constructing pathways to translation - Higher Education Commission

Mein ney baran saal kat leye, buttees saal aur hein- daiko ‘us ney upna kandha dikhaya
jis per uski tareek-i-rehai 1956 likhi hoi thee. Darwaza band kar key jatey howey wo
bola: ‘Ab tum ney kisi pur hath utaya to darrein lagein gey- suna, harami;
Such situations and effects of prison life elaborated in the ST (p:305-309) have
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altogether been abandoned in the TT. Only a passing hint and reference has been made.
The hard fact remains that such prison and jail conditions are still prevalent in Pakistan
in the year 2008.
The fisherman’s narration, and the language and style of the ST (p:236-253) has been
given a detailed analysis in the TT (p:189-199), where fisherman narrates Jalianwala
bagh’s incident,but not in the way it has been presented in the ST. The message is
different in the TT, as
compared to the ST:
Phir wo manzar shoroo howa jo zindagi mein bohat kum deikney mein ata hei. Sarey
bagh mein afratafri phail gai aur wo baghdr machi jo saaf pani mein jaal phankney pur
muchleion mein muchti hei.
Tum kabhi andaza nahi laga saktey keh is baghi shehr ko kitni bari saza milli --------bazaar
key doono taraf gorrey sipaheoon ki qitarein nashist bandhein goli chalaney ke
liye khari thein aur bazaar key beechoon beech insani jismoon ka aik darya tha jo beh
raha tha aur sub zameen pur lait ker pait key bal reengtey howey pachees gaz ko wo
tukra tey kar rahey they-------- unhein bataya gaya aur hum sub ko bataya gaya key
humein sanp ki tarah pait per chal kar yahan sey guzarna hai, jahan per unki aurat key
sath sanpoon ka sa salook kia gia tha. Aur mein ney daikha ho jo koi bhi khonioon pur