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== History == | == History == | ||
Not long after the creation of [[Sarkarverse]], Abhidevananda began posting articles on Prabhat Samgiita. | Not long after the creation of [[Sarkarverse]], Abhidevananda began posting articles on Prabhat Samgiita. According to Abhidevananda, not long after that, he realized that the existing translations of Prabhat Samgiita required more work than a mere brushing up of the English. Thus, in 2014, Abhidevananda took up a 17-year project to retranslate all of the 5,018 songs. The projected completion of this literary work, at a rate of roughly one song per day, is for sometime in 2031. | ||
According to Abhidevananda, as his proficiency in Bengali improved, the translation work became more and more intense. The focus gradually shifted from an accurate line-by-line prosaic translation to an accurate and poetic, line-by-line translation. So it seems that any time saved in translation from Bengali to English was absorbed into the effort to find more appealing English expression. | |||
At first, all of the translation work was published only on Sarkarverse. After some time, that translation work was reflected on Abhidevananda's [[Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (contemplating the works of)]] blog. Later, the translations were also linked on various [[:wikipedia:Facebook|Facebook]] pages. Finally, in 2016, Abhidevananda began publishing his 50-volume series of books on Prabhat Samgiita, appearing on both [http://tinyurl.com/hb7t7lr Amazon.com] and [http://amrevolution.org/ps/ AmRevolution.org]. | At first, all of the translation work was published only on Sarkarverse. After some time, that translation work was reflected on Abhidevananda's [[Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (contemplating the works of)]] blog. Later, the translations were also linked on various [[:wikipedia:Facebook|Facebook]] pages. Finally, in 2016, Abhidevananda began publishing his 50-volume series of books on Prabhat Samgiita, appearing on both [http://tinyurl.com/hb7t7lr Amazon.com] and [http://amrevolution.org/ps/ AmRevolution.org]. |