Semantic, pragmatic and cultural equivalence in the source text and target text of the selected poetry of Amjad Islam Amjad
Joint Authors
Ludhi, Muhammad Irfan
Wazir, Ruqayah
Source
Bulletin of Advanced English Studies
Issue
Vol. 5, Issue 2 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.20-28, 9 p.
Publisher
Refaad Center for Studies and Research
Publication Date
2020-12-31
Country of Publication
Jordan
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Present study aims to find semantic, pragmatics and cultural equivalence in the source text and the translated text of the selected poetry of Amjad Islam Amjad.
The poem that has been selected is “kabhi kabhi habs bhari ratoon main” with English translated version of Michael Burch along under the title ‘Every once in a while’.
The research design adopted for this study was exploratory and case-based design comprised upon the poetry of Amjad Islam Amjad.
One poem in Source language (Urdu) and its translated version (English) was taken through critical case sampling method.
The study attempted to explore the frequency and extent of linguistic items equally used in both texts and what is the amount of poignancy and essence in them.
The study concludes that significant traces of semantic, pragmatic and cultural transplantation has been found in the source text and translated text of the sample drawn for the analysis.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Wazir, Ruqayah& Ludhi, Muhammad Irfan. 2020. Semantic, pragmatic and cultural equivalence in the source text and target text of the selected poetry of Amjad Islam Amjad. Bulletin of Advanced English Studies،Vol. 5, no. 2, pp.20-28.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1437063
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Wazir, Ruqayah& Ludhi, Muhammad Irfan. Semantic, pragmatic and cultural equivalence in the source text and target text of the selected poetry of Amjad Islam Amjad. Bulletin of Advanced English Studies Vol. 5, no. 2 (Dec. 2020), pp.20-28.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1437063
American Medical Association (AMA)
Wazir, Ruqayah& Ludhi, Muhammad Irfan. Semantic, pragmatic and cultural equivalence in the source text and target text of the selected poetry of Amjad Islam Amjad. Bulletin of Advanced English Studies. 2020. Vol. 5, no. 2, pp.20-28.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1437063
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 28
Record ID
BIM-1437063