期刊名称：Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities
电子版ISSN：0975-2935
出版年度：2011
卷号：3
期号：1
页码：222-224
出版社：Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities
摘要：Translation has always been considered a secondary activity,and as such is the literary fate that almost no discussion of a translator can be found in textual analysis. Whether creative or not,no one can denythata good amount of love and labour go into the making of a good translation. Then, when it is a collaborative project involving two or more people from different cultures, certain other things become necessary too. Thisiswhat seemed to have happened with the translation of Bijayan Detta'sstories from Rajasthani into English by Christi A. Merillwith Kailash Kabir. The outcome is an extraordinary translation and transcreationof texts from one cultural and linguistic context to another while aiming at assimilating capacitiesof languages. In the introductionto the volumes, "Translating as a Telling Practice",Christi A.Merillsspeaks of the translation as acollaboration at different levels: first with Vijaydan Detha, the collector/writer of the stories and then with Kailash Kabir, a Hindi poet and translator. Thelongintroductionto the volumesis important for many a reason:on the one hand,it introduces Detha and his collection to unfamiliar readersin India and abroad, on the other it explains the practical and theoretical justifications of the translation. While talking of the genesis of the work Merrill rightly pointed out an adverse effect of hegemony of Hindi in India, a fact which thwarted the development of Rajasthani language and literature. This shows that the centre-margin relationship operates not just on one level, but on many levels. Merrill also carefully puts in how once translated in Hindi some of the stories could be adapted on the stage and into film quite successfully even in the contemporary context. The adaptability on the artistic and commercial spheres points to the acceptability of the folk-stories irrespective of time
