Translation Today Editors Awadesh Kumar Mishra V. Saratchandran Nair Volume 8, Number 2, 2014 Editors Awadesh Kumar Mishra V. Saratchandran Nair Assistant Editors Geethakumary V. Abdul Halim Editorial Board Avadhesh Kumar Singh School of Translation Studies, IGNOU K.C. Baral EFLU, Shilong Campus Giridhar Rathi New Delhi Subodh Kumar Jha Magadh University Sushant Kumar Mishra School of Languages, IGNOU A.S. Dasan University of Mysore Ch.Yashawanta Singh Manipuri University Mazhar Asif Gauhati University K.S. Rao Sahitya Akademi iii Translation Today Volume 8 No.2, 2014 Editors: Awadesh Kumar Mishra V. Saratchandran Nair © Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore, 2014. This material may not be reproduced or transmitted, either in part or in full, in any form or by any means, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from : Prof. Awadesh Kumar Mishra Director Central Institute of Indian Languages, Manasagangotri, Hunsur Road, Mysore – 570 006, INDIA Phone: 0091/ 0821 -2515820 (Director) Pabx: 0091/ 0821 -2345052 Grams: BHARATI Fax: 0091/ 0821 -2345218 E-mail:
[email protected] Website: http://www.ciil.org (Director) www.ntm.org.in To contact Head, Publications ISSN-0972-8740 Single Issue: INR 200; US $ 6: EURO 5; POUND 4 including postage (air-mail) Published by Prof. Awadesh Kumar Mishra, Director Designed By : Nandakumar L, NTM, CIIL, Mysore Printed by M.N. Chandrashekar CIIL Printing Press, Manasagangotri, Hunsur Road Mysore – 570 006, India iv In This Issue EDITORIAL 1 ARTICLES Translation Theories and Translating Assamese Texts 5 Manjeet Baruah Translation: An Inter-Cultural Textual Transference 31 Shamala Ratnakar Role of Translation in Comparative Literature 40 Surjeet Singh Warwal The Ghost of the Author and the Afterlife of Translation 61 Farheena Danta and Bijay K Danta Translation as Handloom: Acknowledging Family as (Re-) Source 76 Akshaya Kumar Discerning the Intimacies of Intertextuality: A.