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.