes, the semantic load of a word is untranslatable. In order to eliminate or mitigate the percentage of such challenges in translation, different methods can be employed. Ladmiral (1994) laid out a set of components in this regard which guides the translator on how to transfer lexical concepts, so that a relative equivalence can be achieved between the source and target text through selecting words as equivalents. As a religious-literary text, Nahj al-Balagha contains different layers of meaning at lexical level. The present study seeks to investigate different methods for interacting with the words within Nahj al-Balagha in translation using Ladmiral’s theory (1994) as well as to examine the performance of Ali Shirvani (2005) in his translation of the words of this book. The findings of the study show that considering Ladmiral’s components (1994), the translator’s approach in certain parts of translation has been target-oriented, while in other parts, it has been source-oriented. Furthermore, despite his faithfulness toward source language words, the translator has been focused on transferring the message and meaning of the text and in some cases, he has been satisfied with translating certain references and contents which has resulted in his translation to be devoid of difficulty and ambiguity in understanding the purpose of the text.

Over time, the words change meaning. According to linguistic studies, the most important types of this semantic change are: semantic generalization, semantic appropriation, metaphor and semantic degradation or promotion. This rule also applies to the vocabulary of Arabic; and some of the terms used in the Quran have undergone a semantic transformation. Unfortunately, a number of contemporary Persian translators have neglected this and translated some of the terms in the common and contemporary meaning. This function can seriously damage the Quranic concepts. Since the main religious teachings of the Muslims are taken from the Quran, the slightest error should not occur in the transfer of Quranic concepts to another language.Since some Quran translators have failed to do so in some cases, we have reviewed the errors found in some translations.With the search method in the sources of the vocabulary and the interpretation of the old period, and contemporary dictionaries, we will show the semantic change brought to some Quranic words.Twelve words that have undergone a semantic change have been investigated in 29 Persian translations of the Quran and it has been concluded that some translators mistakenly translated those words into contemporary sense.