M.A. (Semester III) (CBCS) Examination, 2017
ENGLISH (PAPER VIII)
TRANSLATION STUIDES
Day Date: Saturday, 06-05-2017 Max. Marks: 70
Time: 02.30 PM to 05.00 PM
N.B. All questions are compulsory.
Figures to the right indicate full marks.
Q.1 Complete the following sentences by choosing the correct
alternative.
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Where does the action of the play Hippolytus take place?
Athens Troezen
Crete Sparta
Which god does Theseus call upon to exact revenge upon
Hippolytus?
Aphrodite Zeus
Artemis Poseidon
Which of the following play is not written by Vijay Tendulkar?
Begum Barve Ghashiram Kotwal
Kamala Kanyadan
The action of the play Sakharam Binder takes place in
Amalner Sakharam's house
Champa's house Printing press
Who translated the poem Africa into English?
Bernard Dadie Arthur Waley
Gerald Moore and Ulii Beier Michael Hamburger
A precondition for translation to Anthony Pym is
Language Transfer
Interpretation Literature
According to Bernard Dadie, The 'lines of our hands' are

Not white, blank, yellow Not black and white
Not black and blue Not black and green
What is the poet's to his countrymen in Defiance against
Force?
Stand up shout No! Stand up and salute
Run away Retaliate
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Inter semiotic translation is also known as
Rewording Translation proper
Transfer Transmutation
10) The word translation is derived from
Translation Transmutation
Transmission Translatus
11) Vijay Tendulker received Padmabhshan award in
1972 1983 1984 1999
12) Who translated Sakharam Binder?
Gauri Deshpande
Sashi Deshpande
Kumud Mehata and Shanta Gokhale
Priya Adarkar
13) The poem Your Presence is addressed to
France England Kenya Africa
14) The girl in The River Merchant's wife: A Letter married at the
age of
Fourteen Sixteen Eighteen Twenty one
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How does the poet express his love to Africa?
What is the central idea of the poem Defiance against Force?
How are the 'lines of our hands' according to Bernard Dadie?
What solution does the poet give in the poem The Solution?
How does David Diop rediscover his identity in 'Your
Presence'?
Describe the emotions of river merchant's wife.
Describe poet's dream of a dead lady?
Write in brief on the intense love of river merchant's wife.
How does the lady welcome the poet?
Q. 3 Write short notes any 08
Major issues of literary translation.
Descriptive Translation Studies.
Translation as a cognitive activity.
Write short-notes on any two of the following: 06
How does the knowledge of stylistics help the translator in
his task?
Write in brief on inter-lingual translation.
What is the role of translation in the Indian context?
Q.4 "Sakharam Binder exposes the impotent fury of a male
masochist". Discuss.
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OR
Discuss the theme of 'lust and continence' in the play
Hippolytus.
Q.5 Discuss Roman Jacobson's three kinds of translation in the light of
linguistic aspects of translation.