Literary translation is one of the most popular types of translation because it makes the world literature available in the regional languages and takes the literature in the regional languages to the audience around the world. The classics from all the countries are being translated into the local languages and the classics in the Indian languages are being translated into English and other foreign languages. Thus exchange of literature from one country to another, from one state to another within a country have become a reality with the help of translation. Sahitya Akademis at the Central level and state level, National Book Trust, regional literary associations, associations of translators and publishing houses engage capable translators to translate the chosen classics from the foreign languages to the Indian languages and vice versa. The foreign readers and intellectuals show interest in Indian literature as they want to know the direction in which it moving. Organization of literary festivals and book fairs all over the world speak volumes about the relevance and significance of literary translation in our time.

Pramila Panicker

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