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GATE 2026 XH2 (English) – Question 37

Comparative and World Literatures in English Translation · Multilingualism, translation studies and the politics of language in literary production · 1 mark · Multiple choice

“Postcolonial Translation” deals with:

  1. Appropriation and abrogation
  2. Translation between European languages
  3. Power, identity, and cultural politics in translation
  4. Replacing outdated vocabulary

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Correct answer: (C) Power, identity, and cultural politics in translation

Explanation

Postcolonial translation studies look at how translation was used in and after colonial rule, and at the power, identity and cultural politics involved when texts move between a dominant and a colonised language. 'Appropriation and abrogation' are strategies of postcolonial writing, not of translation as such.