M.A. (Semester III) (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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Hippolytus is a tragedy.
Roman
Shakespearean
Greek
Spanish
Which goddess appears during the prologue?
Aphrodite
Demeter
Artemis
Athena
What did the lady hear at night?
The long sighs of the poet
Her own long sighs
The long sighs of her friends
the long sighs of her father
What does poet's grandmother sing of?
Germany
France
England
Africa
Which of the following play is not written by Vijay Tendulkar?
Begum Barve
The Vultures
Kamala
Kanyadan
Sakharam brings Laxmi from
Sonawane
Chimkhada
Amalner
Pune
The poem The Solution refers to the
Uprising of the workers in Berlin
Uprising of the workers in America
Uprising of the workers in England
Uprising of the workers in Chicago
Which Goddess does Hippolytus worship?
Aphrodite
Artemis
Athena
Psyche
The lines of our hands, according to Bernard Dadie are
gutters for grief
channels for tears
line of life
lines of death
10) The poem The River Merchant's Wife: A Letter is translated by
William Blake
W. B. Yeats
Ezra Pound
T. S. Eliot
11) How does Phaedra commit suicide?
she poisons herself
she hangs herself
she throws herself off the roof of the palace
she stabs herself
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12) What is the poet's appeal to his countrymen?
Stand up and run away
Stand up and shout Yes!
Stand up and fire
Stand up and shout No!
13) The word translation is derived from
transfer
transmission
translatus
transmutation
14) Intra-lingual translation is also called
translation proper
transmutation
rewording
transfer
Q.2
Answer the following questions in brief. (Any seven)
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Describe David Diop's love for Africa.
What appeal does David Diop make to his countrymen in Defiance Against Force?
How does the lady welcome in Dreaming of a dead lady?
Briefly comment on the relationship between the husband and the wife in River merchant's wife: A Letter.
What solution does Bertolt Brecht suggest in The Solution?
What are the feelings of the poet about Africa in Your Presence?
What is the theme of the poem River Merchant's wife: A Letter?
Write a note on Bernard Dadie's views on the lines of our hands.
How does David Diop bring out the racial discrimination in the poem Africa?
Q.3

Write short notes on any two of the following.
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Literary and non literary translation
Main types of Descriptive Translation studies
Translation as a cognitive activity

Answer in brief any two of the following.
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Bring out the importance of translation studies in the Indian context.
How does the knowledge of Stylistics help a Translator in his task?
Briefly comment on Translation as cross-cultural activity.
Q.4
Write a critical note on the man-woman relationship in Sakharam Binder.
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OR
Discuss the theme of 'lust and continence' in Hippolytus.
Q.5
Discuss translation as an experiment in cross-cultural communication.
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