A Study of the Efficiency of the Syntactical-morphological Level of Garces’ Model in the Assessment of Qur'an Translation; Case Study: Makarem Shirazi's Translation of Five Surahs of Quran

Abstract

Evaluation of the Qur'an translation has not yet had a comprehensive model. To achieve such a model, we can first examine the efficacy of existing evaluation models. In this regard, the present article examines the effectiveness of the TT-oriented Garces model in evaluating the translation of the Qur'an, examining the “Syntactical-morphological” level. This level examines structural changes in translation. For this purpose, the translation of five Surahs of the Quran from the TT-oriented translation of Makarem Shirazi has been selected as the research data. Studying the efficiency of this level in evaluating the translation of the Qur'an also shows that the syntactic-lexical level of the Garces model is efficient in evaluating the translation of the Qur'an due to the structural differences between the Persian and Arabic languages and the necessity of syntactic changes in the translation of the Qur'an. However, the overall classification of techniques to the positives and negatives is should be reviewed according to their status and necessity. Among the techniques of this level, "Transposition", "Modulation" and "Explanation" have the most function in the Quran translation. According to the high usage of rhetorical devices in the Qur'an, the "Compensation" is an effective technique to evaluate the translator's skill in translating them to Persian. The "literal translation" and "Implication, reduction, omission" as negative techniques and "Changes in the type of sentences" as an ambivalent technique have had the least function in the Makarem translation as an example of a TT-oriented translation.

Keywords

• evaluation of quran translation
• translation assessment model
• carmen garcés
• syntactical-morphological level
• makarem shirazi