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Publication details [#11813]
Green, Nile. 2004. Translating the spoken words of the saints: oral literature and the Sufis of Aurangabad. In Long, Lynne, ed. Translation and religion: holy untranslatable? (Topics in Translation 28). Clevedon: Multilingual Matters. pp. 141–150.
Publication type
Article in jnl/bk
Publication language
English
Abstract
The article deals with the problems inherent in translating a living oral tradition into an appropriate written form, particularly in a literate culture. The author focuses upon a genre of Muslim South Asian literature, the malfuzat, or recorded conversations of Sufi saints.
Source : A. Matthyssen