Substantial Motion in Translation

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the applicability of Mulla Sadra’s theory of substantial motion in translation. For this purpose, it explores the concept of motion, as the move from a state of potency to actuality, in the triple classification of text, translator and translation. It is in search for meaning and the shifting intensities of the reality of the source text, on the one hand, and the cognitive and intellectual motions in the translator on the other. The study further explains translation as a gradual process of permanent motion. It offers a classification of motion found in the theories of translation studies. Finally, the study offers the theory of substantial motion in translation.