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Karl, Karel or Karol? The translation confusion over King Charles III's name, explained

Prince Charles is no more. In the English-speaking world, we’re now getting used to calling the former Prince of Wales “King Charles III”. As the King has chosen to keep his birth name as his regnal title, the change isn’t too difficult. But in other languages, things are more complicated.

The Conversation

No! Protests Against The Mauritanian Language Law Continue

The survival of Mauritania’s non-Arabic cultures, according to opposition groups, would be threatened by a law that they have pledged to continue demonstrating against. The Mauritanian government says that the new law, passed this summer, is a much-needed educational reform.

Zenger

The Observer view on the shortsighted cuts to the BBC World Service

Removing radio broadcasts in several languages will severely damage Britain’s ability to promote its priorities and values

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‘Thisaidhorum Dravidam’: vast and liberating expanse of translation

An initiative of the Tamil Nadu Textbook and Educational Services Corporation to identify and translate Tamil literary works into English and other Dravidian languages has picked up steam. Several books are set to be released around November

The Hindu

Hundreds of jobs to go as BBC announces World Service cutbacks

Corporation to end production of radio output in 10 languages, including Chinese, Hindi and Arabic, as it blames licence fee freeze

The Guardian - UK

Technology: ICCR Signs MoU With Google To Ease Search In Sanskrit

ICCR and Google are collaborating to improve the Sanskrit translation experience. This will help Google improve artificial intelligence for translating Sanskrit text to various other languages and vice versa. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Syria and the Kurds

Kurdish leader has said that one of their negotiating counterparts in Damascus questioned whether the registration of Kurdi, the Kurdish language, in the Syrian constitution could one day lead to establishing whistled languages in Syria. The Syrian-Kurdish negotiator said there shouldn’t be an issue with whistled languages if they could…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Just Gonna Say It: So-Called Australia Should Learn From NZ Widely Use Aboriginal Languages

Teach 'em in schools, put 'em on signs, whatever. There's no reason not to show the first languages of this land the respect they deserve.

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Stalin launches Tamil Parappurai Kazhagam to teach the language to the diaspora

Tamil text books in 24 languages launched for level one. Video books are available in 12 languages

The Hindu

Open access digital repository of academic resources unveiled by Azim Premji University

It is the first-of-its-kind digital repository of academic resources translated from English to Indian languages

The Hindu

Seat row | Telangana Minister K.T. Rama Rao asks IndiGo to start respecting local languages

The Minister was responding a tweet by a flyer Devasmita Chakraverty who claimed that a woman who was originally sitting in emergency exit row was forced to vacate because she did not understand English/ Hindi

The Hindu

NEP 2020 recognises all local languages as ‘Bharat Basha’, says Union Education Minister

India has the knowledge capability to find sustainable solutions at a global level, Dharmendra Pradhan said

The Hindu

Centre to promote use of Hindi in government offices, banks in foreign countries

The Education ministry is pushing for technical education in regional languages

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Karnataka to enact law to make Kannada mandatory

Amid protests and anger in some quarters against observing 'Hindi Diwas', Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Wednesday his government is bringing in a legislation to make Kannada "mandatory" in the State. Read more on Dynamite News:

The Hindu

Hindi not competitor but friend of all regional languages: Amit Shah

Amit Shah observed that unless the Hindi language becomes flexible, it cannot grow

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Hindi Diwas 2022: Official language Hindi unites nation in thread of unity, says Amit Shah

Official language Hindi unites the nation in the thread of unity. Hindi is a friend of all Indian languages. Read more on Dynamite News

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Visitors from Middle-earth

Amazon Prime's most anticipated fantasy series The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power finally premiered its first episodes on the platform last week, marking a strong start with breathtaking cinematography, excellent visual effects, a compelling story and a huge budget of reportedly US$60 million (2.1 billion baht) per…

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Basic skills poor in Hindi, but poorer in regional languages: NCERT

Survey provides baseline for government’s NIPUN mission to improve foundational learning

Asharq Al-Awsat

How Do We Trust Translation?

The Conversation

Seven times people discovered the Americas – and how they got there

When Columbus landed in 1492, the Americas had been settled for tens of thousands of years. He wasn’t the first person to discover the continent. Instead, his discovery was the last of many discoveries.

The Independent UK

Gwenno: ‘I was scared of using Cornish in the past. You feel like that with languages that are more fragile’

The Welsh artist is up for this year’s Mercury Prize with her resplendent Cornish-language album, ‘Tresor’. She speaks to Roisin O’Connor about wanting to ‘other’ herself in St Ives, her experience of pregnancy, and her view that most people are curious, not fearful, of other cultures

The Guardian - UK

Britain’s multilingual children: ‘We speak whatever language gets the job done’

In modern Britain, millions of kids grow up learning two languages or more – and experts believe fluidity in language has some surprising advantages

The Hindu

Bengaluru Bengali Kannada Film Festival returns to the city after two years

Various award winning films and documentaries in both languages will be screened at the festival

The Conversation

Macron is pushing the French language in ways not seen before

From the start of his first term as France’s president in 2017, Emmanuel Macron made the relaunching of French as a world language his prime cultural project.

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