Lok Sabha expands translation services, six new languages added for better inclusivity | Check here
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Lok Sabha expands translation services, six new languages added for better inclusivity | Check here

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In a significant development, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday announced the extension of translation services in Parliament to six additional languages -- Bodo, Dogri, Maithili, Manipuri, Urdu, and Sanskrit. Earlier, translation services were available in 10 regional languages, including Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, and Telugu, alongside Hindi and English. Along with this, for the additional 16 languages, as human resources become available, we are making efforts to provide simultaneous translations in those as well," he said. DMK MP raises objection DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran objected to the Lok Sabha Speaker's announcement, asking why public money is being wasted on simultaneous translation in Sanskrit, which is spoken by only 70,000 people as per census.

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Lok Sabha interpreters relay proceedings in real time in 18 languages
3 days ago

Lok Sabha interpreters relay proceedings in real time in 18 languages

The Hindu  

With simultaneous interpretations available in 18 languages, the Lok Sabha proceedings are now being interpreted in real time into more languages than there are commentary tracks for the Indian Premier League. An official told The Hindu that many of the non-Hindi-English interpreters either translate remarks using the Hindi or English interpretation as a “relay”. Interpreting from English into Indian languages …

Sanskrit interpretation in Lok Sabha sparks debate
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Sanskrit interpretation in Lok Sabha sparks debate

The Hindu  

The Lok Sabha on Tuesday witnessed sharp exchanges between Speaker Om Birla and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MP Dayanidhi Maran over the inclusion of Sanskrit in the list of languages for which simultaneous interpretation was being made available in the Parliament. DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran charged that taxpayers’ money was being wasted by providing simultaneous interpretation of Lok Sabha proceedings in …

Amendments necessary to the Constitution for saving Kannada and 20 other languages in 8th schedule, says Bilimale
2 years, 1 month ago

Amendments necessary to the Constitution for saving Kannada and 20 other languages in 8th schedule, says Bilimale

The Hindu  

Former Professor of Jawaharlal Nehru University’s School of Language, Literature and Cultural Studies, Purushothama Bilimale, here on Sunday, January 5, expressed the need to amend Article 343 of the Constitution to give primacy to Kannada and 20 other regional languages in the 8th schedule and save them from getting extinct. Speaking at a workshop on “Whether National Education Policy can …

Rajya Sabha members can use all 22 scheduled languages
6 years, 8 months ago

Rajya Sabha members can use all 22 scheduled languages

The Hindu  

Rajya Sabha members can speak in any of the 22 scheduled languages from the monsoon session of Parliament beginning on July 18, with the Secretariat arranging simultaneous interpretation for five more languages: Dogri, Kashmiri, Konkani, Santhali and Sindhi. Of the 22 languages, the Rajya Sabha already has simultaneous interpretation for Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, …

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