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Journey Of An Accidental Translator: Two Decades Of ‘Bengalification’ And A Long Engagement With Bangla Language

I began translating accidentally in 2005, with the Bengali anti-establishment, experimental and maverick Little Magazine writer Subimal Misra. That was like being unwittingly thrown into the deep end ...
Gulf Times

Bengali-language translation of “Bridges, Not Walls” by Dr All-Kawari launched at Katara

Katara Cultural Village has hosted at Building (15) the launch ceremony of the Bengali-language translation of the book “Bridges, Not Walls” by HE Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al-Kawari, Minister of State ...
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Pankaj Kumar Chatterjee’s Bengali translation of ‘Staliner Divan’ wins Romain Rolland Book Prize

Established in 2017, the Romain Rolland Book Prize awards the finest translation of a French title into any Indian language, including English. The prize aims to promote Francophone literature among ...
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‘Pather Panchali’: Why translating this Bengali classic in the 21st century holds all-new challenges

I have – and I am sure I share this misfortune with many – an uncontainable practical joker for a friend. A few years ago, he had a group of us worked up in quite a lather over the sort of book he had ...
The Hindu

Bengali not under threat, rather it is threatening Bengal’s marginal languages, says translation scholar

Bengali is not so much threatened by Hindi as other indigenous local languages of West Bengal are by Bengali, and not much effort is being made to save them, according to an award-winning ...