jaipur translating a book is a challenging and sometimes even a thankless job in the session jaipurnama the blind matriarch and the return of the mother tongue at jaipur literature festival the art of translation its difficulties and the role of technology were discussedthe session was coordinated by rakshanda jalil who talked with writers and translators pushpesh pant and prabhat ranjan both explained how difficult is the art of translation in hindi ispant talked about the struggles that one faces to translate different emotions of the language i think its also about the generation the slangs used in my generation was completely different from what is used in current society i have read and tried to feel the emotion about the young character in the book it is also about the language a slang in english will have a different impact when translated in hindi so i have to be careful but at the same time i have to give an authentic flavor to the book said pantwhile translation has always been about the art of understanding the language technology has provided some help to the newage translator ranjan said earlier he had to contact a french or spanish person to hear the pronunciation of a word but not anymorei just type a word on youtube or through google translator a the pronunciation is available this has helped me a lot explained prabhatpant however added that while translation from hindi to english has good options but when one tries to translate from english to hindi the essence is gone and neither the meaning is properly translated