Machine Translation Activity

This Blog post is a response to the 'Machine Translation Activity' given by our professor Ms.Yesha Bhatt ma'am. 

• About the Novel:

Both a romantic-triangle tale and a philosophical take on violence in times of revolution, The Home and the World, set in early twentieth-century Bengal, concerns an aristocratic but progressive man who, in insisting on broadening his more traditional wife’s political horizons, drives her into the arms of his radical school chum.  Satyajit Ray had wanted to adapt Rabindranath Tagore’s classic novel to the screen for decades. When he finally did in 1984, he fashioned a personal, exquisite film that stands as a testament to his lifelong love for the great writer. (Criterion.com)

• About the Activity: 

The Novel originated written in the Bangla language and was translated into the English language by Tagore's nephew Surendranath Tagore. As this language is quite different from the regional language, our professor ma'am came up with a very interesting activity related to this text. We are supposed to write something in English language and then it will be translated into Bangala Language through Google Translator. After this activity, we had a very wonderful expert talk on 'Machine Translation by  Budhiditya Das ma'am. Ma'am is an accomplished Communication Specialist and currently works at Adani Foundation as an Assistant Manager- Corporate Brand Custodian. She is a former student of the Department of English - at Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University. 

During the workshop, some students read their write up in English and Hindi and translated them into Bangali through Google Translate. Online translation is quite faulty sometimes when we want to know about the emotion or the concern of the work. After completing the session, we all wrote our names in the Bangali language. Some words also not changed in several languages like किन्तु.  Thanking Yesha Bhatt ma'am for organizing a very interesting session.

Here is my write-up in English and it's the translation in Bangali Language. 

ICT is the ground of various digital gadgets which provides many facilities for learning literature and language. ICT helps to improve the knowledge about digitization in literature and language. 

ICT comes with various changes in education. (Traditional form to modern form) From chalk and board to laptops and glass boards, the era changed with the digitalization of learning literature and language through digital tools. The students get engaged with all the learning tools. Technology is a vast area of day-to-day updates. 

Bangali Translation: 

আইসিটি হল বিভিন্ন ডিজিটাল গ্যাজেটের স্থল যা সাহিত্য এবং ভাষা শেখার জন্য অনেক সুবিধা প্রদান করে। আইসিটি সাহিত্য ও ভাষার ডিজিটাইজেশন সম্পর্কে জ্ঞান উন্নত করতে সাহায্য করে।

আইসিটি শিক্ষার বিভিন্ন পরিবর্তন নিয়ে আসে। (প্রচলিত রূপ থেকে আধুনিক রূপ) চক এবং বোর্ড থেকে ল্যাপটপ এবং গ্লাস বোর্ডে, ডিজিটাল সরঞ্জামের মাধ্যমে সাহিত্য ও ভাষা শেখার ডিজিটালাইজেশনের সাথে যুগ পরিবর্তন হয়েছে। শিক্ষার্থীরা শেখার সমস্ত সরঞ্জামের সাথে নিযুক্ত হন। প্রযুক্তি প্রতিদিনের আপডেটের একটি বিশাল এলাকা।

Ā'isiṭi hala bibhinna ḍijiṭāla gyājēṭēra sthala yā sāhitya ēbaṁ bhāṣā śēkhāra jan'ya anēka subidhā pradāna karē. Ā'isiṭi sāhitya ō bhāṣāra ḍijiṭā'ijēśana samparkē jñāna unnata karatē sāhāyya karē.

Ā'isiṭi śikṣāra bibhinna paribartana niẏē āsē. (Pracalita rūpa thēkē ādhunika rūpa) caka ēbaṁ bōrḍa thēkē lyāpaṭapa ēbaṁ glāsa bōrḍē, ḍijiṭāla sarañjāmēra mādhyamē sāhitya ō bhāṣā śēkhāra ḍijiṭālā'ijēśanēra sāthē yuga paribartana haẏēchē. Śikṣārthīrā śēkhāra samasta sarañjāmēra sāthē niyukta hana. Prayukti pratidinēra āpaḍēṭēra ēkaṭi biśāla ēlākā.