Semantic Loss in the Holy Qur'an Translation With Special Reference to Surah Al-WaqiAAa (Chapter of The Event Inevitable)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4182425 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Noureldin Mohamed Abdelaal (0000-0001-7706-0413, Universiti Putra Malaysia, corresponding author), Sabariah Md Rashid (0000-0002-3297-0306, Universiti Putra Malaysia) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Publication date | 2015-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | SAGE Open (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2158-2440 • E-ISSN: 2158-2440 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/2158244015605880 |
| OpenAlex | W2175301284 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 21 |
Semantic loss, which refers to over-, under-, or mistranslation of a source text (ST), may result in partial or complete loss of meaning in the target text (TT). This phenomenon is prevalent in the translations of an ST, especially translations of the Holy Qur'an due to factors such as the lack of equivalence of some cultural words in the target language (TL). In relation to this, translators of this holy book have been critiqued for their inability to completely convey the true and accurate meanings of the Holy Qur'an. This study attempted to investigate the semantic loss in the translation of the Surah al-WaqiAAa by Abdullah Yusuf Ali. It also examined the frequency and causes of such losses. This research, which is qualitative in nature, utilized descriptive content analysis of the Surah. The translation of the ayat [ verses] related to the problem of the research has been extracted from the work of Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur'an: Text and Translation. The meanings of the translated verses were verified by two Arabic language experts who had mastered English as well. The causes of losses were identified according to Baker's typology. The findings showed frequent partial and complete semantic loss of meanings mostly due to mistranslations, semantic complexity of the vocabularies, and culture
Arabic · Epistemology · Linguistics · Source text · Arabic Language Education Studies · Families in Therapy and Culture · Historical and Linguistic Studies · Philosophy · Psychology
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Exegetical Translation of the Qur'an
Semantic Loss in Some Selected Verses of Sūrat Yā-Sīn
Ideological Tendencies in the Six English Qur’an Translation on Qs. Ar-Rum 41
Translating the Transcends of God's World in the Arabic-Quran into Balinese
Semantic prosody of deictic verbs in the Holy Qurʾān
From complement to adjunct
Barriers of Intercultural Communication in Transferring Culturally-Bound Utterances and Expressions of the Qur’an from Arabic into English
From sense to reference
Cross-language differences in Arabic–English translation of Surat Quraysh
Translation shifts of Quranic conjunctive relations in English
Between text and commentary
‘Wife’, ‘woman’, and ‘companion’
Faithfulness in the Translation of the Holy Quran
Rhetorical Loss in Translating Prepositional Phrases of the Holy Qur'an
Grammar-Related Semantic Losses in the Translation of the Holy Quran, with Special Reference to Surah Al A'araf (The Heights)
Basics of qualitative research
Theories of Lexical Semantics
A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics
Qualitative evaluation and research methods
Whatever happened to qualitative description?
Approaches to translation
Translation and Cultural Equivalence
Theories of Translation
WITHDRAWN - Mixed Methods Sampling
Qualitative Content Analysis
Reflections
Understanding Semantics
| Unique citing works | 17 |
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| Citations per year | 1,7 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |