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Literature And Translation
Name: Virani Nilam v.
Role No.:18
Sem.:3
Paper:E-L-105 Translation Study
Submitted to:
S.B.Gardi Department of English ,
S.M.K. Bhavnagar University
What is Literature?
X-ray image of societyMrs. Woolf's novel
Written form e.g. Books and Web sites
Coming from Latin word ‘litterae’
Use metaphorical Languagee.g. ‘My love is like red red rose’
Gives information
e.g.History book, News paper
Cont.
Expression of idea and feelinge.g. Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’
What is not Literature?
Does not have WordsE.g. Book but it has picture only
Direct information e.g.
News Paper
What is Translation?
A process of translating wordse.g. Hello –ohé
The process of turning an original text into a text in another Language.
e.g. Hamlet is translated into Gujarati.
Types Of Translation
Paraphrase:
• Derive from Latin ‘paraphrasis’
• ‘additional manner of expression’
• typically explains the texte.g. ‘The signal was red.’-
‘The train was not allowed to proceed.’
MetaphraseReferring to literal TranslationWord by word and line by line translation
Cont…
Use of Translation
Literary use Translation of literary work
e.g. Short story, poem etc.
Non-literary use Translation of non-literary work
e.g. business documentation, letter etc.