ضياع الدلالة المجازية في ترجمة أسلوب المجاز المرسل إلى اللغة الملايوية في القرآن الكريم

Abstract EN

Synecdoche falls under the category of semantic change since it refers to a meaning which is transferred from its original to the other meanings due to a certain relation, occasion and other than the relation of similarity.

It seems obvious that the Quranic synecdoche has received a great deal of interest and study among linguists, rhetoricians and interpreters.

The western experts in translation studies also emphasizes the importance of an understanding of the extent of equivalence in relation to synecdoche as well as suggesting the method of translation that may attain the nearest connotation intended by the original text.

As the Quranic synecdoche illustrates the mentality and environment in which the Arab society live, it is impossible to translate all of these synecdoche based solely on its literal translation due to the role of the translation of the meaning of the Quran itself is to transfer its purposes and meanings, not the words and constructs.

Bearing this in mind, this paper aims to study and analyse the translation of Quranic synecdoche in Malay translations.

The purpose is to understand the extent of equivalence between the methods of translation and the intended meaning as well as to suggest a better alternative method that may attain the nearest connotation intended by the original Arabic text even if not necessarily its perspicuous meaning.

This study employs descriptive, analytical and comparative methods on selected Quranic translations in Malay language by Mahmoud Younis, Abdullah Basmeih and Zaini Dahlan.

Based on a number of examples, the study concludes that the translators sometimes cannot deliver the precise intended meaning in their translation texts due to the sole reliance on literal translation method that cause the loss of figurative meaning in the Quranic synecdoche.