A lot of translations are being done in Bangladesh, from English into Bangla and Bangla into English; much of the latter by native Bangla speakers. While native Bangla speakers may have had 12 years ...

This write-up describes my singular experience in translating Bengali short stories into English. However, all literary translations deal with certain common problems—of idiolect and dialect, or the ...

In an effort to keep the Internet alive and interesting for a billion Indians, search giant Google has announced the launch of multiple Indian languages support across its products. To start with, ...

Amazon has opened a new chapter with its Kindle Translate. Before writing it off, we should note its creative potential too.

Prepone” is now a word in the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. So is “airdash”. For those who squirm at the made-in-India opposite of “postpone”, the dictionary-makers say: “It enriches the ...

The initiative, co-organised by the ICT Division, Google Developers Group and Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC), kicked off on Thursday morning at Agargaon. It will continue until 6am Friday.

NEW DELHI: Bangladesh Supreme Court on Thursday inaugurated an 'Amar Vasha' software to translate court orders and judgments from English into Bangla. The software, developed by Ek Step Foundation of ...