Work Coordination Meeting: Translation of seven Pitaka Treatises into English

A work coordination meeting on translation of seven Pitaka Treatises took place at the meeting hall of the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture on Thursday. 

Union Minister U Tin Oo Lwin attended the meeting and made a speech saying that translation process of Pitaka Treatises was started on August 20th, 1980 by establishing Pitaka Treatises Translation Team and 46 out of 53 Pitaka Treatises were translated into English language.

Currently, efforts are underway to translate the remaining 7 treatises into English language. As translation processes are conducted in accordance with the principle of using simple words to be able to easily understand without distorting the sermons delivered by Buddha, 4 universities which are expert in both Pali and English languages will conduct translation tasks for rapid completion and publishing of Pitaka Treatises.

Then, the attendees supplicated current implementations of translation processes. And, the attendees Sayadaws conveyed the needs on smooth translation ofPitaka Treatises without distorting the sermons delivered by Buddha by collaborating with experts.

Subsequently, four universities take on the responsibility of translating the seven Pali treatises into English. It was followed by contribution of 4 sets of computer, printer and related equipment worth of over 2.2 million kyats to State PariyattiSasana University (Yangon and Mandalay), Sitagu International Buddhist Academy and Shan State Buddha University.

Department for the Promotion and Propagation of Sasana under the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture is working on translating the PaliPitakas into English. It is reported that among 53 Pali treatises, 35 translated Pali treatise were verified and 36 are planned to be published in English language. There are 11 books that are still being edited by scholars and teachers, and 7 books that have not yet been translated into English.