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Title A Comparative Study of Culture and Imperialism and Saqafat Aur Samraj: A Question of Ideology and Meaning.

Author(s) Aftab Akrm

Abstract Thesis Title: A Comparative Study of Culture and Imperialism and Saqafat aur Samraj: A Question of Ideology and Meaning Translation studies both as an academic discipline and as an interlingual and intercultural practice has expanded enormously in recent years. Its authenticitysignificantly depends on the notion of ideology. Ideology, i.e., both the translator’s individual ideology and the dominant ideology of the day influences the translation process in many subtle ways and at different levels. The complex interaction of different ideologies results incertain crucial differencesduring the translation and influences the process of translation considerably. Therefore, in order to make an accurate transmission of the source text possible, translators need to analyze it meticulously, and convey its meaning as correctly and as completely in the target language as possible. This cannot be done if the translator lets his/her own ideological slant seeps through his work into the text. The target text, however, once published, acquires a life of its own, and tends to dictate its own terms, which could and should reveal the dominantideological concepts the author chose to infuse into it. Mixing the translator’s ideological slant with the source text ideology, therefore, creates further comprehension problems for the readers. This reason makes it important for a researcher to gauge the potential ‘ideological dislocation’ in the target text. The present research work analyzes the Urdu translation of Edward Said’s book Culture and Imperialism to find out if there is an ideological dislocation in the target text, and if so, what is its nature. The studyenquires where and how the translator is trying to change the ideological slant of the source text by exploring its impact on readers. Drawing upon Spivak’s notion of the ‘politics of translation’, the researcher has conducted a textual analysis of the target text which has reasonably established the presence of ideological dislocations in the translation.One of the direct results of this dislocation is the change in the meanings of the source text as the cultural comprehension of the target readers is radically affected. The study recommends that a translator should maintain the authenticity of ideology; rhetoricity and logic of the text by taking the readers abroad instead of bring the author home. Key words: Ideology, Translation, Meaning, Comparative Study, Culture and Imperialism.

Type Thesis/Dissertation PhD

Faculty Languages

Department English

Language English

Publication Date 2022-12-14

Subject PhD English Linguistics

Publisher PhD

Contributor(s) Dr. Jamil Asghar Jami

Format PDF

Identifier PhD

Source PhD

Relation PhD

Coverage PhD

Rights PhD

Category PhD English Linguistics Thesis

Description PhD English Linguistics