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 ...
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 ...
Dr John Hood has translated more than a dozen books directly from Bangla to English, in addition to his original writings on Bangla literature, film and history. Dr. John Hood has been writing and ...