Course info

Course Objectives
 To make students familiar with the basic theories of translation and to enable them to translate
different types of texts from their mother tongue to English and vice versa.

 To make the study of language inter-lingual by initiating the students to translate texts
from regional languages into English and from English into regional languages.
 To equip the students for the profession of translator in diverse fields by imparting training in translation.

Learning Outcomes
 The students will have an overall view of basic theories of translation.
 They will have acquired the skill in translating various kinds of texts.
Course outline
Module I:Basic concepts
Basic concepts and a brief history of translation studies-translation types: (partial,
full,literal,free,word- for-word,sense-for-sense,interalingual, interlingual and intersemiotic)- equivalence-untranslatability- technology and translation.
Module II: Translating poetry
Translation of poetry-basic issues-translation as recreation/transcreation -translation competence-
Text for translation: The Tiger by William Blake
Practices in translating short

Module III: Translating prose
Translation of Prose-issues of styles and registers-transliteration-translation as intercultural communication.
Text for Practice: On Doors by Christopher Morley
Practices in translating short prose texts from English to mother tongue and vice versa -peer analysis and discussions.
Module IV: Translating drama
Translating Drama—Issue of dramatic diction and performability-translator as cultural mediator translating text in context- Translating news reports/articles-oral translation/real-time human translation-major issues.
Text for Practice: Ghosts (A few dialogues from Act-III) by Henrik Ibsen
Practices in translating short dramatic scenes/articles/real time speech from English to mother tongue and vice versa-peer analysis and discussions.
Core Reading:
The Routledge companion to Translation Studies edited by Jeremy Munday
Susan Bassnett. Translation Studies
Suggested Reading
Introducing Translation Studies:Theories and applications by Jeremy Munday
J. C. Catford. A Lilnguistic Theory of Translation
Nida Eugene. Theory and Practice of Translation
Roman Jacobson. On Linguistic Aspect of Translation
Sujit Mukherjee. Translation as Discovery. Hyderabad: Orient Longman, 2006.