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

[Antonia Ruppel]

At least in Hindi, it seems common to just transliterate the sounds of
English words into nagari (I hope the attached photo makes it through), and
all sorts of things intended to be international get English names. Maybe
the makers of the sign simply assumed that other languages did the same
thing?

Antonia

On Fri, 2 Nov 2018 at 19:41, Dan Lusthaus via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> It is curious that the Spanish, French and Chinese offer translations of
> the title, while the Russian, both arabic-persian script attempts (with
> slight differences), and the devanagari offer transcriptions of the English
> title — privileging the English, which is also graphically lifted above the
> rest, as if the other languages were incapable of expressing the idea
> ’statue of unity.’ How British.
>
> Dan
>
> On Nov 2, 2018, at 12:11 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
>>
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