Bengali Literature Is Widely Translated

Over the years the demand for Bengali translations has increased. It is spoken by around 230 million people and is considered to be the sixth most spoken language in the world. Bengali is the official language in Bangladesh and is the second most spoken language used in various parts of India such as West Bengal, Tripura, Assam, and Orissa. Besides Bengali has also lots of speakers in Nepal, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, the UAE, Malawi, Australia, UK and the USA.

Written with the Bengali script, Bengali is an eastern Indo-Aryan language just like Assamese, Gujarati, Punjabi or Manipuri. Bengali script is a variant of the Eastern Nagari script which has evolved from Brahmic script around 1000 CE.

There are two literary styles in Bengali- Sadhubhasa and Chaltibhasa. While Sadhubhasa is based on Middle Bengali of the 16th century and is used in traditional literature; Chaltibhasa is the creation of the 20th century and used as a colloquial language.

Bengali has greatly contributed to the world of literature and culture. Translated works of famous writers such as Rabindranath Tagore, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Kazi Nazrul Islam, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar are vastly translated and read around the world. Numerous works of world-renowned Bengali writers have been translated from Bengali to English and other languages.

Considering Bengali literature is read widely, there is a huge demand for Bengali translations. Bengali is a very rich language and requires the services of those experts who understand the culture, and terminologies of Bengali. Therefore approach a reliable translation company be it Edmonton translation services provider or translation Winnipeg company which can provide you accurate Bengali translations.