ENG423: Translation Studies
Class Plan: 40, Spring 2020 Teacher: Md. Hasan Ashik Rahman
Lecture No. Date Topic
1. Intro: Icebreaking, about the course, Importance and Problems of
Translation
Lecture Slides-1
2. Intro: what is translation studies “Introduction” from Susssan Bassnett’s Translation Studies, Page:
12-21
Lecture Slides-2 3. “Translation Techniques”
Practicum: 1: Letter translation:
Bengali to English (Ekattorer Chithi)
“Introduction Techniques”
by Gabriela Bosco
Lecture Slides-3
4. Practicum-2: Letter translation:
Bengali to English (Ekattorer Chithi) 5. Quiz-1: Ekattorer Chithi + Translation
Techniques
6. Central issues in Translation-1
Discussion of Students’ translation
“Central Issues”, Chapter- 1, Translation Studies by Susan Bassnett.
Lecture Slides-4
7. Central issues in Translation-2
Discussion of Students’ translation
“Central Issues”, Chapter- 1, Translation Studies by Susan Bassnett.
Lecture Slides-5 8. News Translation : English to Bangla
9. News Translation : English to Bangla 10. News Translation : Bangla to English 11. News Translation : Bangla to English 12. Quiz-2: Central Issues + News Translation
Midterm Examination: March 03-10, 2020
Theory: 10, 3 translations: Ekattorer Chithi, News, Aeshop’s Fables
13. Literary Translation: Bangla Prose
14. “Translating from Bengali into English:
Some thoughts” by Khademul Islam
Lecture Slides
15. Literary Translation: Bangla Prose Declaration of Assignments
16. Literary Translation: Bangla Prose Quiz-3
17. Literary Translation: English Prose 18. Literary Translation: English Prose 19. Quiz-3 : Literary Prose Translation Introduction to Poetry Translation
“On Translating Jibanananda Das’s Poetry” by Fakrul Alam, Jibanananda Das, Pg: 5-24
20. Poetry Translation Study of Fakrul Alam’s
Translation of Jibanananda Das
21. Poetry Translation Study of Fakrul Alam’s
Translation of Jibanananda Das
22. Presentation and Assignment
Final Examination: April 15-23, 2020
