Tracing Deforming Tendencies in the English Translation of Faiz’ Selected Poem

Authors

  • Sheeza Javaid Visiting Faculty, Department of English. Government College Women University, Sialkot, Pakistan
  • Dr. Muhammad Ajmal Associate Professor of English, Department of Linguistics & Literature, Qurtuba University of Science and Information Technology, Peshawar (D.I. Khan Campus)
  • Anam Misbah M. Phil Scholar, Department of English, University of Central Punjab Lahore, pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21015/vtess.v9i1.993

Abstract

The current study falls under the domain of translation studies, which was previously studied as a branch of applied linguistics. Translation Studies, as a new discipline, in the world of linguistics, evolved back in the 1980s and since then it has been studied all over the world due to its significant subject matter and it's interdisciplinary, cultural and multilingual nature (Baker, 2003). The present research aims to investigate such imperfections and problems found in the translation of Faiz’ poetry in the book ‘The True Subject’ (1988) by Naomi Lazard, in which she has translated 45 famous Urdu poems of Faiz into the English language but this study offers analysis of one poem with two parts. The study endeavours to address these questions; a) what are the deforming tendencies that have been detected in the English translation of Faiz’ poetry done by Naomi Lazard in her book ‘The True Subject’? b) which deforming tendency is mostly employed by the Naomi Lazard in the English translation of Faiz’ poetry?

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2021-03-31

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Javaid, S., Ajmal, D. M., & Misbah, A. (2021). Tracing Deforming Tendencies in the English Translation of Faiz’ Selected Poem. VFAST Transactions on Education and Social Sciences, 9(1), 38–45. https://doi.org/10.21015/vtess.v9i1.993

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