Relevance of translation as a course

Abstract

This research work entitled “Relevance of Translation as a Course” was carried out to find out the perception of students on relevancy of teaching of translation academically in ELT syllabus. I used both primary and secondary sources of data in this study. I purposively selected four campuses- Department of English Education, Kirtipur, Mahendra Ratna Campus, Butwal Multiple Campus and Tansen Multiple Campus. And 35 students were selected from Department of English Education, 20 from Mahendra Ratna Campus, 15 from Butwal Multiple Campus and 10 from Tansen Multiple Campus using not random judgmental sampling procedure. They were given questionnaires for the collection of primary data. This study shows that majority of the students found translation as a relevant in the sense that it developed language skills and vocabulary aspect of language and provided the skills of translating text into second language without loosing its meaning. Likewise, majority of the students i.e. 90% expressed that it was a practical subject in career development. This thesis consists of four chapters. The first chapter introduces the study with general background i.e. importance and scope of translation; teaching of translation and translation: situational study in case of Nepal. This chapter also deals with the review of literature, the objectives and significance of the study. The second chapter deals with procedures adopted to carry out the research. It contains the information on the sources of data, sampling procedure, tools, process of data collection and limitations of the study. Similarly, the third chapter consists of the analysis and interpretation of the data collected through questionnaire. The fourth chapter deals with the major findings of the study on the basis of analysis and interpretation of the data. It also deals with some recommendations made on the basis of findings of the study. Finally, the fourth chapter is followed by the references and appendices.