Shabd Shala
26-08-2023
11:44 AM
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Overview:
The Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology will soon launch Shabd Shala, a website to invite suggestions for translation of words that are recent additions to the English language.
About Shabd Shala:
- People across India can log onto the ‘Shabd Shala’ website and provide suggestions for possible translations of these words or their most prevalent usages in their respective languages.
- After collating all the suggestions, the Technical Words Selection Committee will zero in on the most popular or appropriate translations for each word, following which a glossary would be brought out in all the respective languages.
- The committee, to be constituted in consultation with the Education Ministry, will comprise of subject experts in science and technology, and experts in linguistics and the Sanskrit language.
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The Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology:
- It was established on October 01, 1961 in pursuance of a Presidential Order dated April 27, 1960.
- Presently, CSTT is functioning under Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Government of India with its headquarters at New Delhi.
- The main objective is to evolve standard terminology, propagate its use, and distribute it widely.
- The commission is mandated to collaborate with State governments, universities, regional textbook Boards, and State ‘Granth Academies’, which are nodal bodies in-charge of providing translations of English textbooks in local languages for institutions of higher education.
- Eighteen States were mandated to have Granth Academies.
Source : The Hindu