Digital Object Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n5.34
Translation of literary texts is an arduous process. It is embedded in culture, carries hidden meanings, figurative language, tone and style. Hence, the loss of meaning is inevitable from the source text (ST) into the Target text (TT). One of the major challenges for a translator in literary texts is translating culture-specific items and finding their appropriate equivalents in the target text. Therefore, this study offers a critical analysis of the selected Kashmiri short stories translated into English by Neerja Mattoo. It examines the loss and gain of meaning at the cultural and social levels. The study explores the various strategies employed by the translator and various factors that influence the translator’s choices and decisions taken while translating culture-specific items into the target language. Finally, the analysis highlights the various strategies of the translator in translating culture-specific items which contributes to the broader discourse on translating culture-specific items.
Ahmad Parray, Irshad. “Cultural Meaning and Social Identity: Translating Culture-specific Items in Selected Kashmiri Stories into English.” The Criterion: An International Journal in English, vol. 17, no. 5, Oct. 2026, pp. 616-35, https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n5.34.
© 2026 The Author(s). Published by the Research Centre for English Language and Literature (RCELL) under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.
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