constructing pathways to translation - Higher Education Commission

2.Substitution
ST. p:80.
The boy went out. They had eaten with no light on table and old man took off his
trousers and went to bed in the dark. He rolled his trousers up to make a pillow, putting
the newspaper inside them.
TT. p:13.
Larrka bahir chala gaya. Unhon ney roshni key baghair he meiz par khana kha leya tha
aur boorrhey ney andherey he mein apni patloon utari aur bistar par draz ho gaya. Us
ney apni patloon key andar akhbar rakh kar (gole) lapait kar takiya bana liya.
3. Vocabulary / Lexis
ST. p:14.
He loved green turtles and hawks bills with their elegance and speed and their great
value and he had a friendly contempt for the huge, stupid logger heads, yellow in their
armour plating, strange in their love making, and happily eating the Portuguese men-ofwar
with their eyes shut.
TT. p:21.
Isay sabaz kechway aur hawk bil (nami kechway) apnay thath , rafter or faiday key bais
achey lagtey they aur usey barrey barrey ahmeq, peelay zarra baktar numa khol walay
ajeeb tarhan say muhbbat karnay waley aur aankhein baand kar, prtagezi, ‘jangi
jahazon’, ko kha janey waley kachwoon sey aik tarhan ki dostana haqarat-o-nafrat thi.
ST. p:36.
The old man held him with left hand and his shoulders now and stooped down and
scooped up water in his right hand to get the crushed dolphin flesh off he of his face.
TT. p:55.
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