The Techniques and Cultural Gaps of Translation: A Case of Novel “Samanantar Aakash”

Abstract

The present study entitledThe Techniques and Cultural Gap of Translation:A Case of NovelSamanantar Aakashis an attempt tofind out the techniquesadopted in translation of the cultural terms and observe the gaps in the processof translation. The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the techniques oftranslation of cultural word and to find out the gaps. For this purpose theresearcher collected one hundred fifty cultural words as sample of data for thestudy from Nepali version of the Novel Samanantar Aakash and thecorresponding words from the English version of the same book. He selectedonly one hundred cultural terms out of one hundred fifty from selected list. Hecategorized them into five different categories. Ten different techniques such asliteral, substitution, addition, deletion, claque, back translation, borrowing,definition, blending were found to have been employed in translating thecultural terms of the novel. Among them literal translation was most frequentwhich covers 50.3 % and blending was the least one which covers 7.69%.Similarly, six types of gap were found in this study. This thesis is divided into four chapters. Chapter one introduced generalbackground, review of related literature, objectives of the study andsignificance of the study. The second chapter deals with methodology adoptedfor the study. It encompasses sources of data, process of data collection andlimitations of the study. Chapter three presents an analysis and interpretation ofthe data. In this chapter data have been analyzed and interpreted throughstatistical and descriptive approach. Chapter four presents the findings from theanalysis of data. On the basis of the findings some recommendations andpedagogical implication have been given.