Oct 16, 2007

தமிழ் : பெயர் பலகைகள்!!!

When I was roaming around the street of 'Adyar' in Chennai recently, I saw a name board of a medical clinic written in English as 'Ortho Pan Dental Xray Lab' and in Tamil as 'ஆர்த்தோ பான் டென்டல் எக்ஸ்ரே லேப்'.

The purpose of having a name board in native language is for localites, who doesn't know the foreign language, to read and understand.

Does the above board solve these problem?

Though it assists them in reading, it doesn't help them to understand the meaning. Why should we do something just to adhere to the rules, if it doesn't solve the problem?

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