'The Crow Eaters' is a comedy novel written in 1978 by Bipsy Sidhwa. This was Sidhwa's first novel. It was initially self-published in English in 1978, which was published by 'Ilmi Printing Press, Lahore' from Pakistan. In 1980, it was published by Sangam Books in Mumbai, India, and Cape in London (ISBN: 9780224018500). It has been reprinted several times including in 2015 by Downt (ISBN: 9781907970610). It was translated into Urdu by Muhammad Umer Memon in 2012 as 'Jungle wala Sahib'. And it was published from Pakistan under the banner of Al-Qa Publications, Lahore. This is a study that chooses the English work for ‘Contradictory Research’ and its Urdu translation - based on The Theory of Andre Lefevere. This study in-depth analyses the difference between theory and poetics between the two versions and examines the reasons for support from Urdu readers influenced by theory and poetics. This study comes to the following conclusions in terms of theory: The impact of social ideology on the translator and understanding of the characters on the translator. And the understanding of the characters of the translator have created a language difference between the two versions. From the point of view of poetics, the terms of the original English text are relatively simple and easy to understand, while Urdu translator uses a large number of allusions, folk adages and rhetorical devices to create interest. A contrastive analysis of two versions in the light of The Theory of Rewriting provides a completely new approach to the study of translation of novels. Translation Studies is no longer confined to the linguistic level, but to the macro level such as culture and society.   

Bapsi Sidhwa, Jangal Wala Sahib, Translation by: M. Umar Memon, (Lahore: Al qa Publications, 2012)

Bapsi Sidhwa, The Crow Eaters, (Lahore: Ilmi Printing Press, 1978)

Gentzler, E. Contemporary Translation Theories, (Shanghai: Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press)

Bunyad, (Lahore: LUMS, 2016), Volume. 7

Bunyad, (Lahore: LUMS, 2016), Volume. 5

Lefevere, A. Translation/ History/ Culture: A Sourcebook, (London: Roultedge, 1992)

Lefevere, A. Translation, Rewriting and the Manipulation of Literature Frame, (Shanghai: Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press, 2004)

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