Like Criticism, Translation Is Always A Text About A Text And Hence It Is A Metatext. We Translate By Intuition. There Is No Science Of Translating Though There Are Scientific Theories Of Translation. In This Book, Dr. B.K. Das Has Made A Thorough Analysis Of Various Aspects Of Translation Studies Both In The East And The West. Apart From Making A Background Study Of Translation, Dr. Das Has Discussed The Problems As Well As The Limits Of Translation. He Has Analysed Translation As Creative Writing, As Linguistic-Bridge Building And Above All, As Nation Building. This Is A Highly Useful And Well-Researched Book On Translation Studies In Our Country.

Bijay Kumar Das, PhD., DLitt., is a contributor to The Encyclopaedia of World Literature in the 20th Century (New York). He has published a number of reference books which include Perspectives on the Poetry of A.K. Ramanujan (2013); Twentieth Century Literary Criticism (2010, 2012-2014); Critical Essays on Post-Colonial Literature (2007, 2012); The Poetry of Jayanta Mahapatra (2009); A Handbook of Translation Studies (2005, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013); Form and Meaning in Mahesh Dattani and rsquo;s Plays (2008); Post-Modern Indian English Literature (2006); Critical Essays on Poetry (2003); A Handbook of Communication Skills and Functional English (2002); Shiv K. Kumar as a Post-Colonial Poet (2001); A Reader and rsquo;s Guide to Ten Twentieth Century Indian Poets (1999); Aspects of Commonwealth Literature (1995); The Horizon of Nissim Ezekiel and rsquo;s Poetry (1995); Perspectives on Indian English Poetry Criticism (1998); and Modern Indian English Poetry (1992). He has edited four reference books: New Readings in Indian English Literature (2011); Comparative Literature (2000); Perspective on the Poetry of R. Parthasarathy (1998); and Contemporary Indo-English Poetry (1992). He has also co-edited one reference book entitled Studies in Postcolonial Literature (2007) and several textbooks including Nineteenth Century English Poetry (OUP, 1992, 1998). He has successfully guided 20 Ph.D. scholars and had been the Chief Editor of The Indian Journal of English Studies for three years (2007-09). He is the Editor of The Critical Endeavour since 1995.Formerly a Reader in English at Ravenshaw College, Cuttack, Dr. Das is now a Professor of English at Burdwan University, Burdwan (West-Bengal).

• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
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• Publication Date: April 3, 1998
• Pages: 104
• ISBN13: 9788171567249
• Item Weight: 240 grams
• Original Price: 250.0 INR
• Edition: N/A
• Binding: Hardcover