Student profiles
Sara Khan
Email: Sara.Khan-4@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
Previous Education
MA in Translation and Interpreting Studies, University of Manchester
BA (hons) Linguistics and Middle Eastern Languages, University of Manchester
Thesis Title
Translating the ‘holy untranslatable’ for children: A sociological approach to the field of Qur’an translation
Supervisors
Dr. Maeve Olohan and Dr. Matthew Philpotts
Research Summary
My research focuses on the translation of the Qur’an for children. Taking a sociological approach, my thesis will involve a textual and contextual analysis of a corpus of four texts; all the existing Anglophone translations of the Qur’an written specifically for children:
Research interests
– Translation
– Intercultural studies
– Children’s literature
– Religious texts