Translation and Transcreation A Select Study of Translations of Faiz Ahmad Faiz by Agha Shahid Ali Shiv K Kumar and Baran Farooqi

Abstract

Translation plays an important role in today s interconnected world, particularly in the context of globalization. Important works from different cultures, have predominantly reached worldwide audiences through translation. Translation of literary texts plays an important role for transferring cross-cultural communication, particularly in multi-lingual countries. To preserve the form and content of literary texts, the translator must be aware of both the languages and the cultures. newlineThe study analyses the poetry of Faiz Ahmad Faiz in English. In order to assess the Urdu poems and ghazals of Faiz Ahmad Faiz in English, various aims and objectives, research questions, significance of the study and research methodology have been developed in an introduction. In chapter I, various theories and strategies of translation and transcreation of poetry have been explored. Chapter II explores the review of important books, research articles and thesis with context to the present study. The chapter also explores available English translations of Faiz Ahmad Faiz and indicates the researcher s familiarity with the existing literature. newlineIn chapter III, analysis of various linguistic and stylistic elements in the poems and ghazals of Faiz Ahmad Faiz have been discussed. The analysis has been divided into various items, e.g. parts of speech like nouns, adjectives. Each item has been further divided into various categories to carry out the analysis. The analysis of stylistic issues was also approached on three categories. (i) translation of reduplicated words (ii) translation of compound words and (iii) translation of rhyming words. Each translator offers a different version according to his/her own understanding of the source word. In chapter IV, cultural and ideological issues of translation in the select poems and ghazals of Faiz Ahmad Faiz were discussed. The analysis has been approached from two angles: (i) translation of socio-cultural concepts and (ii) translation of religio-cultural concepts. newline newline