Resources

The following are some of the materials I use in my translation works:

Translation

Meaning-Based Translation: A Guide to Cross-Language Equivalence, 2nd edition
Mildred L. Larson

Qur’an Translation

The Qur’an with a Phrase by Phrase English Translation
‘Ali Quli Qara’i

Arabic and Persian Dictionaries

“A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic: Arabic – English” by Hans Wehr (Beirut: Librairie du Liban, 1980)

“Farhang Moaser Persian – English Dictionary” by S. Haim (Tehran: Farhang Moaser Publishers, 2004)

“Farhang Maaref Persian – English Dictionary” by Fakhollahi Khodaparasti (Tehran: Farhang Moaser Publishers, 2006)

Persian to English Translation

– Idioms

Essential Idioms in Farsi: For Advanced Farsi Learners (Persian Edition)
Reza Nazari

– Poems

“The Divan of Hafiz English – Persian,” translated by Henry Wilberforce Clarke (Tehran: Ketab-e Aban, 2005)

“Tales from the Khamseh of Nizami,” translated by P.J. Chelkowski (Tehran: Peyke Farhang, 2003), 230 pages.

Mathnawi of Jalaluddin Rumi (3 Volume Set)
Reynold A. Nicholson

Selected Poems from the Divan-e Shams-e Tabrizi: Along With the Original Persian (Classics of Persian Literature, 5)
Jalaluddin Rumi

– Philosophy

“The Metaphysics of Sabzavari,” translated by Mehdi Mohaghegh and Toshihico Izutsu (Tehran: Iran University Press, 1983)