An Analytical Study of The Deforming Tendencies in The English Translation of Manto's Toba Tek Singh by Khalid Hasan
Keywords:
Saadat Hasan Manto, Toba Tek Singh, Khalid Hasan, translation studies, deforming tendencies, cultural exchange, literary translation, linguistic shifts, partition narrativeAbstract
The current study examines the changes that occurred due to the translation of the original text (ST) of the short story Toba Tek Singh (written by Manto. This short story was originally written in Urdu by Manto (1956) primarily focusing on the aftermaths that occurred after the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947. When this masterpiece was translated by Khalid Hasan from Urdu into English in 1987, certain changes or deteriorations occurred. The present study focuses on cultural, linguistic, and numerous contextual deteriorations in the translated work of Khalid Hasan. It also examines the approach in which the originality lost its essence and the deterioration in the meaning. The study utilizes the qualitative method of research by mainly applying Antonie Berman's Deforming Tendencies as the main theoretical framework for the analysis of the text. According to Berman, when a translator translates the text into another language many changes take place which dent the beauty of the original text (ST). The main objective of the study is to analyze the deforming tendencies and cultural shifts in the translated text (ST).
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