"الملف 15/16-I اللغات - اختبارات اللغات الشرقية والبدلات" [ظ‎‎١‎٨] (٦٠٤/٣٤)

lo requalify as a 1st class interpreter, an officer
Vv T ill be required to gain 80 per cent of the total
marks allotted to subjects 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the
syllabus for languages.
An officer may reqnalify as a 1st class inter
preter after an interval of three years. An officer
who is a :2.nd class interpreter may present himself
at any time for the interpretership examination
with a, view to his qualifying as a 1st class inter
preter. If he fails to reach the 1st class standard,
but again qualifies as a Snd class interpreter,
he will not be eligible for any further grant of
rewards under rule III.
XI. The following are the subjects for the
Degree of Honour examination
(a) A written examination in the prescribed
books, the paper set in which will
include questions in grammar (includ
ing' philology) and prosody.
JSote. —Tn Persian half the passages for translation will
be selerted from the prescribed text books and half from
otheii works.
(b) Written translation into English of diffi
cult unseen passages in prose.
JSote. The passages will, in all languages, except
Sanskrit and Pali, be selected from, the current literature
of the day.
(c) Written translation into English of diffi
cult unseen passages in verse.
{d) Translating into the language a difficult
passage (or passages) in English with
such accuracy, elegance and idiomatic
excellence as shall show eminent pro
ficiency in the language.
Note. —The translations into Arabic should be marked
with the vowel points.
[e) Conversation with a native of the
country. The candidate will be ex
pected to ^ speak fluently and
accurately. There will be no examina
tions in conversation in Sanskrit or
Pali.
(/) Reading and translating at sight difficult
manuscripts in the language.
Note. —This rule does not apply to Pali.
ig) Viva voce translation at sight into the
language of a paper in English placed
before the candidate. This transla
tion as it is made will be written bv a
munshi as dictated by the candidate,
who will be permitted to correct his
translation when completed upon its
being read out to him by the exa
miner. The time occupied in this
exercise will be taken into account in
awarding marks.
(Ji) A short composition in the language in
the form of a letter or an essay on
one of three or four given subjects.
(0 paper on comparative philology, with
special reference to Sanskrit, Pali and
Burmese.
Note. —This rule applies to Pali only.
ij) A paper on grammar and prosody.
Note, —Thia rule applies to Pali only.
XII. The Degree of Honour examination
will be of a searching nature, and the exercises,
both oral and written, must be performed with
such excellence as distinctly to establish a claim
to eminent proficiency.
XIII. In the case of Persian, Arabic, Sanskrit
and Pali Degree of Honour examination will
comprise papers on the following subjects :—
{a) Language Tost—(as in rule XI] ;
[b) History and Religion;
(c) History of Literature,
Candidates will be required to obtain the usual
pass marks in each paper.
N. 7?.—The time allowed for each written paper, except
subject (//.), is 3 hours. The time allowed for subject (A) is
one hour.
XIV. Successful candidates for the Degree of
Honour will be arranged in two divisions according
to the number of marks obtained. For the first
division, 80 per cent of the marks must be obtained
in the aggregate and not less than 60 per cent in
any one paper; for the second division, 60 per
cent mu'-t be obtained in all' subjects and not less
than 45 per cent in any one paper. The full
reward and diploma signed by His Excellency the
Viceroy will be granted only to candidates passing
in the first division and their names only will be
published in the Gazette of India. Candidates
passing in the second division will be granted half
the reward fixed for the first division. A candi
date who has passed in the second division may
appear again in the same test in that language
after an interval of two years and if he passes in
the first division receive half the original reward
prescribed for the first division as well as the
diploma.
A candidate nho has passed the Degree of
Honour in any language in the First Division
may appear again in the same test in that langu
age after an interval of five,years and if he passes
in the first division, receive half the reward pres
cribed for that Division.
XI .— The following are the books recommended
for study in the Preliminary and Interpretership
examinations.
Note. Examiners will preferably select passages from
newspapei s, or from books other than those recommended
lor study.
I ARABIC—
P reliminary—
Literature—
1. An Arabic Reading Book. By Alan
R. Bird wood.*
2. Bahi-ubArab. By Brother Block.
(Obtainable from Mr. Emin Hindie,
Cairo, Egypt.)
Grammars—•
1. The spoken Arabic of Mesopotamia.
By Revd. John Van Ess *
2, Arabic Grammar with key. By Revd
G. W. Thatcher.*
3 Colloquial Arabic, by D. Lacy O'Leary.
(Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and
Co., Ltd., London.)
* Obtainable from Thacker, Spink & Co., Calcutta