Hindi Version Of French Comic “Asterix” Wins Romain Rolland Prize For Translation
Dipa Chaudhury, Puneet Gupta gained the award for translating the primary 3 volumes of the comics
Jaipur:
The Hindi translation of French caricature sequence “Asterix” used to be declared the winner of the third Romain Rolland Prize for Translation on the ongoing Jaipur Literature Pageant (JLF).
“Dipa Chaudhury and Puneet Gupta of Om Books, who’ve translated the primary 3 volumes of the 1953 comics sequence are awarded this yr’s Romain Rolland prize for translation,” mentioned French Ambassador Emmanuel Lenain on Thursday.
The comics sequence tells the tale of a French village in 50 BC with two of the principle characters – Asterix and Obelix – the use of their mind and brawn to stay the Roman Republic from taking the village.
The primary 3 albums – “Asterix sequence: Asterix and the Golden Sickle”, “Asterix and the Goths” and “Asterix the Gladiator” had been translated to “Asterix: Sone ki Darati”, “Asterix: Asterix aur Gawthwasi”, and “Asterix: Asterix Talwarbaz” respectively.
“This can be a caricature however additionally it is a significant persona. It caters to all audiences, old and young. It is about regional id and Ecu id, about the best way we see others and undertaking ourselves.
“I remember that the interpretation of Asterix used to be now not simple, the names of the characters being merchandise of phrase play with references to French phrases. The translators have certainly completed a phenomenal paintings of contextualising a few of these names whilst staying true to its unique that means,” the ambassador mentioned.
The award, this yr, had gained seven entries — two in English, two in Hindi, one in Tamil, Malayalam and Bangla each and every.
The prize has up to now been gained through Monica Singh in 2018 for her Hindi translation of “Rue des boutiques obscures” through Patrick Modiano, and SR Kichenamourty in 2019 for his Tamil translation of Andrei Makine’s “L. a. vie d’un homme inconnu”.
It is composed of a call for participation to the Paris E-book Honest 2020 in March for the writer of the paintings, and a call for participation for the translator to wait a one month residency in France.
