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An Analysis of English Translation of Khushhal Khan Khattak's Poetry

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Author

Nasir Mehmood

Department

Department of English

Program

Mphil

Institute

National University of Modern Languages

Institute Type

Public

City

Islamabad

Province

Islamabad

Country

Pakistan

Thesis Completing Year

2015

Subject

English Language

Language

English

Added

2021-02-17 19:49:13

Modified

2024-03-24 20:25:49

ARI ID

1676728727817

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An Analysis of English Translation of Khushhal Khan Khattak's Poetry The present study investigates the verse to verse translation of Khushhal Khan Khattak's poetry. The source text (ST) comprises of eight selected Pashto poems from the Diwan of Khushhal Khan Khattak. The translation is done into English by Olaf Caroe in collaboration with Evely Howell. The study explores the relationship between the original text and the translation in terms of equivalence which is the core concept in translation studies. It focuses on identification of the norms of translational equivalence observed in the actual practice of translation. It explores as to what extent the form and content of the original text is reproduced /transferred in the translation. The study identifies whether the translators truly understand the source text and are able to convey the author's point of view or they take liberties to adapt the translation to the linguistic and cultural system of the target audience at the expense of deviating from the intent and meaning of the original. As the nature of the study demands, the research method is based on hermeneutics which is an interpretive framework in translation studies. The analytical framework is based on Nida's principles of formal and dynamic equivalence which provide the ground for analysis of translation at both textual and extra textual levels. The study examines how the different, social, cultural and linguistic factors affect the process/ product of translation in terms of its adequacy and accuracy. Moreover, it also focuses on how far the translators' own ideologies and personal prejudices are influential in guiding them in making addition, deletion and adaptation in the source text. And, it tries to identify how far the translation carries the sense and spirit of the original. After analysing the poems it has been found that the translation exhibits equivalence at those places where the text of English translation and Pashto exhibit universal features common to both the languages. However, it has also been found that the poet's feelings, thoughts and ideology, in addition to the social and cultural context in which the poems were produced, have not been transferred in the translation. Consequently, equivalence in verse to verse translation has not been successfully achieved. The analysis has shown that the sense and spirit of the original is partially conveyed in the translation.
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