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Unique Paper Code: 12033904
Name of the Course: BA Honours

Name of the Paper: SEC - Translation Studies
Semester: III
Maximum Marks: 75
Duration: 3+1 Hours
Instructions for Candidates:

1. Read the questions and instructions carefully.
2. This paper contains a total of six questions out of which the student must answer any
four.
3. Each question carries 18.75 marks.
4. All answers are to be written in 400-600 words.
5. The maximum time allowed for the paper is 3+1 hours of which 1 hour is given for
downloading the question paper, scanning and uploading the answer sheets.
Q 1. In order to be a good translator, one must have a strong cultural understanding of the
source language and target language. Discuss with appropriate examples. (18.75)
Q 2. Code-switching and code-mixing are common practices in multilingual societies.

Explain with examples. (18.75)
Q 3. What are some things a translator must keep in mind while translating advertisements?
Explain with the example of a few advertisements. (18.75)
Q 4. A good translator is automatically a good interpreter. Evaluate this statement with

respect to the similarities and differences between the two processes. (18.75)
Q 5. (a). Translate the following passage into Hindi: (8.75)
What writers struggle to express through numerous newspaper columns, the cartoon manages
in a pointed one-liner. Little wonder then, that the first thing most of us like to see when we
pick up a newspaper is the cartoon. Simple though it may seem, making a cartoon is an art
that requires a combination of hard work, training and a good sense of humour. Cartoonists
say that the cartoons that make us laugh the most are in fact the cartoons that are hardest to
make. Even celebrated cartoonists like R.K. Laxman admit that making a cartoon is not a
piece of cake. Laxman says he has to wait for over six hours, which includes spending a lot of
time scanning newspapers and television channels before any idea strikes him.
So how does one become a cartoonist? Which of us has the talent to make it? How can we
make people smile or laugh? Most cartoonists come from art colleges, while some learn the
craft on their own. Most established cartoonists are of the view that no institute can teach you
to make a cartoon. "You can pick up the craft, you may learn to sketch and draw in institutes,
but no one can teach anyone how to make a good cartoon," says Uday Shanker, a cartoonist
with Nav Bharat Times. While basics, like drawing and sketching can be learnt in an art
college, and are important skills, these alone, do not make a good cartoonist. Because it's a
question of one's creativity and sense of humour; two qualities one simply may not have. The
advice established cartoonists give is that just because you can sketch, don't take it for
granted that you will become a cartoonist.
(b). Find the closest Hindi equivalent for any five of the following proverbs/idioms: (10)
i. killing two birds with one stone

ii. being on cloud nine
iii. strike while the iron is hot
iv. a stitch in time saves nine
v. one bitter, twice shy
vi. blowing your own trumpet
Q. 6. (a). Translate the following passage into English: (8.75)
वातावयण एवं वाम-ु भंडर का दषू षत होना प्रदष

ू ण कहराता है । प्रदष
ू ण की सभस्मा संऩण
ू ण षवश्व भें फड़ी ही त़ीव्रता से
अऩना प्रबाव जभात़ी जा यही है । आज सभस्त भानव जातत इस सभस्मा से आतंककत है , औय षवश्व का प्रत्मेक दे श
अऩने-अऩने ढं ग से इस सभस्मा के सभाधान भें सरंग्न है । प्रदष
ू ण एक ऐस़ी षवकट सभस्मा है , जजसका सभुचित
सभाधान नहीं हो ऩा यहा है । वैज्ञातनकों का भत है कक सभम यहते मदद तत्कार पैर यहे इस प्रदष
ू ण को सही ढं ग से
तनमंत्रित नहीं ककस्भ गमा तो आगाभ़ी दशकों भें संऩूणण धयत़ी ककस़ी ब़ी ज़ीवधायी के यहने मोग्म नहीं यहे ग़ी। प्रदष
ू ण
का प्रबाव वनस्ऩततमों ऩय ब़ी होगा औय मह शस्मश्माभरा धयत़ी षवकृत वनस्ऩततमों के कायण अऩऩी संऩण
ू ण
सुन्दयता एवं उऩादे मता खो दे ग़ी।
(b). Find the closest equivalent in English for any five of the following words: (10)
i. आमोग
ii. प्रफंधक
iii. तनदान
iv. आधतु नक
v. ऩयभाणु
vi. ऩीराभ

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Unique Paper Code: 12033904

Name of the Course: BA Honours

Instructions for Candidates:

Q 2. Code-switching and code-mixing are common practices in multilingual societies.

Q 4. A good translator is automatically a good interpreter. Evaluate this statement with

Q 5. (a). Translate the following passage into Hindi: (8.75)

i. killing two birds with one stone

Q. 6. (a). Translate the following passage into English: (8.75)

वातावयण एवं वाम-ु भंडर का दषू षत होना प्रदष

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