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The Translation Programme

The translation programme which led to Marga publications was complementary to the main focus of the Institute’s work. It met a felt need in the field of higher learning in Sri Lanka.

The programme was preceded by a survey of the Sinhala reading public which helped to identify the gaps particularly in the field of social sciences. The objective was to translate approximately 100 books into the Sinhala language and by so doing provide the Sinhala educated intelligentsia with a substantial body of writing in the social sciences. These writings were selected from the works of eminent experts and thinkers in the relevant disciplines and represented different schools of thought. The authors included Myrdal, Baur, Sweezey, Baran, Wriggins, Rostow, Prebisch, Heilbroner Kindleberger, Worsely Almond and Coleman among many others. The programme also included a few well-known modern creative works such as Camus’s "Plague", Silone’s "Fontemara", Solzenitsyn's "One day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch", Orwell’s "Animal Farm", Lederer’s "The Ugly American".




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	The Translation Programme The translation programme which led to Marga publications was complementary to the main focus of the Institute’s work. It met a felt need in the field of higher learning in Sri Lanka. The programme was preceded by a survey of the Sinhala reading public which helped to identify the gaps particularly in the field of social sciences. The objective was to translate approximately 100 books into the Sinhala language and by so doing provide the Sinhala educated intelligentsia with a substantial body of writing in the social sciences. These writings were selected from the works of eminent experts and thinkers in the relevant disciplines and represented different schools of thought. The authors included Myrdal, Baur, Sweezey, Baran, Wriggins, Rostow, Prebisch, Heilbroner Kindleberger, Worsely Almond and Coleman among many others. The programme also included a few well-known modern creative works such as Camus’s "Plague", Silone’s "Fontemara", Solzenitsyn's "One day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch", Orwell’s "Animal Farm", Lederer’s "The Ugly American".	Publications Marga Publications include the research work of the Institute, the Marga journal and the Translation Programme. These could be purchased from the Marga bookshop (Publication Division) or at leading bookstores in and around the City of Colombo. Selected Marga translations which are out of print are now being published by Godage & Bros.



	Marga Journal The Marga Journal pre-dates the Institute by approximately one year. The founders of the Institute first came together to publish the Marga Quarterly Journal. The Marga Journal is brought out twice a year by the Institute. Each issue is devoted to a specific subject. Omnibus volumes carry the edited versions of the main presentations at Marga Seminars as well as commissioned articles. There are approximately 10,000 backcopies and 100 journals covering a wide range of development issues over a period of 35 years. Many of the articles are authored by scholars and professionals invloved in the process of planning and policy making and provide valuable insights into the evolution of development processes and policies in Sri Lanka. Several issues of the Journals are now available in electronic form. To obtain electronic copies of selected articles or for more information on the contents of the past journals please contact the Librarian. The Institute operates an Exchange Programme with other Research Institutes and Universities. The Institute has reorganised the publication of the Marga Journal and the first two volumes of the new series which are titled:- "Peace and Reconciliation” and “Burden of Disease and Equity” are available now. The forthcoming issue is “Youth Risk Behavior and Health in Conflict Situation.”



	For further information please contact :- Mr Saman Amarasinghe, Project Officer, Marga Institute, 93/10,Dutugemunu Street, Colombo 06, Sri Lanka. Tele: 0094-2-828544 E-mail: egmarga@sltnet.lk

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