Translation in the Arab World

Name: Translation in the Arab World
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Translation in the Arab WorldThe Abbasid Golden Age\nAuthor(s): Adnan K. Abdulla\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367352127, 978-0367352127\nSynopsis\nThe Translation Movement of the Abbasid Period, which lasted for almost three hundred years, was a unique event in world history. During this period, much of the intellectual tradition of the Greeks, Persians, and Indians was translated into Arabica language with no prior history of translation or of science, medicine, or philosophy. This book investigates the cultural and political conflicts that translation brought into the new Abbasid state from a sociological perspective, treating translation as a process and a product.\n\nThe opening chapters outline the factors involved in the initiation and cessation of translational activity in the Abbasid period before dealing in individual chapters with important events in the Translation Movement, such as the translation.