Analysis of the development, scale and nationality of translations of literary works into Arabic

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The study explores the development, scale, Nigora Sabitovna Azimova. (2025). Analysis of the development, scale and and nationality of translations of literary works into nationality of translations of literary works into Arabic. The American Arabic, tracing the historical and cultural trajectories Journal of Social Science and Education Innovations, 7(05), 71–73. https://doi.org/10.37547/tajssei/Volume07Issue05-10 that shaped this dynamic field. Beginning with the Abbasid Golden Age, when the translation movement flourished under institutional support, the analysis COPYRIGHT identifies pivotal periods of growth and shifts in focus. It © 2025 Original content from this work may be used under the terms examines how globalization, regional politics, and the of the creative commons attributes 4.0 License. rise of Arab literary institutions influenced the scale of translations in modern times. The study also highlights the national origins of translated works, revealing dominant trends, such as the prominence of European literature during colonial and post-colonial periods, and the growing interest in Asian, African, and Latin American literatures in recent decades. Through qualitative and quantitative methodologies, the paper underscores the role of translation as a vehicle for cultural exchange, intellectual enrichment, and the construction of Arab literary identity in an interconnected world. Keywords: “colorit”, the work “Ar-Rohikul-Makhtum”, “translations, “poems”, “translators”. Introduction: Although the theory of translation as a discipline was formed in our country later, it is no secret that translation activities began much earlier. As for the translation of literary works, work has been and is being carried out in this direction to translate literary works from many foreign languages into the Uzbek language and, in turn, from Uzbek into other languages. However, if we turn to Arab scholars on this issue, we will see that the number of translations of literary works is limited. The American Journal of Social Science and Education Innovations 71 https://www.theamericanjournals.com/index.php/tajssei The American Journal of Social Science and Education Innovations Of course, if we consider this issue within the the period of conquests (the end of the 7th century and framework of the Uzbek and Arabic languages the beginning of the 8th century), and Zaydan is the author of many scientific works: “History of Islamic However, many world-famous scholars who lived in Culture” (1902-06); “History of the Arabic Language” our country wrote in Arabic and left behind many (1904); Information is provided that his works “History world-famous works, it is known that almost all of of Arabic Literature” (1911-14) and other works have these works are scientific works written with the aim been translated into many languages of the world, of contributing to the development of sciences and the including (“Fergana Bride”, 1971) into Uzbek. dissemination of knowledge. In particular, the works written in Arabic cover such areas as jurisprudence, It is surprising that, despite the fact that this writer is faith, interpretation, grammar and sarf. After gaining famous and popular, only one of his works has been independence, in the process of restoring the national translated into Uzbek – “The Fergana Bride”. This was heritage, it was discovered that we have such works done in 1971. However, literary works in Arabic were and they were introduced into scientific circulation. mainly translated by Russian Arabists. As an example of translations of works by modern Arab writers into However, little has been done so far regarding the Russian, we can cite a number of translations, including translation of Arabic literature. Of the 20th century the translation of a novel from the works of At-Tahir Arabic writers and poets, only some stories by the Wattar, who lived and worked in Algeria. Saudi writer Khiyam Hasun Ali al-Muflih have been translated into Uzbek, as well as works by the writer of It should also be noted that Russian translators this country Hakima al-Harbi, who wrote under the translated works of Arab writers for Russian-speaking pseudonym “Lamis Mansur”, such as “A Dream in the readers not only from Arabic, but also through other Whirlwind of Defeat” (1998), “A Question in the Hand languages, in particular French. For example, I. Volevich of Glory” (2002), “A Plant in the Field of Kahrat Ayaz” translated one of the works of the Algerian writer (2002), “The Sadness of Refuge” (2004), “Beautiful Rachid Bouedra from French into Russian under the title Dreams”, “Shadows over Barriers”, “Dawn of “Cup holder” (novel). There are many examples of such Childhood” for children and “Prison of Life”, but only a translations made by Russian translators. few of their stories have been translated into our Although we mentioned above only translations of language. He was born in Kuwait in 1945 in the family Algerian writers into Russian,