SYLLABUS
TRANSLATION STUDIES
Class : II BA English Language and Literature Duration : 36 Hours
Programme Code:SCPS/BA/TS/2022-23
Course Content
Module 1
Introduction to Translation Studies-History of Translation Theory – The Romans – Bible Translation-Education and the Vernacular – Early Theorists – The Renaissance Upto the present – Translation Theories.
Module 2
Central issues in Translation-Language and Culture – Types of Translation – Decoding and Recoding-Problems of equivalence – Loss and Gain- Untranslatability – Transliteration –Transcreation-Machine Translation.
Module 3
Specific problems in Literary Translation – Structures- Poetry, drama, prose translations.
Module 4
Translation in the global context – Translation of scientific, technical, medical and legal documents.
Module 5
Comparative Literature and Translation Studies-Semiotics-Literary and Cultural Tradition.