Translation Techniques

  TRANSLATION TECHNIQUES Translation is a process of interpretation of source language (SL) into target language (TL). It means that translation takes place when you transfer the meaning of a written text from one language to another. However, there are a number of techniques that can be used for translation purpose. They have been divided into two broader groups for convenience to understand.   DIRECT TRANSLATION TECHNIQUES   1- BORROWING A borrowed word or loanword is a word taken from one language (often called the source language or donor language) and incorporated into another language (often known as the recipient language or borrowing language) without any translation. The English language has adopted a vast number of words from other languages, including these examples: piano (Italian), yogurt (Turkish), sofa (Arabic) and zebra (Bantu). Similarly, Urdu has borrowed countless words from the English language as we have been doing this very ‘generously’ since independence. Rarely