

The department is also planning a central repository of Tamil words. We are hoping to resolve all these problems under this project,” said Tamil Official Language and Tamil Culture minister K Pandiarajan. “There are million phrases that require translation into Tamil and even Google does not offer meaningful translations of Tamil words. A database of Tamil words is also being prepared. The department has engaged a private portal, Sorkuvai, for the purpose and 2,000 translations have already been added to Tamil language.


We are roping in such people,” said the minister. “There are several professionals, who are interested in Tamil. Doctors, engineers and management experts, who have a flair for Tamil, will be used to translate technical words from English to Tamil.
Some effort should be made to translate English terms used in the field of information technology,” said former school education minister Thangam Tennarasu. The project will be useful for them. “There are several school-going children as well as others, who are unable to get a proper Tamil translation for some English words.
