Guest Lecture on Translation Studies
The Department of English and Cultural Studies, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus, in association with the CHRIST Language and Arts Network (CLAN), organised a guest lecture titled "Untranslating the Familiar: Language, Meaning, and Cultural Context" on 05 October 2026. The session was held in the Council Room, Management Block, from 01:30 PM onwards. The resource person was Dr Mrinmoy Pramanick, Associate Professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University, whose expertise in translation studies made him an apt speaker for the theme. The lecture was attended by students, research scholars, and faculty members of the department. The session began with a formal welcome and an introduction of the speaker, which outlined his academic contributions and set the context for the afternoon. Dr Pramanick opened by questioning the common assumption that translation was a simple, neutral transfer of meaning from one language to another. He argued that the words people considered...