Application of Jean René Ladmiral's Theory in the Qualitative Evaluation of the Divine Translation of Some Fifteen Verses of the Second Part of the Qur'an

Abstract

Investigating the ways of translating the Qur’an and expressing their strengths and weaknesses can be a way forward for active translators in this field and make the knowledge of Quran translation more dynamic. Since the goal of translating the Qur'an is to better understand it in the target language, in this research, in a descriptive-analytical way and relying on the destinationist theory of Ladmiral (1994), which includes components such as transposition, addition and minimal interpretation for a better understanding of the target reader. Mehdi Elahi Qomshei's translation of the second fifteenth part of the Qur'an has been analyzed in order to evaluate the adaptation of this theory to the translation, as well as measure the translator's success rate in providing a smooth and fluent translation at the destination. The results of the research indicate that in this translation, the components of augmentation, minimal interpretation and heterogeneity of Admiral's theory have the highest frequency. The translator made the translation longer than the original text of the Qur'an with the aim of purposefulness and the additions he brought for better understanding and understanding of the reader, while streamlining the text, to the point where this translation can be considered a brief interpretation of the Qur'an.