Art and Craft of Translation Technology versu...

Art and Craft of Translation Technology versus the Business of Language

Author Name : Dr. Santosh Kumar Nayak

ABSTRACT

The paper tries to unveil the yard stick of a good translation. Attempts have been taken to unfurl the qualities of a true translator and light has been focused on the art and craft of translation. What is the role and function of language in a text and in translation as well has been discussed in this paper. A number of techniques have been mentioned and discussed here regarding the possibilities of the translator to capture both the source and target language, i.e., of the Source Text and the Target Text of the translating language. The ideal characteristics of a competent translator and the does and don’ts of translation have been described here.

Key Words: Translation, Trans-creation, Biculturalism, Language.