M.A. (Semester IV) (CBCS) Examination Mar/Apr-2018
English (Paper VIII)
TRANSLATION STUDIES
Time: 2½ Hours
Max. Marks: 70
Instructions: All questions are compulsory. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
Q.1
Select the appropriate word:
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The name of the vice-principal of the college where Pandurang studied was
Prof. Damle
Prof. Gune
Prof. Limaye
Prof. Paranjape
Madhu Deshmukh, Pandurang's friend became in Mumbai.
Military Officer
Lecturer
Teacher
Painter
Chemmeen was first translated into English
Anita Nair
V. K. Narayan
T. S. Pillai
Pallikunnath Kandankoran
T S Pillai received Jnanpith Award in
1956
1962
1984
2011
The head of the village Bira was
Pandit Udaybhan Pandey
Udaybhan Shukla
Shriram Pandey
Pandit Bhagwan Pandey
Sharankumar Limbale decided to establish organization in his village.
Blue Flag
SFI
Green Flag
RPI
The real name of the lunatic Toba Tek Singh was
Fazal Din
Ragbir Singh
Balbir Singh
Bishan Singh
The women working in the sugarcane fields are compared with
bullocks tethered to oil press
slaves in concentration camps
criminals in prison
none of the above
In Bitter Truth the poet thinks that his heart has hardened like
tar roads
metalled roads
dusty roads
rail roads
10) The short story Catastrophe was originally written by
Mahasweta Devi
Mahadevi Varma
Premchand
Girija Shankar Parsai
11) Deep Runs the Well by Paresh Narendra Kamat is translated by
Meena Alexander
Sacheen Pai Raikar
Mallika Sengupta
Ashok Bajpeyi
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12) Pareekutty was also known as
Little Boss
Big Boss
Nallapenu
Achkunju
13) Whose quotation did Pandurang find on the wall of Tambe's room?
Lokmanya Tilak
Mahatma Gandhi
Swami Vivekananad
Vinayak Sawarkar
14) Someone promised the poet to fetch
the fruits of liberty
the fruits from Kashmir
the fruits democracy
the fruits of freedom
Q.2
Answer the following questions in brief. (Any seven)
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What is the dream of the poet in I Could be Twenty again'?
What does the poet see in bus mirror?
How does the poet express modern man's insensitivity in Bitter Truth?
How does the poet overcome his loneliness?
Describe the different roles of a
Explain the title Madhushala.
Describe pitiable and dismal conditions of workers in sugarcane fields.
What happened with the man who went to fetch the fruits of freedom?
Q.3

Write short notes on any two of the following.
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Relation between translation and interpretation
Textual Equivalence in translation
Authenticity in translation

Answer in brief any two of the following.
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What do you mean by ethics in Translation?
How does the translator maintain the professional detachment in his job?
What is politics in translation?
Q.4
Write a critical note on the theme of alienation and disillusionment in Cocoon.
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OR
Discuss Chemmeen as a tragic story of forbidden love.
Q.5
Throw light on the devastating effects of casteism portrayed in the story Blue Flags.