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. UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS

DEPARTMENT OF LINGUISTICS, AFRICAN AND ASIAN STUDIES

B.A/B.A (ED) DEGREE EXAMINATION
SECOND SEMESTER 2015/2016 SESSION EXAMINATION IGB
413: THEORY AND PRACTICE OF TRANSLATION j TIME: 2HRS
INSTRUCTION: ANSWER QUESTION 5 AND ANY OTHER TWO .
1. O bu eziokwu na ntughari nwere usoro a na-agbaso eme ya, raa ntughari bukwa orunka.
Kowaa nuju.
2. Were ezigbo gmymaatu kowaa Ndochi dika usoro e si eme ntyghari.
3. Kowaa ntughari ekelesu ma were ezigbo gmymaatyi mee nkenuudi ya.
4. Zip^ita adjmiiche di netiti Nnonooto na Mmekaahuru dika usoro e si eme ntughari.

5. Tugharia ngwe a na-esonu nlgbo

society. It is an occasion for /ing

The birth of a child, especially a male, is a thing of joy in Igbo
sacrifices to the family
merriment among the people and for offering special thanksgi
deities. The child is welcomed into the world and dedicated to the gods
who will protect and guide him, it is hoped, throughout his life on earth. Fie is brought before the
shrines with some offerings, which may be a cock (in the case of a male child), a hen (in the case of a
female child), and a goat if the parents can afford it. The parents and relations give the child a series
of names, which include doxological statements made to God the creator and praise-names expressing
hopes and wishes of success and greatness in life for the child. Other names may be given to show the
market day on which the child was born, or the prefeience for boys. Naturally,*the names given
depend on whether the child is male or female. In the society in general, boys are preferred to girls
because it is a boy and not a girl who will continue the family line' after the death of the father. The
significance and beauty of the names given to a child, male or female, are such as are characteristic of
poetry, for in our society poetry irpportantly deals with life in its past, present and future contexts

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