Anthology of Arabic Discourse on Translation

Herausgeber: Salama-Carr, Myriam; Shamma, Tarek

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Produktbeschreibung

This anthology brings the key writings on translation in Arabic in the pre-modern era to a global English-speaking audience. An invaluable resource for researchers, students, and translators interested in translation studies, Arab/Islamic history and related areas.

Produktdetails

• Translation Studies in Translation
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. September 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 156mm x 234mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 634g
• ISBN-13: 9781032162621
• ISBN-10: 1032162627
• Artikelnr.: 68715016

Autorenporträt

Tarek Shamma is Associate Professor in comparative literature and translation studies at Binghamton University, NY. His recent publications include "In Search of Universal Laws: Averroes' Interpretation of Aristotle's Poetics", in World Literature (2021) and "Universal Wisdom, Islamic Law: Translation Discourse in Classical Arabic", in The Routledge Handbook of Translation History (2021). Myriam Salama-Carr is Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Manchester, Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies. She is the author of La Traduction à l'époque abbasside (1990). Her publications include "Mapping an Arabic Discourse on Translation" in The Routledge Handbook of Arabic Translation (2020), and "L'École de Bagdad", Équivalences (2020). Consultant: Mona Baker is Affiliate Professor at the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare Education, University of Oslo, Norway. She is author of In Other Words: A Coursebook on Translation (Routledge, third edition 2018) and Translation and Conflict: A Narrative Account; and editor of the Routledge Encyclopedia of Translation Studies (Routledge, third edition, 2020).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Contributors
Acknowledgement
Transliteration Guide
Introduction
The Classical Period (c. 500 CE-1800 CE)
Muhammad Ibn Idris al-Shafi'i, Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani, Ibn Qaiym al-Jawziya
From Hadith and Islamic Jurisprudence (632)
Abu 'Abdullah Al-Waqidi, Abu Jarir al-Tabari, Abu al-Qasim Ibn 'Asakir
Interpreters in Islamic Conquests (823)
Hunain Ibn Ishaq
Epistle Regarding What Was Translated of Galen's Books (859)
Abu 'Uthman al-Jahidh
Book of Animals (869)
'Abdullah al-Hashimi, 'Abd al-Masih al-Kindi
The Letter of 'Abdullah al-Hashimi to 'Abd al-Masih al-Kindi, Inviting him
to Islam,
and al-Kindi's Response, Inviting al-Hashimi to Christianity (9th-11th
centuries)
Abu Bakr Ibn Wahshiya
Nabataean Agriculture (930)
Matta Ibn Yunus, Abu Sa'id al-Sirafi
Debate on the Merits of Grammar and Logic (935)
Sa'diya (Gaon) al-Fayumi
Explanation of the Torah in Arabic (941)
Abu al-Hasan Al-Mas'udi
Meadows of Gold (957)
Muhammad Ibn Ishaq Ibn al-Nadim
The Index (990)
Ibn Hazm al-Andalusi
Approximating the Scope of Logic (1063)
Abu al-Walid Ibn Rushd (Averroes)
Commentary on Aristotle's Poetics (1198)
Jamal al-Din Al-Qifti
History of Wise Men (1248)
Abu Sa'id Ibn Abi al-Husain
Translation of Samaritan Torah (13th century)
Unknown Author
The Chronicles of Time (late 13th century)
Abu al-'Abbas Ibn Abi Usaibi'a
Classes of Physicians (1270)
Anonymous
Treaties between Muslim States and Italian Cities (14th-16th centuries)
Taqi al-Din Ibn Taimiya
Collected Fatwas, Refutation of al-Jahmiya, Response to Those Who Changed
the Religion of Christ (1328)
Salah al-Din Al-Safadi
Commentary on the L-Rhymed Poem (1363)
Ibrahim Al-Shatibi
The Reconciliation of the Fundamentals of Islamic Law (1388)
Badr al-Din al-Zarkashi
On the Fundamentals of Jurisprudence, On the Rules of Jurisprudence, On the
Sciences of the Qur'an (1392)
'Abd al-Rahman Ibn Khaldun
Ibn Khaldun's Journey (1406)
Abu al-'Abbas al-Qalqashandi
The Craft of Composition (1418)
Muhammad Ibn Bilal
A Treatise on the Translation of the Qur'an (1543)
Yahia Ibn 'Ali al-Rifa'i
Translation of Ulugh Beg's Astronomical Tables (16th century)
Sarkis Ibn Musa al-Rizzi
The Holy Scriptures in Arabic (1671)
The Nahda Period (1800 CE-1918 CE)
'Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti
The History of Al-Jabarti (1822)
Muhammad 'Ali Pasha
Document for Appointing Rifa'a al-Tahtawi (1831)
Promotion of Al-Tahtawi to the Rank of Amiralay (1846)
Marun al-Naqqash
Speech Delivered at the Staging of The Miser (1848)
Butrus al-Bustani
Translation of Robinson Crusoe (1861)
Eli Smith, Cornelius Van Dyck, Nasif al-Yaziji, Butrus al-Bustani
The Bible, that is the Old and New Testaments, Newly Translated from Hebrew
and Greek Languages (1865)
Simeon Calhoun
The Seekers' Guide to the Precious Bible (1869)
James Shepard Dennis
Proofs of the Fundamental Truth of Christianity (1877)
Ahmad Faris al-Shidiaq
Revealing the Hidden Arts of Europe (1866)
Augustin Rodet, Ibrahim al-Yaziji
The Holy Bible (The Jesuit Translation)
First Edition (1876-1881)
Second Edition (1897)
Ahmad Zaki Pasha
Official Documents about His Service as a Translator (1887-1896)
Muhammad 'Uthman Jalal
Edifying Plays in the Art of Tragedy (1893)
The Tale of Qabul and Ward Jinna (1912)
Khalil Baidas, Jurji Zaidan
"Arabization" (1895)
Ibrahim al-Yaziji
"Language and this Age" (1897)
Jurji Zaidan, Hilmi Halim, Selim Effendi Sa'eed
Copyright of Authorship and Translation (1899-1905)
Rashid Rida, Muhammad 'Abdo, Shibli Nu'mani
Translation in Islamic History (1900-1912)
Hafidh 'Ibrahim
Translation of Les Misérables (1903)
Sulaiman al-Bustani
Homer's Iliad (1904)
Various Authors
"Celebrating the Translator of the Iliad" (al-Muqtataf Magazine) (1904)
Ahmad Fahmi
Europe's Crime against itself and the World (1906)
Muhammad al-Saiyd, Muhammad 'Awad Ibrahim, W. H. Stevens
Modern Guide for the Translator (1906)
Khalil Sa'ada, Rashid Rida
The Gospel of Barnabas (1908)
Anonymous
"Copyright Law" (1910)
Amin al-Rihani
"Poetry and Poets" (1910)
'Ali 'Umar al-Misri
"Translation Lessons" (1912)
Ernest Ni'matalla
"'La Marseillaise': History of the French National Anthem and its
Translation into Arabic" (1918)
Bibliography
Appendices
Appendix (1): Statistical Tables for the Classical Period
Appendix (2): Statistical Tables for the Nahda Period
Index