EFFECTS OF TRANSLATION PROBLEMS ON RELIGIOUS CREED WHEN RENDERING HOLY TEXTS FROM ARABIC INTO ENGLISH

This study aims to investigate the linguistic problems result because of word-for-word translation of holy texts from Arabic into English and their effect on non-Arab Muslims creed via reviewing many sources like related articles and websites concern with providing Quranic and Sunnah translations into English. Comparing provided translations with using his cultural background, the researcher was able to infer the problems that negatively affect the creed of Muslims, or distort the meaning of the source language, and he proposed a new approach for translating these sensitive texts to avoid the resulted problems with more focusing on the message and the addressee along with the proper signified.