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the other hand, believes that it is the sixth sense that enables one to find the latent
meaning in the original text.
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Dr Hamid worked for ten strenuous years on the Philosophy of Translation that led him
to the conclusion that no special training can help in the translation process. He agreed
that it is done most of the time instinctively. Dr Attash holds that there is room for
natural abilities to operate during the translation process but certain techniques are also
required to be learned.
Dr Naeem, however, vehemently asserts that translation cannot be done instinctively and
supports his arguments on medical grounds. He even does not favor any special training,
but thinks that sharing of experiences through workshops can help in producing better
translations and becoming better translators.
9.2.3 THE ROLE OF THE TRANSLATOR
The role of the translator as a mediator, a reconciliator, a creator, a co-creator or re-
creator is yet another controversial area in Translation Studies.
The Questionnaire
Survey has also not provided a definite answer and remains un-resolved issue. Dr Hamid
deems the translator as a re-creator and holds that a good creator can be a good
translator that means translator has a paradoxical role: he is a writer and a translator at
the same time.While Dr Attash Durrani also thinks the same and further adds that
mediation is also part of recreation. However translator is also a re-writer. Dr Naeem
once again asserts that the translator is just a mediator and cannot be a creator. On
similar grounds he maintains that the translator is a simple translator and cannot be a
writer. Dr Asif Furukhi holds that the translator can be both a complete writer and
translator, at the same time. Dr Ikram Azam has suggested co-creativity as the
translator’s task to recreate the original, caringly and carefully. As far as the task of the
translator is concerned, all of them have underlined the same tasks as had already been
mentioned in the Literature review
and conclusion of the thesis .
The borderlines of translator’s ‘freedom and limitation’ are determined by the translator
himself, is what Dr Hamid holds. Dr Attash Durrani thinks that total freedom is only in
journalistic translation and adaptation. Dr Naeem on the other hand, holds that it is the
consideration of the audience/reader interest that enable the translator to determine his