Translations in Bengali, as Depicted through Indian National Bibliography: A Study

Abstract

The importance of translations in today's literary world is increasing day by
day. In this context, the translated works in a National Bibliography of a
country is very important. The translated works in Bengali in the Indian
National Bibliography has been dealt with in this article. India is a country of
varied heritage, cultural and linguistic confluence. So, the Indian National
Bibliography is also a repository of literary works of multidimensional value.
The aim of this article is to bring into limelight the literary works of different
languages which have been translated into Bengali from 2016-2019, and
which have been incorporated in the Indian National Bibliography. The
objective of the study is to highlight the status of translated works, especially
in Bengali language in INB. Since this is a maiden work, therefore, this will be
valuable to the academicians, researchers and librarians. The findings of this
study have been depicted in various ways, quantitatively and qualitatively i.e.,
year wise number of translators, number of authors, types of languages from
which translations have been done, number and types of publishers, etc. The
conclusions drawn from the study shows the trends and patterns of translated
works in Bengali in INB. Trends of these works belonging to different classes
of DDC have been emphasized. Much more amount of work need to be done
in this important aspect in future.