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LIGHT OF POCHANA

From a diary

Pochana Chandrasanti

Translation is the comparison between to be code, implied or indicative only
two. We take words, statements and try and subject to interpretation.
to find a similar meaning from other, dif- This is what those who transcribe
ferent languages and cultures. It is diffi- prayer have to experience all the time.
cult to achieve success. Often inaccurate They feel a deep feeling of failure but at
and failing to convey exact intentions the same time, the reader sees full
due to the differing cultures and use of beauty in their words. That feeling of
languages within those cultures. Different failure reminds us to be humble and ac-

thought processes and perspectives are cept the limits of boundaries, yet at the
difficult to convert into foreign languages. same time, to see multiple linguistic pos-
Rarely do they read as one and the same sibilities. It becomes a beautiful moment
but always it is to ‘attempt an uphill task’ in the flow of creation and conception,
- Sisiphus . a feeling that lives together with feelings
*
So, it is between languages. It can of absurdity and failure.
be a meaningless effort trying to convey Because of that feeling of failure
or conveying an abstract state, thought though, we try to find the truth and real-
or personal experience by communicat- ity until language and the words can
ing with irrelevant symbols. It can appear become meaningless.

* Sisyphus: The crafty king in the Greek mythology of Corinth who didn’t fear god. He was punished by god to roll
rocks up the mountain and all rocks roll back to heap him endlessly.