Basmala: Translating An Iconic Phrase
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https://doi.org/10.24310/TRANS.2017.v0i21.3657Keywords:
Basmala, Cultural translation, Literary translation.Abstract
This note examines how an iconic Arabic phrase such as the basmala has been translated into Persian and English. These translations reflect different aesthetic, political and cultural aspects of this phrase. Outside of its Qur’ ? nic context, embedded within it, the basmala has extended cultural meanings. An equivalence-based approach to the translation of formulaic expressions would not suffice for the translation of the basmala in literary contexts.Downloads
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