M. A. Macauliffe and the angst of the translator

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dc.contributor.authorSingh, Nikky-Guninder Kaur
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-22T15:01:02Z
dc.date.available2017-03-22T15:01:02Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractHad I known earlier the difficulties I should have to encounter, I should certainly never have undertaken a translation of this description', wrote Macauliffe (1898, 365). Even though he had carefully studied the text, familiarized himself with its source language(s), and was fluent in the target language, translating the Guru Granth into English proved to be an arduous task for the Irishman. His angst is indeed intriguing. Heidegger said, 'Tell me what you think of translation, and I will tell you who you are', so the concern voiced by our translator offers clues into his personal sensibilities and intellectual legacy. Using Amrtya Sen's 'exoticist', 'magisterial', and 'curatorial' typology (2005), we discover here a western approach antithetical to orientalism. My paper explores the synergy between Macauliffe's existential response and his non-orientalist translation of the Japji, the opening hymn of the Guru Granth.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
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dc.identifier.citationSINGH, N.-G. K. 2017. M. A. Macauliffe and the angst of the translator. Journal of the Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religions, 4(1), 33-57.en
dc.identifier.endpage57en
dc.identifier.issn2009-7409
dc.identifier.issued1en
dc.identifier.journaltitleJournal of the Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religionsen
dc.identifier.startpage33en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/3819
dc.identifier.volume4en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherISASR in association with the Study of Religions, University College Corken
dc.relation.urihttp://jisasr.org/
dc.rights(c)2017, The Author(s).en
dc.subjectMacauliffeen
dc.subjectSikhen
dc.subjectGuru Granthen
dc.subjectJapjien
dc.subjectTranslationen
dc.subjectOrientalismen
dc.subjectExoticisten
dc.subjectMagisterialen
dc.subjectCuratorialen
dc.titleM. A. Macauliffe and the angst of the translatoren
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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