Abstract
Language is used to educate others, to invite them to do certain stuff, to convey emotions, moods, thoughts, data, experiences, etc. Language certainly has a very significant personal objective because it is primarily used for exchange of thoughts. The most important function of language to convey the message properly. For this purpose, speaker select words to transform his or her ideas perfectly. Words carry meanings. This study examines the gap between English and Urdu languages. Theory of Equivalence has been used to analyse the data. Forty news stories of Radio Pakistan have been chosen to gauge the meaning gap between two languages. The findings of study show that there is a huge gap between two languages. English news has two words to express the situation where as Urdu translator uses one word in the same context.
Author(s):
Dr. Munawar Ali Kalwar
Asst. Director, Department of Urdu, International Islamic University, Islamabad.Pakistan
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Details:
| Type: | Article |
| Volume: | 12 |
| Issue: | 12 |
| Language: | Urdu |
| Id: | 608ceeab9ccf6 |
| Pages | 80 - 88 |
| Discipline: | Language and Literature |
| Published | December 30, 2019 |

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