International Journal of English Literature and Culture

Vol. 12(2), pp. 30-55, June 2024

 ISSN: 2360-7831

https://doi.org/10.14662/ijelc2024060

 

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Abstract

 

This study aimed to translate Al-Mutanabbi's wisdom poetry into English locale poetry. To achieve the objective of the study, two main procedures were performed by the researcher. First, 70 verses, including 87 wisdoms, said by Al-Mutanabbi, were identified from Al-Mutanabbi's Diwan (introduced by Al-Aqbawi, 2007), forming the Arabic corpus of the study. Then, the corpus was introduced to seven experts of Arabic, working as professors at Ibb and Taiz universities, Yemen, majoring in the Arabic poetry, to ensure the availability of wisdom(s) in each line or verse, the number of wisdoms, the main theme involved, and their commonness among Arabs. Second, the whole Arabic corpus was translated into English locale poetry by the researcher, for the first time, producing equivalent English verses following the English poetry style, forming the English corpus of the study. Then, both Arabic and English corpora were introduced to six experts, working as professors at Ibb and Taiz universities, majoring in the English poetry, to ensure conveying the intended meaning of all Arabic wisdom verses into English equivalently, and checking their localisation into English locale verses. Finally, the study introduced a number of conclusions and implications for translators.

 

Keywords: Translation, Localisation, Wisdom, Classical Arabic Poetry, Al-Mutanabbi.  

 

Cite This Article As: Fairooz, R.A (2024). Translating Al-Mutanabbi's Wisdom Poetry into English: A Localisation Product. Inter. J. Eng. Lit. Cult. 12(2): 30-55