UAP organises seminar titled “Bengali Literature in Translation”

The Department of English, University of Asia Pacific (UAP) organised a seminar on "Bengali Literature in Translation" on June 18, 2019. Renowned academics and translators, Prof. Dr. Niaz Zaman and Prof. Dr. Fakrul Alam were invited to speak on the occasion.

The seminar was anchored by Ismat Zarin, Assistant Professor, Department of English, UAP.

In the first part of the seminar, Prof. Zaman presented her paper titled "Style and Texture in Translation". In this regard, Dr. Zaman said that the translator needs to draw on all resources available to them and that they must have patience to read every word and line of the original to see what the writer meant.

During the second part of the seminar, Prof. Alam shared his own experience of being a translator. He also presented his paper titled "Translation from Bengali to English". "The best translation is when the translator is in possession" – with this statement, Prof. Alam said that the translators need to translate what they like and they have to get to the mind of the original.

At the end of the seminar, Dr. Muhammad Mizanur Rahaman, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering and Director, Institute for Energy, Environment, Research and Development (IEERD), UAP handed over crests to the invited speakers. The vote of thanks was given by Arjumand Ara, Assistant Professor and Head, Department of English, UAP.