Exam Details

Subject Translation
Paper
Exam / Course Bachelor Degree Programme
Department School of Humanities (SOH)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date June, 2016
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

Translate the following passage into Hindi

The older of the two would be above thirty. He was a tall and stout man. It was because he was too stout that he could not be said to possess a good figure. His complexion was dull and dark. There were no features on his face which could give him the least claim to handsomeness. On the contrary he had something positively unattractive about him. In fact, his was not a common face; at the same time it was difficult to define its peculiarity off-hand.

2. Translate any five of the following into Hindi:

She bade her farewell with sorrow and heartily wished her peace with her husband.

Facing the steps was the reception-room, in the front veranda of which two men were engaged in talk.

It was only last year that I decided to stop living in a big city and settle down in Kerala.

When Kamalakshi saw a stranger open the gate and come in that evening, she threw down the broom in her hand, and rushed to the veranda.

But no writer has any valid excuse to stay alive after she has stopped writing.

His throat seemed parched. The voice was cracked. I gave him a glass of cold water to drink.

3. Attempt any three of the following questions;

Discuss the problems of translating poetry.

How is translating drama different from translating prose?

Why is a translator's work more difficult than a creative writer's work? Discuss.

Discuss the process of translating prose.

4. Write short notes on any four of the following:

Official translation

Technical translation

Translation of Press communiques

Literary translation vis-a-vis scientific translation

Style and register

5. Translate the following terms:

gazette

pay and accounts

undertaking

registration

conservation

notification

investigation

broadcasting

tender

deemed


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