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Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Introduction to Translation Studies Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026

Syllabus for Introduction to Translation Studies

Major elective · English · Semester 5 · TY BA · 4 credits · 100 marks · 60 hours

Module 1: Important terms and concepts

  • 1 Translation
  • 2 Transliteration
  • 3 Source Language Text and Target Language Text
  • 4 Loss and Gain in Translation
  • 5 Tools of Translation
  • 6 Qualities and Strategies of Translator
  • 7 Subtitling and Dubbing

Module 2: Theories of Translation

  • 1 Rabindranath Tagore’s Theory of Translation
  • 2 Walter Benjamin, “The Task of the Translator”
  • 3 Eugene Nida, ‘Formal and Dynamic Equivalence’ (pp.159-178) from the chapter ‘Principles of Correspondence’ in “Toward a Science of Translating”

Module 3: Problems of Genre Translation

  • 1 Translation of Prose and fiction
  • 2 Translation of Poetry
  • 3 Translation of drama

Module 4: Translated Fictional and Non-Fictional texts

  • 1 Marathi - तुकाराम गाथा (Any 5 abhangas)
  • English - Says Tuka, Translated by Dilip Chitre
  • 2 Hindi – रे त समाधी - Geetanjali Shree (First 3 chapters) English - Tomb of Sand translated by Daisy Rockwell
  • 3 Annihilation of Caste (Pages 1-5) by Dr B. R. Ambedkar. (English to Marathi / Hindi)

Reference Books

  • 1 Asaduddin, M. “Translation and Indian Literature: Some Reflections”. https://www.ntm.org.in/download/ttvol/volume3/ARTICLES/01%20%20Translation %20and%20Indian%20Literature%20%20%20Some%20Reflections%20%20M.%2 0 Asaduddin.pdf
  • 2 Baker, Mona. Routledge Encyclopedia of Translation Studies. London: Routledge, 2001.
  • 3 Bassnett, S. Translation Studies. London: Rutledge, 1988.
  • 4 Benjamin, Walter (1968): “The Task of the Translator,” in Illuminations, edited by Hannah Arendt, translated by Harry Zohn, New York: Schocken Books, pp 69–82.
  • 5 Chitre, Dilip. Says Tuka, Penguin India Limited,1991.
  • 6 Geetanjali Shree, Ret Samadhi, Rajkamal Prakashan, India, 2018.
  • 7 G. Gopinathan and S. Kandaswamy (eds), Problems of Translation, Lokbharati Prakashan, Allahabad, 1998.
  • 8 Jakobson, Roman. 'On Linguistic Aspects of Translation', in R. A. Brower (ed.) On
  • 9 Translation, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1959, pp. 232-39.
  • 10 Munday, Jeremy. Introducing Translation Studies. Tehran: Yalda Ghalam, 2001.
  • 11 Newmark, Peter. Approaches to Translation. Oxford: Pregamon Press, 1981.
  • 12 Nida, Eugene A. Towards a Science of Translating, London: E. J. Brill, 1964.
  • 13 Nida, Eugene A. and C.R.Taber. The Theory and Practice of Translation. London: E. J. Brill,1969.
  • 14 Nida, Eugene A. Language, Structure, and Translation: Essays by Nida. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1975.
  • 15 Quirk, Randolph, The Linguist and the English Language. London: Edward Arnold, 1974.
  • 16 Rockwell, Daisy. Tomb of Sand. Penguin Random House India, 2022.
  • 17 SantTukaramGatha–https://archive.org/stream/sant-tukaram gatha/Complete%20Sant%20Tukaram%20Gatha_djvu.txt
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