On Wednesday 06 Jan 2010 8:24:00 am Yogesh wrote: > I sometimes feel that the some English text strings are taken and literally > translated into Tamil word by word and are repositioned to make sense. > Which in my opinion is not a very good idea.
it depends on the string - in the computer world the english itself is very often artificial - 'error in step in' is not grammatical english - it is awkward as it has a very precise meaning. So maybe the Tamil also needs to be a bit artificial > Rather, we could just take in > the meaning and find the appropriate word in Tamil. I'm only taking about > a some sentence strings and not all. Most string translations are fine. > Something like Kriya's Tamil dictionary or Varthamanan could help > perhaps?? I use Kriya extensively > > Someone know where I can get க்ரியாவின் தற்கால தமிழ் அகராதி ?? > thanks. I got it in a bookshop in Tambaram - any bookshop stocking Tamil books will have it. > -- regards kg http://lawgon.livejournal.com _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
