When Particular Contexts Create Their Concepts: The Evolution of Meal as a Canonical Translational Term for Qur'an Translations in Turkiye
The plethora of Qur'an translations in Turkiye, with hundreds of different and/ or edited translations, attracts attention as a productive and fruitful but, at the same time, tense and resistant translational site. This study aims at uncovering the motives behind the evolution of the translatio...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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Istanbul University Press
2023-05-01
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| Series: | İstanbul Üniversitesi Çeviribilim Dergisi |
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| Online Access: | https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/C359B4F93C4E4C4B86B082BA3446170D |
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| Summary: | The plethora of Qur'an translations in Turkiye, with hundreds of different and/ or edited translations, attracts attention as a productive and fruitful but, at the same time, tense and resistant translational site. This study aims at uncovering the motives behind the evolution of the translational term "meal" [meaning] in the field of Qur'an translations to contribute to the history of translation tradition in Turkiye with a particular concentration on religious text production. This study illustrates the prevailing harsh discourse concerning the output of Qur'an translations, which necessitates new designations (i.e., titles), and portrays one of its results: meal. In this respect, the translational endeavor to survive and act under the guise of an alternative title (i.e., meal) is portrayed with references to conceptual history. To this end, firstly, the premises of conceptual history are visited. Secondly, approaches toward Qur'an translations are introduced with an emphasis on the notion of translation to better explain the background that led to the formation of this particular term. Thirdly, the evolution of meal from a common word into a widely recognized translational term of daily circulation is tracked in different long- and short-term sources to comment on the poetics and politics of Qur'an translations in Turkiye. |
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| ISSN: | 2717-6959 |