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Email this article THE USE OF ‘NATURALNESS’ IN TRANSLATING ENGLISH ANECDOTES FROM ENGLISH TO TELUGU
Abstract
Anecdotes are stories and very convincing and true indeed. They add authenticity and authority when told. It is said as short account, a biographical one, of an incident. An anecdote is a brief tale narrating an interesting or amusing biographical incident. The present paper discusses the problems while translating anecdotes from English to Telugu. The main aim is to find out the complete natural equivalent expression in the target text and conclusions are drawn based on the discussion.
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