International Journal of Languages' Education and Teaching

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How exactly can a translator reproduce a poem? Can a translation translate the feelings conveyed in the original? Whether a translation of a poem can be successful or not we will analyze with "Muhammad's Song", which is a Sturm und Drang poem by Goethe written around 1772 and translated into Turkish by Senail Ozkan. This work deals with the poem of Goethe to the Prophet Muhammad in translation by the translator Senail Özkan. In addition to the explanation of the translation of the poems, we will begin by addressing the problem of poetic translation. The relationship of Goethe to Islam is presented and the reasons for writing the poem are discussed. In the present work, the areas are first entangled both theoretically and finally also empirically: Here we will compare the original German poem of Goethe with its translation into Turkish by Senail Özkan and possibly give translation options. Attention is paid to whether, in addition to the information of the original, the feelings were conveyed to the reader correctly. Whether the aesthetic function contained in Goethe's poem was also translated into Turkish is debated in this work. The translation of the poems is therefore characterized by a poetic focus, which should also be found in the translation. By way of example, the empirical study presented here is intended to contribute to comparative translations.

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