Freeman, Janine Beverly.2018-07-022018-07-021994https://hdl.handle.net/10539/24689I declare that this research project is my own unaided work. It is submitted in partial fulfilment for the degree of Master of Arts in translation, at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, It has not been submitted before for any degree or examination at any other university.This projeot examines Clive Wake's translation of Xala a neo-colonial French African novel by Sembene Ousmane' (1973) focusing on the manner in which the ideological content of the novel is approached and dealt with in translation. A comparison of passages in the source text chosen on the basis of their ideological contribution to the novel with the corresponding passages in this large text, forms the basis of the study. (Abbreviation abstract)enSEMBENE, OUSMANE, 1923. XALA. ENGLISH.TRANSLATING AND INTERPRETING.FRENCH LANGUAGE--TRANSLATING.Thesis