Techniques and Gaps in Translation of Cultural Terms: A Case of The Autobiography Binod Chaudhary
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The research work entitled Techniques and Gaps in Translation of Cultural
Terms: A Case of the Autobiography Binod Chaudhary is an attempt to
deal with the techniques and gaps in translation of cultural terms used in the
autobiography Binod Chaudhary. The main objectives of the study were to
identify the Nepali cultural terms used in the autobiography Binod Chaudhary
and their equivalents in English translation and to find out the techniques
employed in the translation of Nepali cultural terms into English version and
point out the gaps in translation process. The study was carried out by
adopting the survey research design. The data were collected from the
secondary sources only. Observation was the major tool for data collection.
Hundred cultural terms were selected from the autobiography and the context
of the respective terms was provided. The cultural terms were selected by
adopting purposive non-random sampling strategy. The major finding of the
study was that there was a use of six different techniques to translate the
selected cultural terms. They are literal translation, transference, substitution,
addition/elaboration, deletion and sense translation. Among them, literal
translation was the mostly used technique i.e. 39% and sense translation was
the least used technique i.e. 6% of the total frequency. Similarly, many of the
gaps were caused by the transference technique of translation i.e. 40%.
This study consists of five chapters. The first chapter deals with background of
the study, statements of the problem, objectives of the study, research
questions, significance of the study, delimitations of the study and operational
definitions of the key terms. The second chapter deals with the review of
theoretical and empirical literature, conceptual framework of the study and an
overview of the autobiography Binod Chaudhary. Likewise, the third chapter
deals with the methodology adopted for the study in which, design and method
of the study, population, sample and sampling strategy of the study, research
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tools, sources of data, data collection procedures and data analysis and
interpretation procedures of the study and ethical considerations are discussed.
The fourth chapter deals with the analysis and interpretation of the collected
data descriptively and using simple statistical tool i.e. percentage. Similarly,
the fifth chapter deals with the findings based on the analysis and
interpretation of the data, conclusion derived from the findings and
recommendations. This chapter is followed by reference and appendices.