Zafar al-Mohsin Pirzada's Literary Translations: An Analysis
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Jameel Noori Nastaleeq";" lang="EN-US">The tradition of translation in Urdu literature is not very old but Urdu translation is fast setting its evolutiona...
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| Format: | Article |
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University of the Punjab, Institute of Urdu Language and Literature, Lahore
2023-07-01
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| Series: | بازیافت |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.pu.edu.pk/journals/index.php/Bazyaft/article/view/5895 |
| Summary: | <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Jameel Noori Nastaleeq";" lang="EN-US">The tradition of translation in Urdu literature is not very old but Urdu translation is fast setting its evolutionary stages</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Jameel Noori Nastaleeq";" lang="ER">۔</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Jameel Noori Nastaleeq";" lang="EN-US"> Most of the translations that have been done so far in Urdu have been from English to Urdu. Zafar al-Mohsin Pirzada's name is particularly noteworthy in urdu translation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Zafar al-Mohsin Pirzada's first translated literary book is by Robert Bolt, who is one of the best play writers in English</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Jameel Noori Nastaleeq";" lang="ER">.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;" lang="ER"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Jameel Noori Nastaleeq";" lang="EN-US">Robert wrote a play a “Man for all seasons” in 1960. Zafar al-Mohsin Pirzada translated this book in 2013 which was published from the Institute of Compilation and Translation of Punjab University</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Jameel Noori Nastaleeq"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Jameel Noori Nastaleeq"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The second literary translation is derived from </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Jameel Noori Nastaleeq";" lang="EN-US">B</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Jameel Noori Nastaleeq"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">razilian writer Paolo Quilo's novel </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Jameel Noori Nastaleeq";" lang="EN-US">“</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Jameel Noori Nastaleeq"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The Alchemist</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Jameel Noori Nastaleeq";" lang="EN-US">”</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Jameel Noori Nastaleeq"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">. The novel was originally written in Portuguese while Pirzada translated the novel freely from English into Urdu. The purpose of the </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Jameel Noori Nastaleeq";" lang="EN-US">article</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Jameel Noori Nastaleeq"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> under consideration is to examine the literary translations of Zafar al-Mohsin Pirzada intellectually and to highlight the literary importance of these translations and to </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Jameel Noori Nastaleeq";" lang="EN-US">analyse the subject of these translations.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p> |
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| ISSN: | 1992-3678 2788-4848 |