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The first Bengali translation was made in prose by Nalini Mohan Sanyal in 1939. [1] It was published by Bangiya Sahitya Parishad, with a foreword by the eminent Bengali Scholar Suniti Kumar Chatterjee. However, the work is presently out of print, with the only copy available at the National Library in Kolkata. [2]
Girish Chandra Sen (c. 1834-1910), a Brahmo missionary, was the first to translate the entire Quran into Bengali. He published it gradually between 1881 and 1883. [9] It was a literal translation with a clear and smooth linguistic style. The translation had been hugely praised by various Muslim scholars and writers as an early literary work. [10]
William Carey of Serampore translated the Bible into the Bengali language and published it in 1793 and 1801. [2] [3] The high language Bengali translation in use in Bangladesh is derived from Carey's version, while "common language" versions are newer translations. [4] Fr.
Bengali is typically thought to have around 100,000 separate words, of which 16,000 (16%) are considered to be তদ্ভব tôdbhôbô, or Tadbhava (inherited Indo-Aryan vocabulary), 40,000 (40%) are তৎসম tôtśômô or Tatsama (words directly borrowed from Sanskrit), and borrowings from দেশী deśi, or "indigenous" words, which are at around 16,000 (16%) of the Bengali ...
Girish Chandra Sen (c. 1835 – 15 August 1910) was a Bengali religious scholar and translator. He was a Brahmo Samaj missionary and known for being the first publisher of the Qur’an into Bengali language in 1886. [1] He was praised by Islamic scholars in countries such as Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, and Iran for his choice of words.
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Following is the list of recipients of Sahitya Akademi translation prizes for their works written in Bengali. The award, as of 2019, consisted of ₹ 50,000. [ 1 ]