Translation

The process of converting text from one language to another. Translation of literary works can be highly challenging and is considered a literary pursuit in its own right.

Suman Pokhrel
Poetry emerging from a poet enters into the reader only when it comes within the readers’ 'sphere of intellect. A reader cannot take poetry by expanding it beyond his/her consciousness, rather can take by shrinking it within. Thus, there exists a chance of every poem getting changed while reaching every reader. This ‘getting changed’ is a form of ‘getting translated’, in a way. So, every assimilation of any poem is a translation. ...more
Suman Pokhrel, भारत शाश्वत आवाज [Bharat Shashwat Aawaz]

Umberto Eco
Translation is the art of failure.
Umberto Eco

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