[INDOLOGY] Language use at the site of the Statue of Unity

[Aleksandar Uskokov]

Dear Palaniappan,

The Russian is laughable even for someone who is, like me, not fluent. It
is just the English written in Cyrillic script.

Best regards
Aleksandar

On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 12:12 PM Tyler Williams via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> Dear Palaniappan,
>
> The Perso-Arabic script transliteration in this photo is not even close to
> being correct, reading "stāt āf unatī".
>
> Best,
> TWW
>
> On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 10:59 AM Sudalaimuthu Palaniappan via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
>> On a plaque at the site of the statue of Sardar Patel, the name ‘Statue
>> of Unity’ has been transliterated or translated into different languages as
>> shown in the attachment. The terrible rendering in Tamil became widely
>> ridiculed on the Web. Some wondered if it was a photoshopped joke. But BBC
>> Tamil <https://www.bbc.com/tamil/india-46054914> has confirmed that it
>> is true and shows a picture with attempted erasure of the Tamil version
>> after the problem was brought to the attention of the authorities. The
>> designer of the plaque was Larsen & Toubro. Can other language experts
>> comment on the other versions on the plaque?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Regards,
>> Palaniappan
>>
>> [image: Inline image]
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