[Ilugc] [TAMTRANS] step in?

[Kenneth Gonsalves]

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.
> 

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