Studying Imagery Translations of the two “AlJihad” and “Almlahm” Sermonsin Nahjolbalagheh (Relying on the Translations of Dashti, Shahidi, Qureshi and Feiz al-Islam)

• Published in: Pizhūhish/hā-yi tarjumah dar zabān va adabiyyāt-i ̒arabī (Online) Vol. 3; no. 8; pp. 145 - 174
• Main Authors: Sayyed Mohammad Mirhosseini, Hashmatollah t Zarei Kefayat
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Persian
• Published: Allameh Tabataba'i University Press 01-09-2013
• Subjects: alithe first imam of the shi’a islamic school (peace be upon him); criticism; imagery; nahjolbalaghe; translator
• ISSN: 2980-7735; 2538-2608

“Translation” means torender awordfrom one language toanother.Accordingtothe translationofthe textandits purpose, it divides into two types:(a) Semantic type, (b)Communicative type. Semantic translationisfaithfulto thetextandtranslates word by word, and it has featuresof a literal translation, in which the text is inclinedtowards thesource language. In contrast, it is a communicative reader-driven translation whose translation unit is sentence including fluency in speech. Nahjolbalagheh is a valuableandcredible religiouswork that is beyondthe words. Thisworkhasnearly 80translations, but the most importanttranslations belong toDashti, Shahidi, Qureshi,andFeiz-al-Islam. It is noteworthythatthese four translators chose one of the translation types, semantic or communicative, but they rely on the context in somewordsandphrases, and theyrelyonlyonthe text insomeothers. In addition, Dashti, Shahidi, and Qureshirely further ontranslationofthewordandgive aliteral translation, but the Feiz-al-Islam, according tohis work,hascentered on theinterpretationof his translation. In addition, thetranslation ofShahidi, insomephrases, is literary, but Dashtihas usedacontemporary languagein the translation. Inthispaper,we try tostudy theimagery translations inthesermons of"Jihad" and "Almlahm" inlibraryby relying onthe translationofNahjolbalagheh by Dashti, Shahidi, Qureshi, and Feiz-al-Islam to present these findings to the writers of Persian literature.