Strategic maneuvering and translation with respect to topical potential in Imam Ali's letter to Malik Ashtar

Abstract EN

This paper is mainly concerned with shedding light on the pragma-translation amalgam.

This is done by means of bringing the theory of strategic maneuvering to the forefront.

More conspicuously, this work aims to investigate how adaptive translation can be strategically utilized, by means of topical potential, to achieve the translator's aim which need not necessarily be what is actually communicated in the source text.

To achieve this aim, Imam Ali's Letter to Malik Ashtar is selected as the data of analysis.

This text is well-known in the Arabic heritage for its eloquence and importance.

An analytic mechanism, consisting of various techniques and strategies, is developed for this purpose.

The study comes up with some conclusions the most notable of which is that adaptation can stand as a hindrance rather than an aid.

It is not always accurate to adapt when translating a text, especially if the text is of high importance in a nation's heritage as the one under scrutiny.