After deciding on the above two concepts we searched for an example (a case) which could be a movie, novel, article etc., that displayed significant characteristics of the applications of above two concepts. Moreover the translation form that we opted for was cultural translation out of other forms like transcreation, communicative, literal, etc., since the role and implication of culture in translation studies plays a pivotal role in the indian context. Hence we chose the discourse of religion out of other discourses like politics, gender, resistance, violence etc., as it was the most evidently found discourses in the indian context. Through this project we tried to understand how SALMAN RUSHDIE translated actual facts took influences and inspiration from the questioned past of islam and had the courage to doubt his own faith and islam’s authenticity.īefore deciding on our source text, we analysed and compared the various concepts to work on. Understanding the text with the discourse of religion was easier since the dream sequences of Gibreel (the protagonist) is filled with allegories on islam and its history. The Satanic Verses is the best example of how culture has been translated to create as big a controversy as THE RUSHDIE AFFAIR.

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