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This results in making these texts sensitive when dealing with the original text |\n| Accepted: November 09, 2020 | or the translated text. The reason for this sensitivity can be due to the content of the taboo or |\n| Published: December 31, 2020\u003Cbr>Volume: 11 Issue: 6 | hidden message within the text. Euphemism is one of the used and evident linguistic features of many holy and sacred texts. This paper investigates and compares three different translations of |\n| Advance access: December 2020 | the Quran with special focus on euphemisms for hardship in the Quran. It aimed at answering the question of what translation techniques and euphemism types are used to translate euphemism for hardship in the Quran. The paper argues that literal translation is the most applied technique |\n|  |  |\n| Conflicts of interest: None\u003Cbr>Funding: None | in the translation of such euphemism. |\n| Key words: |  |\n| Translation Techniques, Quran, |  |\n| Euphemisms, |  |\n| Euphemism Type,\u003Cbr>Hardship |  |\n\nINTRODUCTION  \nTranslation both as a practice and as an academic discipline has been the center of focus and attention fora very long period of time. The need for translation has always been important in that throughout history, people of different languages communicated through translation. Translators play a vital role in human communication and in making the world seem much smaller, and the people closer. When translating between two language systems the translator needs to pay particular attention to linguistic and rhetorical features such as euphemisms and metaphors. According to Hatim and Mason (1997, p. 111)“translators deal with elements of meaning that can often lie above the level of propositional content and beyond the level of the sentence”. Euphemisms pose a cultural and linguistic issue in translation due to their function in any language, let alone when it comes to translations between Arabic and English, and the issue is far more complicated when dealing with sacred texts such as the Quran. This is because “Translators often deal with both denotative meanings and pragmatic meanings (i.e. the intended meaning) in euphemistic utterances” Albarakati (2019, p. 2) .  \nStatement of the problem  \nThe Quran is a sacred and sensitive text and it needs to be dealt with in a special way in the translation process. Translating any sacred text “ with a long and sensitive tradition creates the feeling of having some 2000 years of translators looking over one’s shoulder” Nida (as cited in Simms, 2006, p. 189). As a text, the Quran is filled with euphemistic expressions. Consequently, the translator has to make some difficult decisions as to whether to reduce the loss of meaning, or to lose the intended function of the euphemism.  \nThe following is an example of such difficulties:  \n(Quran 2:197)  \nفِيهِ نَّ الْحَ جَّيَعْلَمْ هُ اللَّ ُيَا أُو ِلي الْ َلْبَاب  \nالْحَ جُّ أَشْهُ رٌ مَ عْلُومَ اتٌ فَمَ نْ فَرَ ضَفَلَ رَ فَثَ وَ لَ فُسُوقَ وَ لَ جِ دَالَ فِي الْحَ جِّ وَ مَ ا تَفْعَ لُوا مِ نْ خَيْرٍِ وَ تَزَ وَّ دُوا فَإِ نَّ خَيْرَ الزَّادِ التَّقْوَ ى وَ اتَّقُونِ  \nالبقرة آية١٩٧  \n\n| Abdel\u003Cbr>Haleem (T1) | Khan & Al‑Hilali (T2) | Ali (T3) |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| There should be no | Then he should not have | Let there |\n| indecent speech | sexual relations\u003Cbr>(with his wife) . | be no obscenity |\n\nIn the above examp","cbCaiinXDnh3QRbL","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiinXDnh3QRbL","pdf",220589,"English","# Introduction\n## Statement of the problem\n## Purpose of the Study\n## Significance of the Study\n# Methodology\n## Data Collection","[{\"question\":\"Why are translations of sacred texts like the Quran sensitive?\",\"answer\":\"Because Quranic meanings combine denotative, connotative, and pragmatic dimensions, including taboo content or hidden messages. This sensitivity affects both the original text handling and the translated output.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the focus of the study on euphemisms?\",\"answer\":\"The study discusses and investigates euphemisms for hardship in the Quran and their translation into English, emphasizing how translation techniques and euphemism types are selected.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the paper evaluate translation quality?\",\"answer\":\"By comparing the source text and its context with the target-text translation of the chosen euphemism across three different English Quran translations.\"}]","Translation Techniques applied in the Translation of Euphemisms for Hardship in the Quran - Article | PDF",1792068641,18]