The concepts of translation function and quality: the Latin translation of the Qur'an

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Published: May 6, 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6035/MonTI.2023.15.05
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Translation Quality, Translation Function, Christian-Islamic Confrontation, Qur'an

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Marta García González
Universidade de Vigo

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The concepts of translation function (skopos, Reiss & Vermeer 1991: 95-104) and quality have been the subject of substantial discussion within the area of Translation Studies. They are, in our opinion, two closely bound concepts, to the extent that the quality of a translated text can only be fully assessed when the skopos for which it was created is known. In this respect, despite the frequent connection of translation with the purpose of making an original discourse (ST) available to speakers of a different language (TL), several authors over the centuries have acknowledged the concurrence of other equally common aims of translation. The main objective of this paper is to discuss some aspects of the different Latin versions of the Qur’an prepared between the years 1143 and 1680, reviewing their intended function(s), how they circulated across Christian Europe and how their quality was perceived by their initiators, potential readers and scholars within the historical framework of Christian-Islamic confrontation.

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García González, M. (2023). The concepts of translation function and quality: the Latin translation of the Qur’an. MonTI. Monographs in Translation and Interpreting, (15), 141–178. https://doi.org/10.6035/MonTI.2023.15.05
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Marta García González, Universidade de Vigo

Marta García González holds a degree and PhD in Translation and Interpreting, a MA in Foreign Trade and a MA in Economics from the University of Vigo. She worked as a professional translator from 1997 to 2010, specialising in legal and business Translation. Since 2001, she has been a lecturer of Legal and Business Translation at the Faculty of Philology and Translation of the University of Vigo, where she was the Director of the faculty’s MA in Multimedia Translation of that university from 2010 to 2012. Currently, she is a member of the Academic Commission of the MA in Multimedia Translation and of the PhD Program in Communication. She belongs to the ESTILOS research group of the University of Vigo and her main research interests are legal and business translation, translation pedagogy, translation from and into minoritised languages, translation history and screen translation.

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