Nearly hundred and thirty years ago in the ‘Jonaki era’, different Assamese novelist tried their hands in contributing creation of the Assamese Novel. The influence of the western literature is significantly distinguished in early periods of Assamese novel. The Assamese Novel were born since in the late nineteenth century. While acknowledging the impossibility of documenting enormous amount of translations done over the years in such a small article, a sincere effort will be made to present an outline of translation literature in Assamese using the linear periodization as more often employed in Assamese literary historiography.

At this backdrop, this article attempts to document various translation or trans-creation activities that took place in different periods or eras during the development of Assamese language and literature.

Though the role played by translation in the growth and development of Assamese language is crucial, an extensive history of translation in this language has not been compiled so far. The history of translation in Assamese is as old as the written Assamese literature. The same could also be witnessed in the case of a history of translation as translation has been playing a vital role in the growth of different languages and literature of the world. A history of literature, in broad sense, also could reflect the transitions in thoughts, imaginations, ideologies and lifestyle of a specific linguistic community.

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