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Aesthetic poetry and creative translations: a translational hermeneutic reading

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  • Raja Lahiani

    (UAE University)

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This paper investigates the hermeneutic processes involved in translating instances of imagery in Arabic poetry into English across a period ranging between 1789 and 1993. It examines ten translations of two verse lines from Labīd’s Mu’allaqa. The paper does not aim to determine whether a given translation is correct—its purpose is, rather, to use translational hermeneutics as a key analytical tool to identify which translation products may be considered acceptable within the scope of this theory. Translational hermeneutics conceives of translation as re-formulation and, hence, re-creation. The notion of identity is minimised, in translational hermeneutics as well as in this study, by investigating how a source text’s aesthetic message can assume a different form when translated. The assessment of different translations in this paper’s case study demonstrates that translating responsibly is, first and foremost, translating responsively.

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  • Raja Lahiani, 2022. "Aesthetic poetry and creative translations: a translational hermeneutic reading," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 9(1), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palcom:v:9:y:2022:i:1:d:10.1057_s41599-022-01481-1
    DOI: 10.1057/s41599-022-01481-1
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    1. Moza Al Tenaijy & Mohammed Al-Batineh, 2024. "Translating Emirati literature: exploring culture-specific items in Mohammed Al Murr’s Dubai Tales," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 11(1), pages 1-8, December.
    2. Zhongshu Qin & Xuehai (John) Cui & Xuesong (Andy) Gao, 2023. "The characteristics of contemporary Chinese translation theory development: a systematic review of studies in core Chinese journals (2012–2022)," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 10(1), pages 1-10, December.

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