Translational Trends Governing Titles of Qur'an Translations in Turkey

ISBN-13: 9786205498071 / Angielski / Miękka / 324 str.

Sema Üstün Külünk

Opis

This study explores the prevailing concepts of Qur'an Translations in Turkish, tercüme (translation), tefsir (exegesis), meal (meaning), te'vil (interpretation) and sadelestirme (simplification), in particular. This study classifies Turkish Qur'an translations with respect to their historical and conceptual frameworks, providing a detailed historical account of the Qur'an translations since its revelation in the seventh century. This study focuses on the translations of the Qur'an in Turkish prepared in the Republican period. The study first investigates the introduction of the first Turkish translations of the Qur'an, and demonstrates the multiplicity of the concepts presented in the titles and other paratexts of the Qur'an translations since 1923. Subsequently, it concentrates on the definitions of the concepts in a bi-directional manner, with an emphasis on different approaches towards these concepts in the fields of Theology and Translation Studies. The variety in the concepts used in the denominations of Turkish Qur'an translations are explained with respect to their ideological, political and social contexts.

O autorze

Sema Üstün Külünk graduated from the Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies, Bogaziçi University. She received her MA and PhD degrees from the same university. She is currently studying on ideological translations, Islamist translations and translation & migration.