Limits of Translation
- 1. • Class: M.A. Sem-3 • Roll No.: 07 • Paper No. 12-A : English Language Teaching • Enrollment No.: PG 14101030 • Prepared By: Dipti Vaghela (diptivaghela50@gmail.com) • Submitted To: Department of English Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University Limits of Translation
- 2. Index • Introduction • What is Translation? • Limits of Translation • Conclusion
- 3. Introduction –We can say that translators are cultural ambassadors. It is one of the most important and worthy activities. We know very well that every thing has its own strength and limitations. Translation has also some limitations. But before that let’s we understand that what is translation?
- 4. What is Translation? • The process of translating words or text from one language into another. • The process of turning an original text into a text in another language. • So, it is the process of transferring from one language to another.
- 5. Limits of Translation • Some words are difficult to translate like Gujarati word “ Chandr-mukhi”. • The name of some things are difficult to translate like Ladu – Sweet ball. • Sentence patterns are different in every languages for example, English and Gujarati Subject + Verb + Object Subject + Object + Verb E G
- 6. • One of the most problem in translating is that to deal with idioms, metaphors for example as under, Idioms It’s not your cup of tea Metaphor Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky…
- 7. • We can’t translate rhythm and timing in music and rhyming words as under, Rhythm “ All things bright and beautiful’ All creatures are great and small, All things wise and wonderful…” Rhyming “ What is this life is, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare,”
- 8. • Cultural barriers : All writer’s have their own culture and translator can’t obtain that culture and tradition. • The translators and the text writers have different theories of meaning, style and values. • Thus, we lost beauty and pleasure of main work and translator can’t translate that proper feelings which created by the original writer.
- 9. Conclusion •Thus , perfection is not possible in translation because all writers have their own feelings and style. But we can only reach near to perfection.