Exam Details
| Subject | elective — translation –theory and practice | |
| Paper | ||
| Exam / Course | m.a. english | |
| Department | ||
| Organization | alagappa university | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | November, 2017 | |
| City, State | tamil nadu, karaikudi |
Question Paper
M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER 2017
Third Semester
English
Elective — TRANSLATION THEORY AND PRACTICE
(CBCS 2014 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Part A (10 X 2 20)
Answer all the questions.
1. Whose Bible translation marked the start of a great
flowering of English Bible translations?
2. What does 'Paraphrase' mean in translation?
3. What is transliteration?
4. Is translation an art?
5. What do you understand by 'fidelity' in translation?
6. Explain translation.
7. Give two difficulties in translating a poem.
8. What is sense-for-sense translation?
9. "All the world's a stage
And all the men and women merely players". Tranlate
into Tamil.
4MEN3E4
AFF-4749
2
Wk 14
Part B X 5 25)
Answer all the questions.
11. Eric Jacobsen claims that translation is a Roman
invention. Do you agree with his view?
Or
Write a short note on Bible translations.
12. Belloc points out that there can be no identical
equivalents in translation; how can this be
overcome?
Or
What is semantic translation?
13. Briefly discuss the types of translation.
Or
What do you understand by "decoding and recoding"
in translation?
14. Discuss the specific problems of literary translation.
Or
Analyse the strategies used for translating poetry.
15. Translate the given passage from English to Tamil.
What is spiritual maturity?
spiritual maturity is when you stop trying to
change others, and focus on changing yourself.
spiritual maturity is when you stop proving to
the world, how intelligent you are.
Or
AFF-4749
3
Wk 14
Part C X 10 30)
Answer any three questions.
16. Trace the history of translation.
17. How can you transfer meaning and communicative effects
from SL to TL?
18. Translation is neither a creative art nor an imitative are
Discuss.
19. What problems are faced by a translate while translating
dramatic texts?
20. Translate the following into Tamil.
Behold her, single in the field,
Yon solitary Highland lass!
Reaping and singing by herself
Stop here, or gently pass!
Alone she cuts and bends the grain,
And sings a melancholy strain,
O listen! for the rale profound
Is overflowing with the sound.
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Third Semester
English
Elective — TRANSLATION THEORY AND PRACTICE
(CBCS 2014 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Part A (10 X 2 20)
Answer all the questions.
1. Whose Bible translation marked the start of a great
flowering of English Bible translations?
2. What does 'Paraphrase' mean in translation?
3. What is transliteration?
4. Is translation an art?
5. What do you understand by 'fidelity' in translation?
6. Explain translation.
7. Give two difficulties in translating a poem.
8. What is sense-for-sense translation?
9. "All the world's a stage
And all the men and women merely players". Tranlate
into Tamil.
4MEN3E4
AFF-4749
2
Wk 14
Part B X 5 25)
Answer all the questions.
11. Eric Jacobsen claims that translation is a Roman
invention. Do you agree with his view?
Or
Write a short note on Bible translations.
12. Belloc points out that there can be no identical
equivalents in translation; how can this be
overcome?
Or
What is semantic translation?
13. Briefly discuss the types of translation.
Or
What do you understand by "decoding and recoding"
in translation?
14. Discuss the specific problems of literary translation.
Or
Analyse the strategies used for translating poetry.
15. Translate the given passage from English to Tamil.
What is spiritual maturity?
spiritual maturity is when you stop trying to
change others, and focus on changing yourself.
spiritual maturity is when you stop proving to
the world, how intelligent you are.
Or
AFF-4749
3
Wk 14
Part C X 10 30)
Answer any three questions.
16. Trace the history of translation.
17. How can you transfer meaning and communicative effects
from SL to TL?
18. Translation is neither a creative art nor an imitative are
Discuss.
19. What problems are faced by a translate while translating
dramatic texts?
20. Translate the following into Tamil.
Behold her, single in the field,
Yon solitary Highland lass!
Reaping and singing by herself
Stop here, or gently pass!
Alone she cuts and bends the grain,
And sings a melancholy strain,
O listen! for the rale profound
Is overflowing with the sound.
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