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1493. கதம்பம் - 11

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RSR சொன்னது…

How about VVS Iyer's translations? Was he not the greatest scholar of his time? Greek, Latin, Sanskrit, Tamil and of course English? Was he not the first short-story writer in Tamil? AK Ramanujam was not a Tamil and his translation of many poems in Sangam literature are bad and lack the original spirit of the poems. In fact, it is virtually impossible to translate poetry at all. Even prose writings cannot bring out the loveliness of language usage in translation. As Barathy said, 'bring the BEST from other lands and make it known to the tamil people living in Tamilnad.' See
https://shakespeare4tamils.blogspot.com/