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New award for best South Asian fiction
South Asian literature is trying to position itself globally with a new award from India being announced Tuesday for the best fiction on the region.
The first winner of the award known as the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature, which carries a purse of $50,000, will be announced in January 2011.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/23 9:00pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/23 9:00pmFocus on Asian writing
THE City University of Hong Kong is beginning the world’s first ever Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in creative writing specialising in Asian writing in English.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/23 8:59pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/23 8:59pm
Voter registration forms now in 5 Asian languages
SAN FRANCISCO — Voter registration forms are available nationally in five Asian languages for the first time.
The U.S. Election Assistance Commission released the forms on its Web site Thursday in Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Korean and Tagalog. It previously offered them only in English and Spanish.
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0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/23 8:59pmConference on South Asian languages draws to a close
According to Joga Singh, director of the conference, nearly 300 delegates representing 15 countries, participated in the meet. These included linguists from US, UK, Brazil, Iran, Bulgaria, Russia, Romania, Hungary, Pakistan, Nepal, Korea, Czech Republic and India.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 01/18 11:36pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 01/18 11:36pmMoney talks to translators in China-ASEAN trade area
KUNMING, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Chinese translators of Southeast Asian languages are earning top dollar as demand for their skills has boomed with the launch of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area (CAFTA).
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 01/18 11:29pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 01/18 11:29pm