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National Translation Mission (NTM),one of the Schemes under the Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysore announces a 2-week intensive training programme for those who want to take translation activity as their hobby or profession and for those translation professionals who want to refresh their knowledge in various theoretical aspects of translation. The participants will mainly include 

(a) young faculty and registered scholars in various departments of universities/colleges/institutions.

 (b) language officers working in different government and semi-government offices.

(c) persons involved in CSTT activities, etc. The trainees are expected to translate the knowledge texts of NTM and thereby take part in the activities of the Mission in achieving its aims and objectives.

The NTM, a Government of India initiative, is to translate knowledge-texts into 22 languages in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution of India. It is therefore an attempt to democratize knowledge by making it accessible to those who may have difficulty with English and to simultaneously create opportunities to modernize Indian languages and guarantee their growth in higher education. The NTM also seeks to create translation tools in print and web as well as identify and engage capable individuals in each translation related activity.

Translating knowledge texts requires skills and orientation which are different from literary translation. The NTM seeks to prepare potential translators for knowledge text translation, orienting them about various theories and how theories and translation interact with each other, introducing available tools to acquaint them with the know-how of actual translation.