constructing pathways to translation - Higher Education Commission

Theoretically and technically speaking, the translated text ‘The Weary Generations’ can
be easily ascribed to be a transcreation or, linguistically speaking a Third Code, as
depicted in theoretical findings. The most dominant strategy, though unconsciously
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adopted by the translator in the TT is the strategy of
Marginalization, Compromise and
Compensation. As already underlined, and
acknowledged by the author himself, the ST
has altogether been marginalized into
a new book called translation with the retention of
one centralized idea: Post Colonial Nationalism.
In the pattern of the other three translators’ works, as
has been discussed, the translator’s
note or preface has not been included, which
the researcher personally feels it to be
essential for any translated work.
It is the translator’s preface which can provide some
useful information about the intentions, rationale
and method of the translated work.
That can help to make the analysis more valid and useful for the devised Translation
Pedagogy and Process.
Overall, regarding the translator’s role, Abdullah Hussein has made full use of the
autonomy and dignity of a translator, and has asserted his individuality as a translator,
and dictated his own matrix of translation,which is his right. The TT exhibits the
translator’s vast knowledge of history, politics, economics, agriculture and military
operations, besides his linguistic competence. Abdullah Hussein no doubt through his
work, has emerged as a versatile writer, translator and a bi-linguist, par excellence.
8.6 CONCLUSION
The translation ‘The Weary Generations’ when compared to the ST ‘Oddas Neslein’
appears to be a moderate but adequate attempt, since the ST undoubtedly excels as a rare
masterpiece of Urdu literature in its artistic craftsmanship, language, expression, diction,
style and eloquence,
and above all the thematic concern: of recovering a displaced,
fragmented and discredited identity and to reconstitute cultural intensity. The writer has
succeeded in constructing and justifying a vision of an independent nation by unsettling
the perspective that organized the colonialist world.
Finally, in translator’s own words, the work is an English version of his novel, rather
than a traditional translation,
per se. As such, it is a successful ‘third code’, which may
encourage other bi-lingual writers to follow suit.