Translation (Tarjuma): Urdu to English/Marathi and Back
Translation tests meaning transfer between Urdu and English or Marathi. The examiner checks accuracy, tense, agreement, and natural target language, not word-for-word substitution.
Rules
- Read the whole sentence first and identify the main verb.
- Keep proper nouns in transliteration.
- Render idioms by their sense, not their literal words.
- Preserve tense, number, gender, and tone.
- For official terms, use the standard target term if known; otherwise a clear phrase.
Worked example
Urdu: 'میں نے اپنا کام وقت پر مکمل کیا.' English: 'I completed my work on time.' Reasoning: 'نے' with a transitive perfect verb makes 'میں نے' the doer, but English uses the subject 'I'; 'اپنا' is reflexive, 'my own'; 'وقت پر' means on time; 'مکمل کیا' means completed. Marathi: 'मी माझे काम वेळेवर पूर्ण केले.' A trap is 'By me my work was completed on time', which is unnatural unless a passive is specifically required.
Traps that cost marks
Literal idioms; wrong tense; dropping a negative; translating names; mixing Marathi and English; ignoring Marathi gender agreement; changing the sentence's tone.