Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize

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Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize
Prize for Translation
Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize 2020 Gujarati Kashyapi Maha.jpg
Awarded forLiterary award in India
Sponsored bySahitya Akademi, Government of India
Reward(s)₹ 50,000
First awarded1989
Last awarded2021
WebsiteOfficial Website

Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize or Sahitya Akademi Prize for Translation is a literary honour in India, presented by Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, given to "outstanding translations of creative and critical works" in 24 major Indian languages[1] such as English, Rajasthani, Punjabi and the 22 listed languages in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution recognised by the Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi.

The award, established in 1989, comprises a plaque and a cash prize of ₹ 50,000.[2][3] Krishnamohan was the youngest translator to win the prize at age of 32 in Hindi and is the oldest to win the prize at age of 89 in Manipuri.[2]

Background[]

Awards for translations were instituted in 1989 at the instance of then-Prime Minister of India, P. V. Narasimha Rao.[2] The initial proposal for translation prizes contained provisions for a prize for translations into each of the twenty-two languages recognised by the Akademi; however, this was soon found to be unviable for several reasons: Akademi found insufficient entries in all the languages and difficulties in locating experts knowledgeable in both, the source and the target language to judge the translations.[2] Consequently, the Board decided to dispense with its original requirement for additional expert committees to evaluate the translations, and also ruled that it was not obligated to grant prizes in languages where suitable books were not nominated.[2] The Akademi also requires that both, the original author as well as the translator, are to be Indian nationals.[2]

Over time, the Akademi has modified and expanded the conditions for the Translation Prizes. In 1992, the Akademi began to allow translations made in link languages to be eligible for the Awards, although it noted that translations made directly from the original language would always be preferred.[2] In 1995, the Akademi also held that joint translations would be eligible, and in 1997, it dispensed with the process of advertising for nominations and replaced it with invitations for recommendations from advisory boards and Committee members.[2] As of 2002, 264 prizes have been awarded to 266 translators.[2]

Initially, the prize money was 10,000 which was increased to 15,000 in 2001. From 2003 it was increased to 20,000 and is now Rs.50,000 from 2009.[1][4]

Rules and selection process[]

Entries for the prizes are invited from individual translator or publishers through advertise in newspapers. Members of the advisory boards are also invited to send nominations from the different languages.[2] Minimum five entries from each language are mandatory for a prize to be awarded. Expert committee for each language consist of three members scrutinise all the nominations and send the copy of shortlisted books to the expert who knows both the source and the target languages. Opinion of the expert forwarded to the executive board and board will consider the recommendation and award the prizes.[2]

The executive board members and the prior winners are not entitle for the award. Translations from the original languages are preferred than link languages. joint venture is also eligible however award amount equally divided between the translators.[5]

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References[]

  1. ^ a b "..:: Sahitya Akademi Prize for Translation ::." sahitya-akademi.gov.in. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Rao, D.S. (2004). Five Decades of The National Academy of Letters, India: A Short History of Sahitya Akademi. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. pp. 39–42.
  3. ^ "Sahitya Akademi Newsletter" (PDF). www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "Sahitya Akademi Newsletter" (PDF). www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in. Retrieved 2020-02-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/awards/rulesTP.pdf[bare URL PDF]
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