Five students doing their Master’s programme at the Department of Languages and Literature (DLL) – English, SSSIHL, presented their papers at the International Conference on Translation and Multiculturalism, held in hybrid mode from 20th to 22nd of February 2024, organised by the Department of English, VSSD College, Kanpur in collaboration with ELTAI (English Language Teachers’ Association of India).
The students were guided to write the papers by Dr. Vijayalekshmi Ramachandran, Assistant Professor, DLL, and course instructor for Translation Studies.
The papers presented were:
- “From Text to Tee: Navigating the Intertextual, Intersemiotic and Intermedial Course from the Bhagavad Gita to The Legend of Bagger Vance.” by Meghana Srinivas Mandalappu
- “Sita Devi to Lady Sita: A Tradition in Translation/ Transition” by Sattyasri Gururaghavendran.
- “Gained and Lost in Translation: A Case Study of Tamang Selos in Nepali” by Yadha Lama. The paper questions the very notion of the Tamang Selos as exemplifying a smooth journey of restoration and happy hybridization and views Tamang Selos in Nepali as exemplifying the paradoxical case of a culture being preserved through the act of translation while a language being lost through this very act.
- “Muna-Madan and Romeo and Juliet: A Case Study of Cultural Translations” by Pem Doma Sherpa.
- “Translation of Metaphors, the Language of Movies: Images and Affect in Kannathil Muthamittal” by Sai Priyadarshini S.
The Chairperson and Moderator of the Session expressed their appreciation for all the papers. We congratulate all the students for their outstanding efforts and wish them continued success in their academic pursuits.
