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Difficulties in Translating From English to Tamil

Mathura Sivakumaran

Abstract

Translation is the transfer of the meaning from one language to another. The translator may face many problems and difficulties in the process of translation. The main problems are syntactic, linguistics, cultural matters, and specific text. Discussing the difficulties of translation from English to Tamil and Tamil to English are important fields of translation because of the intensive need to this type of research. This study aims at detecting the problems of translating wordy sentences from English to Tamil. This work focuses its light on the syntactic problems. This study is based on the hypothesis that almost all the sentences contain redundancies or other unnecessary repetitions. Translators know the syntactic process of translation and use them correctly in their translations. The objective of this research is to identify type of syntactic errors in translation, student’ difficulties in translating text, and factors influence students’ error in translating English to Tamil. The research used descriptive and quantitative method. The results of this research showed the difficulties in translating from English to Tamil were elliptical errors, idioms, textual meaning, grammatical issues (tenses, word order, clauses,), structural ambiguity, and lack of strategy in syntactical errors.

Introduction

Translation Studies is an academic discipline related to the study of the theory, practice, and phenomena of Translation. This research is designed to serve as guidance for undergraduates and postgraduates in translation, translation studies and theory and as a solid theoretical introduction for students, researchers, instructors, and professional translators. The aim is to enable the readers to develop their understanding of the problems of syntax encountered in Translation process. This research is intended to professional studies and also for the linguist and translators.

Syntactic Problems in English to Tamil Translation

Every act of communication is an act of translation. Without translation, we would be living in provinces bordering on silence. Everyone has different opinion on translation. According to me translation means transferring the intended idea of the original author with the grammatical constrains and the culture of the target language. The modern age is the age of translation. The world has become a global village. Knowledge is just a click away.

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Mathura Sivakumaran
Lecturer (Probationary)
Department of Translation Studies
University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
mmathura4@gmail.com
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