AL-MUTARĞIM المترجم
Volume 9, Numéro 1, Pages 273-278
2009-06-30

Professional Translator Vs. Translating Islamic Law

Authors : Mokhtar Kouadri .

Abstract

Translation is one of the most important field of interdisciplinary inquiry that involves a number of subject-matters such as: economy, law, commerce, didactics, etc. for instance legal translation can tackle some sub-branches of law such as Islamic law which refers to the study of the law in Islam. Islamic law is called in Arabic “al fikh al-islami”. The question raised now is: to what extent can a professional translator translate Islamic Law?

Keywords

Professional; Translator; Islamic Law; Legal; Fikh.