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Anuvaad, the Translation Festival, organised by the Hyderabad Literary Festival (HLF) got off to a colourful start at the English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU) campus, here, on Saturday. Inaugurating the one-day festival as the chief guest, Prof. E. Suresh Kumar,Vice Chancellor, EFLU, and Member,UGC, New Delhi, said that celebrating translation was like celebrating the unique diversity in languages, literatures, and cultures of the world.The Vice Chancellor stated that translations help us to understand the life, living, literature, philosophy, culture, traditions, and practices of the different parts of the globe. He appreciated the efforts of the Hyderabad Literary Trust in organizing the Kaavya Dhaara, the poetry festival, and the Anuvaad, the translation festival, as precursors to the upcoming 13th edition of the prestigious Hyderabad Literary Festival, scheduled to be held in the last week of January next year.Prof. T.Vijay Kumar, Director, HLF, said that the Anuvaad was aimed at celebrating translations and translators and added that translators’ anonymity needs to be interrogated.

“The translation festival offers a platform for translators to reflect on their art and craft, challenges, and experiences,” he added. Presiding over the inaugural, Ms. Amita Desai, Director, HLF, stated that a total of six sessions involving established and emerging translators from India, three translators from the United Kingdom and one from France are participating.

The translation festival is being held in hybrid mode, where the foreign experts join through the online links and interact with the participants from the EFLU’s auditorium. Delegates and senior faculty members from different universities, translators, writers, and members of the different literary organisations took part in large numbers