Translation of Literary Texts: An Experiment

Abstract

The present research endeavour is an attempt to emphasize that the translation of a literary text assists in a clear understanding of the original text for a stranger. Literary texts as a part of the curriculum reflect human values and are essentially included for percolating human upliftment. Translation enables reaching a larger number of target groups and contributes to conceptual understanding. It helps in wiping out existing cultural barriers by creating a canvas that propagates multiculturalism, making it a bridge across cultures even though the translation of poetry poses a challenging task with the linguistics varieties and variants. The researcher experimented with the translation of the poem “The Felling of a Banyan Tree” by Dilip Chitre into Marathi and Hindi languages from English and the translation of her Marathi poem Gandhari into the English language. Eventually, it is an effort to prove the fruitfulness of the translation of literary texts in the interests of humanity.