Transcreating Translation: An Indian Mode

This essay, a revised version of an address presented to the Asian Literature in Translation Conference at Birmingham in May 1997, 1s m two parts The first part, borrowing extens1vely from P. Lal, explores 'transcreation' as a mode of translation; the second surveys the growing importance of translation in particular, h·anslating from Indian languages into English - in Ind1an publishing.