Review the most important Problematic factors in the German translation of the Quran

Document Type : research article

Authors

1 Ph.D Candidate of German Language and Literature, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, University of Tehran, Tehran, I.R. Iran

2 Assistant Professor, German Language and Literature, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, University of Tehran, Tehran, I.R. Iran

Abstract

The German translation of the Qur'an is one of the ways of understanding this
Holy Book in German-speaking countries. But because there are deficiencies in
the Translation of the Quran, the reader is unable to reach this goal. The main
purpose of this study is to identify deficiency factors in the German translation
from the beginning until now to reduce vulnerability by providing the necessary
solutions. Results of this study show four major problematic factors of the
German translation: 1. Structural damage (morphological, syntactic,
grammatical, etc.); 2. Damage of Fiqh (jurisprudence failure to inform the
translator of his inability to understand the verses of Ahkam); 3. Lexical
Damage (vocabulary and maintain homogeneity and the detection of systematic
translation); 4. Damaging the theological and doctrinal beliefs and assumptions
(para-lingual factors). He present essay accurately reviews the problematic
factors in the German translations of the Quran and provides some suggestions
for solving these problems.

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Journal of Foreign Language Research
Volume 3, Issue 1 - Serial Number 1
Spring & Summer
April 2014
Pages 155-175

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