Abstract

Translation is very familiar but a very complex activity Therefore the role of the translator is not a very easy one More significantly the translator in the act of translation is constantly in a state of making choices between two dissimilar systems to reach an unattainable balance point called the equivalence In spite of such a difficult nature of the task the role of the translator is one of the most undervalued ones Ideally a translator is expected to represent the source text exactly and yet in doing so he she is robbed of another supreme quality of a creative artist- originality Within this context this paper aims to explore the extent of liberty practiced by the translator and reexamines the concept of originality related to this