EconPapers    
Economics at your fingertips  
 

Fidelity in Rendering the Quranic Arabic Homonymous Words Sawai into English in Light of Skopos Theory

Majda Babiker Ahmed Abdelkarim, Ali Albashir Mohammed Alhaj and Ahmed Hadi Hakami

World Journal of English Language, 2025, vol. 15, issue 4, 11

Abstract: This analytical study aims to identify discrepancies in the fidelity of translating the QurÊ¾Ä nic Arabic homonymous words sawÄ i سَوَاء٠into English. This study adopts a qualitative approach with a qualitative design, as it hinges on perspectives and reviews rather than quantitative evidence. Also, the study shows that fidelity in translation can be understood through the lens of Skopos theory, which is utilized in this study as a frame of reference. Furthermore, the findings reveal that some translators occasionally rely on interpretive translations and succeed in capturing the intended meaning of the QurÊ¾Ä nic Arabic homonymous words sawÄ i سَوَاء٠into English in the schemes they are targeting. In other cases, however, they lean on literal translations, often aiming to convey the connotative meaning of these QurÊ¾Ä nic Arabic homonymous words. Several challenges and losses were found in the three English translations explored- fidelity in translation occupies a role in gauging the fidelity of a rendered text. The study also indicates that the translation of the Holy Qur' an in general, and of the QurÊ¾Ä nic Arabic homonymous words sawÄ i سَوَاء٠in particular, should be led by its Skopos rather than unrealistically focusing on achieving fidelity.

Date: 2025
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.sciedupress.com/journal/index.php/wjel/article/download/27197/16724 (application/pdf)
https://www.sciedupress.com/journal/index.php/wjel/article/view/27197 (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:jfr:wjel11:v:15:y:2025:i:4:p:11

Access Statistics for this article

World Journal of English Language is currently edited by Joe Nelson

More articles in World Journal of English Language from Sciedu Press
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sciedu Press ().

 
Page updated 2025-07-03
Handle: RePEc:jfr:wjel11:v:15:y:2025:i:4:p:11