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by Ranil Wijayapala 'Sadharthavahini' English-Sinhala dictionary compiled by Munidasa Senerath Yapa, a writer, critic and translator and published by S. Godage publications was launched last Tuesday at Mahaweli Centre auditorium under the patronage of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse. Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse, commended Munidasa Senerath Yapa for his commitment for compiling the 'Sadharthavahini' dictionary to help Sri Lankans to improve their language skills. He said a new programme will be initiated to promote English education in remote villages. "For this we should commence a new programme as we cannot compare the English knowledge of the teachers in rural areas and the English knowledge of teachers of National level schools and international schools", the Prime Minister added. "We should improve the facilities at rural schools to enable the students to obtain a better English knowledge", the Premier added. The Premier said the launching of 'Sadharthavahini' dictionary will be a boon for schoolchildren to gain a better English knowledge. Munidasa Senerath Yapa as introduced by Siri Tilakasiri is a reputed English teacher who born at Ingiriya in 1921. He received the State Literary Award for the translation of the world famous novel Crime and Punishment to Sinhala in 1971 and translated a number of other books into Sinhala. He has also contributed newspaper articles on the correct usage of Sinhala and English languages. Prof. Wimal G. Balagalle said through this dictionary Munidasa Senerath Yapa has made an attempt to give a clear idea of the English word after giving definition of the word which is lacking in other English-Sinhala dictionaries. The author of the 'Sadharthavahini' dictionary Senerath Yapa said his attempt was to protect the both Sinhala and English languages. J.R.P. Sooriyapperuma also spoke on the occasion. |
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