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Title ANALYSIS OF TRANSLATIONS OF SELECTED SHORT STORIES BY GHULAM ABBAS IN THE LIGHT OF VINAY AND DARBELNET MODEL

Author(s) AQLEEM EJAZ

Abstract Field of translation studies is making gradual progress in modern era and new developments are taking place now a day. Current research study deals with changes which take place when source text is translated into target text. These changes include both lexical changes and semantic changes. Selected short stories of a renowned Urdu short story writer Ghulam Abbas with their translation in English have been taken for this research study. The basic purpose of the study is to find out why changes in a target text take place. For this reason, three research questions are formulated. These research questions focus on (i) what linguistic factors contribute to the transformation of message of the source text? (ii) How do translation strategies contribute to greater meaningfulness of a target text for the target audience? (iii) What are the elements that lend coherence to a target text? To find out answers of these research questions, the researcher has made an attempt to carry out textual analysis. Textual analysis makes it clear that structural, social, and cultural differences between source text and target text are major reasons for changes in target text. The study reveals that modulation and adaption are the main factors which bring coherence in a target text. Mainly these factors make a target text understandable for target text readers. Future researchers have been encouraged to take an opportunity and contribute to this emerging field of translation studies by conducting researches on the topics suggested in last part of the conclusion section of this research study.

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Department English

Language English

Publication Date 2019-06-28

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