Central University hosts seminar on translation

On: January 22, 2015 In: Cities & Towns, Jammu Tags: Central University

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JAMMU: The Department of English, Central University of Jammu (CUJ) organised a national seminar on ‘In Translation: Issues and Contexts here on Wednesday. The seminar deliberated upon the issues and contexts in translation with reference to nationalism, culture, linguistics and texts.

The seminar began with the introductory remarks by Prof. Deepak Raj Gupta, Academic Administrator, CUJ. The keynote speaker, Prof. Sumanyu Satpathy, Head, Department of English, University of Delhi, spoke on Translating Nonsense. He called ‘Nonsense’ a tenth Rasa and talked about the importance of translation and the problems encountered while translating ‘Nonsense-texts’ like Alice in Wonderland.

Prof. Nandini Bhattacharya, Head, Department of English, Central University of Jammu, spoke on nationalism and translation. She deliberated upon the role of translation in the Gandhian resistance movement in Africa and in the struggle for Swaraj in India. Earlier, Raj Thakur introduced the theme of the seminar; Neena Gupta Vij gave a brief introduction about the history of Dogri language and said that the seminar was a prelude to a major project the Department of English has undertaken to translate Dogri and Gojri narratives into English.

Other speakers were Dr. Vandhana Sharma, Director In-Charge SMVDU, Jammu; Amitabh Vikram Dwivedi, from SMVDU and Sudhir Singh, Assistant Prof. Government Degree College, Udhampur, Jammu.

The paper reading session was followed by a panel discussion by Prof. Sumanyu Satpathy, Prof. Nandini Bhattacharya and other participants from CUJ, University of Jammu and Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra. The seminar concluded with a vote of thanks and distribution of certificates to the participants.