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Volume 15:3 March 2015
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Translation of “Chacha Chackan ne Tasweer Tangi” into
“Chacha Chakan Hanged the Picture”

Maratab Abid,
Asma Shahzadi Awan, M.Phil.
Kanwal Munir, M.Phil.

Abstract

Translation is the method of converting a Source text to Target text. Translation aims to produce a text that not only contains the real essence of source text but also acceptability in target culture. The translators have chosen the text which is an important piece of Pakistani Literature, “Chacha Chakan ne Tasweer Tangee” to translate with the title “Chacha (Uncle) Chakan Hanged a Picture”. The evident hilarious glimpse can be felt by reading the name. The translators have maintained that effect in the Target text by maintaining the grace of original text. That’s why, they have called hanged instead of hung for hanging the picture.

This text was written by Imtiaz Ali Taj, the famous dramatist of Urdu Literature, in early nineteen twenties. The purpose behind translating this Urdu short story to English was to convey Pakistani Literature to Western world by portraying the mirthful character of Chacha Chakan.

Key words: Translation, Inter-lingual translation, Target text approach, Applied translation, literal translation, Semantic translation, Faithful translation.

Introduction

Translation studies are considered to be as an intellectual inter-discipline. Its area of study is theory, application, interpretation, and localization in the realm of translation. As it is an inter discipline, so it borrows a lot from the different fields of study that are a panoramic depiction of translation. These include relative literature, computer, the past, linguistics, philosophy, the study of science, and vocabulary.

An American scholar James S Holmes in his paper "The name and nature of translation studies", coined the term of translation studies. The use of term translatology by English writers is rare as compare to translation studies.

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Maratab Abid
University of Lahore, Sargodha Campus.
Sargodha, Pakistan
maratab_abid@yahoo.com

Asma Shahzadi Awan, M.Phil.
University of Lahore, Sargodha Campus
Sargodha, Pakistan
ashoawan4@gmail.com

Kanwal Munir, M.Phil.
University of Lahore, Sargodha Campus.
Sargodha, Pakistan
mona.munir28@yahoo.com

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