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I can relate. I am actually translating The Count of Monte Cristo. Completed 5 chapters so far. Still a loooooooong way to go.
by vivegi 4y ago
I can relate.
I am actually translating The Count of Monte Cristo. Completed 5 chapters so far. Still a loooooooong way to go.
- zbiku 4y agoOut of curiosity, why are you doing this?
- vivegi 4y agoJust replied in the comment above. This is more as an intellectual curiosity. I intend to publish it eventually as a bi-lingual ebook with para by para translations. Hopefully, it is useful for those who are learning one of the languages and is not a native speaker/writer of the other.
- mosselman 4y agoThat seems like an even grander endeavour. What are you translating it to? From which language?
- vivegi 4y agoEnglish to Tamil. It is a huge endeavour. I am not using any automated translations except to find esoteric translations (using Google Translate). Many idioms and phrases also have to be localized, so it is an intellectual challenge. Alexander Dumas' writing is also quite beautiful and even in the limited number of chapters I have completed translating there are some excellent narratives. I am enjoying it. My idea is to eventually publish it as a bi-lingual ebook, perhaps it would help people who are learning English/Tamil.
- ilamparithi 4y agoInteresting. Are you manually typing in Tamil or are you using a speech to text software?
- vivegi 4y agoI use a Surface tablet as my writing device and have a Tamil Input Method Editor (IME) for Windows installed. It does the English-to-Tamil transliteration and that helps.