Online Tirukkural translations in different languages

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Topic started by NVK Ashraf on Thu Jul 7 6:19:38 2005. [Full View]

Dear all,

There are a number of English translations of Thirukkural available on the net, a complete one in Russian and fragments in Chinese and Polish here and there. Happy to announce that now translations of Tirukkural in different languages are available on the net, all at one site.
http://www.geocities.com/nvkashraf/kur-trans/languages.htm

The objective is to cover 30 languages. As of now translations of five languages have been uploaded.
1) [url]HINDI http://www.geocities.com/nvkashraf/kur-hind/HinCONT.htm[/url]
2) [url]MALAYALAM http://www.geocities.com/ashrafnvk/kur-mal/MalCONT.htm[/url]
3) [url]RUSSIAN http://www.geocities.com/nvkashraf/kur-russ/RusCONT.htm[/url]
4) [url]ARABIC http://www.geocities.com/ashrafnvk/kur-arab/AraCONT.htm[/url]
5) [url]FRENCH http://www.geocities.com/nvkashraf/kur-fre/FreCONT.htm[/url]

Next in line are translations in Latin, Kannada, Telugu, Gujarati, Polish, Urdu and Bengali.

"Let world get the bliss I have received"

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From: aanaa on Wed May 2 9:50:58 2007. [Full View]

nice to see the Thirukural in different langs
keep up
From: devapriya on Mon May 21 0:02:50 2007. [Full View]

Dear N.V.K.Ashraff,

When you take extra pains to have Thirukural online vide translations,
Surprisingly there is virtually NO Unicode Tamil Kural with Tamil Urai at web, did you notice and can you do something please.
Devapriya
From: NVK Ashraf on Mon May 21 9:03:51 2007. [Full View]

Dear Devapriya,

You are correct. If you read my Preface to the Introduction in Tamil, you will appreciate what I am looking for:
http://www.geocities.com/nvkashraf/kur-trans/Tam-Int.htm

I am copy pasting that paragraph below:

Thirukkural in Tamil (தமிழ்): In contemporary Tamil verse
திருக்குறள்: இன்றைய செய்யுள் நடையில் (விரைவில்)

There are many websites on the net that display the Kural in original Tamil and I for once thought it would be futile to repeat the feat again. Soon I realized that most of these sites carry the original couplets in ancient Tamil verse which many of my fellow Tamils, including myself, may not be well verse with. Therefore I decided to upload a commentary in modern Tamil as well. My problem now is to choose an appropriate commentary in Tamil for there were hundreds of them, including the historical 10 commentators. After a careful consideration, I decided to look for a ‘translation’ of Tirukkural in Tamil in verse! Yes, a translation in modern Tamil, just to show how Valluvar would have written the same ideas in contemporary Tamil verse. I am looking forward to obtain a copy of the same, if such a work is available. Considering the fact that there are more than hundred commentaries, finding a book of this nature shouldn’t be a problem.

If some one can help me in getting a copy of such a 'translation' in modern Tamil verse, I would appreciate it.

Thanks.

From: podalangai on Wed May 23 7:27:23 2007.

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crazy wrote:

Dear Ashraf

Well, it is Norwegian Smile

It was just that I found it strange to find an essay comparing Thirukkural and Håvamål in Norwegian.
Anyway well done, nice Intro (Innledning) Pls to continue Thumbs Up!

I think the translation of Kural 882 is a little strange in the essay - as far as I can see there is nothing about smiling people in
வாள்போல பகைவரை அஞ்சற்க அஞ்சுக
கேள்போல் பகைவர் தொடர்பு

A more appropriate translation might be something like:

Ver ikkje redd for uvenene
som står mot deg som nakne sverd
men ver varsam mot fienden som skjuler seg
som din trufaste frende

What do you think, Crazy?

From: NVK Ashraf on Sun Jun 10 11:16:38 2007. [Full View]

The new translation online is Marathi.

The translation into Marathi was done in 1948 by P.S. Sane Guruji. I am not aware of any other translation in Marathi language. There appears to be a translation of FEW selections of Tirukkural in Marathi, published in the 80s by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. The translator was Ravindra Kumar Seth who authored a book called `Tirukkural’ for children. He has done it Hindi as well as Marathi (Seth, 1981).

There is an interesting history behind the Marathi translation. Sane Guruji, a popular writer and great patriot, translated the Kural in 1930 while he was a political prisoner in the Tiruchirappalli jail (Joshi, 1973). He is said to have used the V.V.S. Ayyar’s English translation of the Kural as the basis. It took nearly 18 years for the work to get published, but a second edition appeared in 1960 and a reprints of the same appeared in 1975 and 1987. Sane Guruji’s translation is a complete translation of the entire Kural. The 1987 reprint is still available for sale at the Continental Prakashan (publishers), Vijayanagar, Pune - 411 030.

References:

Seth, R.K. 1981. तिरुक्कुरल (तमिल का गौरव-ग्रन्थ) ; प्रकाशन विभाग, सूचना और प्रसारण मंत्रालय, भारत सरकार. 58 pages

Joshi, S. 1973. Marathi Translation of Tirukkural. In: First All India Tirukkural Seminar Papers 1972 (Editor: N. Sanjeevi). University of Madras. Pp 50-55

The entire Marathi translation is available here:http://nvkashraf.myweb.io/kurmar/marcont.htm
From: NVK Ashraf on Fri Mar 7 4:58:57 2008. [Full View]

Dear all,

I have uploaded Tirukkural translation in Sinhalese. I am yet to workout the unicoder version of the text, till then here is everything in PDF format.
http://www.geocities.com/nvkashraf/kur-trans/Sin-Int.htm

Bangla (Bengali) translation is being wordprocessed. Parts of it will be uploaded next month.
From: ramvaradan on Mon Mar 24 11:22:54 2008. [Full View]

Hi Interesting discussion -- sorry to digress.

Can someone tell me, with some authenticity, who sang :-
"Aridhu Aridhu Manidarai ... "
From: NVK Ashraf on Thu Mar 27 11:23:46 2008. [Full View]

"அரிது அரிது மானிடராய் பிறத்தல் அரிது
அதனினும் அரிது கூன் குருடு இல்லாமல் பிறப்பதரிது"

I think this one comes from Avvaiyaar....
From: NVK Ashraf on Sat Apr 5 8:37:15 2008. [Full View]

For the first time ever on the Cyber network, I am pleased to inform the arrival Tirukkural in one of the popular languages of India "Bangla" ("Bengali" as it is popularly called). The first ten chapters have been uploaded for the present. http://nvkashraf.myweb.io/kurban/ban01.htm

This translation is in verse by Sri Krishnamoorthy, a resident of Calcutta. He has also translated Cilappadikaaram (சிலப்பதிகாரம்) into English (published by M.P. Birla Foundation, Kolkata).

From: RR on Thu Jan 15 22:46:30 2009.

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Dear Sir,

This is Basavaraj D Bagalkot from Kolkata, India. I am taking liberty in writing this mail to you for getting some info about Thirukkural literature. I was searching for some info about Thirukkural and found a link to you and hence this mail.

Basically I am from Karnataka and now I am settled in Kolkata from last six years and I am into commodities. My father is a retired teacher and he is into Spiritual studies. He has done his Ph.D. in literature of Allam Prabhu a 12th century social reformer. Also my sister who is a lecturer is about to start her thesis about Meta Physical aspects in Sishunala Sherief literature, another 12th century reformer. They both want to study Thirukkural literature as they feel the literature embodies the same human values of their studies and excellent manifestations of purest thoughts. Since they both are from Karnataka they cannot read and write Tamil but they want to study Thirukkural. Could you please guide me so that I can find a Kannada translation of Thirukkural literature and also any English version of Thirukkural. I want to gift them with Kannada version of Thirukkural or if Kannada version is not available then English version.

I will be very glad to receive a mail from you with some feedback, whenever you get some time.

Look forward to hear from you.

Regards.

Basavaraj
b_basavaraj@yahoo.co.in

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