The launch of Pratīkṣā 07—the nineteenth volume of short stories translated by the final-year students reading Translation Studies at the Department of Linguistics—was held on the 01 April 2025 at the K14 auditorium of the Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya.
This volume consists of twenty-eight Sinhalese translations of folk stories representing an Indian cultural background.
The keynote speech was delivered by literary scholar and professional translator Mr Chulananda Samaranayake. Dr Sudath Senarath, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities; Rev. Dr Kapugollawe Anandakiththi, the Head of the Department of Linguistics; academic staff members of the Department; parents of the final-year students; and students representing the other batches of Translation Studies also participated.
The event was organized by the Translation Circle of the Department of Linguistics.
