Translation and Translation Techniques in Khotanese Version of Jīvaka-Pustaka

Translation and Translation Techniques in Khotanese Version of Jīvaka-Pustaka

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Abstract

Most of the extant Khotanese texts are translations from other languages such as Sanskrit and Tibetan. Therefore, translation has always played an important role in Khotanese, and correct translation has been one of the most important mental preoccupations of Khotanese translators. Naturally, the style, context, and accuracy of translation vary in religious and secular texts. This paper examines the translation and its techniques in the Jīvaka-Pustaka, which is a translation of a text from Sanskrit into Khotanese. In this paper, I will examine some matters such as the general method of translation, the method of “communicative translation’’ and “semantic translation” and the degree of adherence to these two methods, translation techniques such as borrowing, calque or loan translation, transposition, modulation, etc.

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