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Pros And Cons Of Literature In Literature

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India is a land of multicultural diversity, where we have people who follow different cultures, traditions, customs, rituals, faith in god, and lot so on. The land that has had given birth to variety of these components, which we could come across through literature. We come across native writers of literature and Have you ever watched any movie in another language other than your native language? How did you feel? Of course the feelings are one and the same. We can understand the study through the expressions of the characters. We may miss the original meaning but we enjoy it. We feel we would have enjoyed it more if it is in our vernacular language. May be that is the reason many of the hit movies are dubbed to various languages. There are many writers throughout the world who had penned down their works in their native languages. Many of the works have been translated into regional languages. The stories written in regional languages were translated to the other languages. That is how people across the world are able to enjoy the literature of the whole world. Is translation an easy process? The present article is going to focus on the pros and cons in translation. In this article, I am going to select a story from a magazine and translate it into English language. …show more content…

Her charm made Sasikanth to fall on her back and marry her. He met her at her cousin’s house. Her cousin, Ramesh was the friend of Sasikanth. When Sasikanth went to meet Ramesh, he saw Kalindi, fascinated by her beauty he fell in love with her. He asked Ramesh to help him in his love. As Sasikanth was a gentle man, Ramesh arranged a meeting for them to meet. Kalindi also liked him and her parents who stayed near Amalapuram came to meet Sasikanth parents. Sasikanth’s father was a business man. Sundar Rao wants his son to get married in a big hotel. But Joga Rao, Kalindi’s father didn’t agree to

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