Culture, Tradition and the Individual Talent of Sean O'Faolain

2021 ◽  
pp. 135-148
Author(s):  
Pat Cooke
Keyword(s):  
Sean O'faolain ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Culture Tradition ◽  
Individual Talent

Climate Change and the Individual Talent

symplokē ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Griffiths
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Individual Talent

Community and the Individual Talent

diacritics ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 26 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 176-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Bernstein
Keyword(s):  
The Individual ◽  
Individual Talent

THEOLOGY AND THE INDIVIDUAL TALENT

1958 ◽  
Vol VIII (1) ◽  
pp. 103-106
Author(s):  
VALERIE PITT
Keyword(s):  
The Individual ◽  
Individual Talent

'Tradition and the Individual Talent' Revisited

2007 ◽  
Vol 58 (235) ◽  
pp. 364-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. White
Keyword(s):  
The Individual ◽  
Individual Talent

scholarly journals Translation and the Individual Talent: Ambiguity in the Qurʾanic Text and the Role of the Translator

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raed A. Qassas
Keyword(s):  
Frame Of Reference ◽  
Sacred Text ◽  
Translation Process ◽  
New Horizons ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Point Of Departure ◽  
Individual Talent

This article examines the impact of traditional Tafsīr, the exegesis of the Qur’an, on the translation of the Qurʾanic text into English. Caught between the authority of tradition and the sensitivity of translating a sacred text, many translators refrain from practicing interpretation as an integral part of the translation process, whereas others defiantly dismiss the authority of tradition en masse. The significance of the study lies in undermining over-reliance on explanatory texts yields semantically dogmatic interpretations recurrently manifest in the various English renditions of the Qurʾan. The article questions what is called the etic translation that involves translation from the perspective of one who remains an outsider and does not participate in the interpretation. The finding of the study lead to the conclusion that many translations of the Qurʾan disregard possible interpretations because of rehashing interpretations handed down from traditional exegeses. The article also argues that translators have an active, interpretative role in the translation of the Qurʾan. Compatibility with tradition does not mean being constricted exclusively by Tafsīr. Tradition is a frame of reference, a point of departure for new horizons of interpretation where interpretation is viewed as an augmentation to tradition, not sedition.

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