The kyai’s voice and the Arabic Qur’an; Translation, orality, and print in modern Java
This paper discusses practices of translating the Qur’an into Javanese in the Indonesian post-independence era. Focusing on works that emerged in pedagogical contexts, it demonstrates that the range of translation practices goes far beyond contemporary notions of scriptural translation. I argue that...
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Universitas Indonesia, Faculty of Humanities
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| description | This paper discusses practices of translating the Qur’an into Javanese in the Indonesian post-independence era. Focusing on works that emerged in pedagogical contexts, it demonstrates that the range of translation practices goes far beyond contemporary notions of scriptural translation. I argue that this is due to the oral origin of these practices and to the functions they assume in teaching contexts. These result in a higher visibility of the translator who appears as a religious authority in his1 own right. His voice might therefore be considered a valuable contribution to the translation, rather than a distortion of the source text’s true meaning. These dynamics are tied to the status of Javanese in a country in which the predominant language of print is Indonesian. Studying translation activities in languages without official status in the nation-state period contributes to widening our perspective on contemporary translation practices. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9f3d032dbf4143ddae65c04592a2a1472023-07-04T08:33:13ZengUniversitas Indonesia, Faculty of HumanitiesWacana: Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia1411-22722407-68992020-10-0121332935910.17510/wacana.v21i3.948The kyai’s voice and the Arabic Qur’an; Translation, orality, and print in modern JavaJohanna Pink0 Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, GermanyThis paper discusses practices of translating the Qur’an into Javanese in the Indonesian post-independence era. Focusing on works that emerged in pedagogical contexts, it demonstrates that the range of translation practices goes far beyond contemporary notions of scriptural translation. I argue that this is due to the oral origin of these practices and to the functions they assume in teaching contexts. These result in a higher visibility of the translator who appears as a religious authority in his1 own right. His voice might therefore be considered a valuable contribution to the translation, rather than a distortion of the source text’s true meaning. These dynamics are tied to the status of Javanese in a country in which the predominant language of print is Indonesian. Studying translation activities in languages without official status in the nation-state period contributes to widening our perspective on contemporary translation practices.https://scholarhub.ui.ac.id/wacana/vol21/iss3/1/translationqur’anjavajavanesepesantreneducationislamkitab kuningorality. |
| spellingShingle | Johanna Pink The kyai’s voice and the Arabic Qur’an; Translation, orality, and print in modern Java Wacana: Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia translation qur’an java javanese pesantren education islam kitab kuning orality. |
| title | The kyai’s voice and the Arabic Qur’an; Translation, orality, and print in modern Java |
| title_full | The kyai’s voice and the Arabic Qur’an; Translation, orality, and print in modern Java |
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| title_full_unstemmed | The kyai’s voice and the Arabic Qur’an; Translation, orality, and print in modern Java |
| title_short | The kyai’s voice and the Arabic Qur’an; Translation, orality, and print in modern Java |
| title_sort | kyai s voice and the arabic qur an translation orality and print in modern java |
| topic | translation qur’an java javanese pesantren education islam kitab kuning orality. |
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