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	* [[Tirukkural translations]]		* [[Tirukkural translations]]
	* [[Tirukkural translations into Meitei]]		* [[Tirukkural translations into Meitei]]

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{{short description|Indian translator (born 1976)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}}
{{notability|Bio|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Soibam Rebika Devi
| birth_name =
| birth_date = 1976
| birth_place = [[Imphal]], [[Manipur]], [[India]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| nationality = Indian
| known_for = Translating [[Tirukkural]] into [[Meitei language|Meitei]]
| occupation = Teacher, translator
| father =
| mother =
| spouse =
| children =
| awards =
}}

'''Soibam Rebika Devi''' (born 1976) is an [[India]]n [[List of translators|translator]] who is best known for translating the [[Tirukkural]] into [[Meitei language|Meitei]].<ref name="ValaiTamil_RebikaDevi">{{cite news
| title = திருக்குறளை மணிப்பூர் மொழியில் மொழி பெயர்த்து வெளியிட்ட மணிப்பூர் மங்கை ரேபிகா தேவி
| newspaper = Valai Tamil.com
| language = ta
| publisher = ValaiTamil.com
| date = 15 March 2014
| url = http://www.valaitamil.com/thirukkural-translated-in-manipuri-language_12079.html
| access-date = 14 October 2017}}</ref><ref name="Hindu_SpellOfKural">{{cite news
| last = Krishnamachari
| first = Suganthy
| title = Under the spell of the Kural
| newspaper = The Hindu
| location = Chennai
| publisher = Kasturi & Sons
| date = 20 November 2014
| url = http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/tirukkural-translations/article6618091.ece
| access-date = 14 October 2017}}</ref>

==Biography==
Soibam Rebika Devi was born in 1976 in [[Imphal]], [[Manipur]]. She studied [[botany]], obtaining her bachelor's degree in 1998 and master's degree in 2002 from the [[Manipur University]]. In 2004–2005, she pursued a ten-month diploma course in [[Tamil language]] at the Southern Regional Language Centre of the [[Central Institute of Indian Languages]], [[Mysore]].<ref name="TNIE_InManipuri"/> She received her master of arts in linguistics in 2007 and master of arts in translation studies in 2010 from the [[Annamalai University]].<ref name="TNIE_InManipuri"/> She received her doctorate in linguistics from the [[Madurai Kamaraj University]].<ref name="TNIE_InManipuri"/> She began her career as a high school teacher in Manipur. She is currently working as a resource person in the National Translation Mission, Central Institute of Indian Languages, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, Manasagangotri, [[Mysore]]. She served as a resource person in the preparation of "A Semantically Classified Vocabulary: Tamil–English–Manipuri" and "Editing the manuscripts of Multimedia Materials prepared in twenty Indian languages," and has presented eight research articles. She has conducted a survey on Knowledge Text Scenario in Manipur, participating in workshops organized by National Translation Mission for the translation of Knowledge Texts into Meitei.<ref>{{cite book
| last = Rebika Devi
| first = Soibam
| title = Tirukkural in Manipuri
| publisher = Central Institute of Classical Tamil
| edition = 1
| date = 2012
| location = Chennai
| pages = 334
| language = ta, mni
| isbn = 978-81-90-80008-2
}}</ref>

In 2012, she completed the first ever translation of the [[Tirukkuṟaḷ|Kural]] into Meitei, which she made in prose form and was published by the [[Central Institute of Classical Tamil]], [[Chennai]].<ref name="ValaiTamil_RebikaDevi"/><ref name="Hindu_SpellOfKural"/> She took more than a year-and-a-half's time to complete the translation.<ref name="TNIE_InManipuri">{{cite news
| last = D’Souza
| first = Vincent
| title = Tirukkural now in Manipuri verses
| newspaper = The New Indian Express
| location = Mysore
| pages =
| language =
| publisher = Express Publications
| date = 28 June 2013
| url = https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2013/jun/28/Tirukkural-now-in-Manipuri-verses-491266.html
| access-date = 27 May 2021}}</ref> It is considered the first ever translation of a Tamil work into the Meitei language.<ref>{{cite journal
| last = Khan
| first = Tariq
| author-link =
| title = From the Scholars' Desk
| journal = The Translation Bulletin
| volume =
| issue = 18
| pages = 41
| publisher = National Translation Mission, Central Institute of Indian Languages
| location = Mysuru
| date = 2017
| language =
| url = https://www.ntm.org.in/download/bulletin/bulletin-october-december.pdf
| jstor =
| issn =
| doi =
| id =
| mr =
| zbl =
| jfm =
| access-date = 23 May 2021}}</ref> The translation was published by the [[Central Institute of Classical Tamil]] (CICT), [[Chennai]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite news
| last = Krishnamachari
| first = Suganthy
| title = Under the spell of the Kural
| newspaper = The Hindu
| location = Chennai
| pages =
| language =
| publisher = Kasturi & Sons
| date = 20 November 2014
| url = http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/tirukkural-translations/article6618091.ece
| access-date = 14 October 2017}}</ref> The translation was part of CICT's project of translating the Kural into multiple languages including [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Kannada]], [[Nepali language|Nepali]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] and other Indian languages.<ref>{{cite news
| last = Mariappan
| first = Julie
| title = Tirukkural goes into Punjabi now
| newspaper = The Times of India
| location = Chennai
| pages =
| language =
| publisher = The Times Group
| date = 29 October 2012
| url = https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/tirukkural-goes-into-punjabi-now/articleshow/16999272.cms
| access-date = 8 June 2021}}</ref> The translation was officially released in [[Imphal]] in March 2014 by the governor of [[Manipur]].<ref>{{cite news
| last = Express News Service
| first =
| title = Thirukkural to be Released in Bengali Soon
| newspaper = The New Indian Express
| location = Chennai
| pages =
| language =
| publisher = Express Publications
| date = 25 March 2014
| url = https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2014/mar/25/Thirukkural-to-be-Released-in-Bengali-Soon-590593.html
| access-date = 27 May 2021}}</ref>

In November 2014, the CICT planned to recite the Meitei translation along with translations in 9 other languages to commemorate the launch of the institution's Telugu and Kannada translations of the Kural text.<ref name="TOI_TeluguKannada">{{cite news|last=TNN|first=|date=13 November 2014|title=Telugu, Kannada versions of 'kural' to be launched today|language=|pages=|newspaper=The Times of India|publisher=The Times Group|location=Chennai|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/telugu-kannada-versions-of-kural-to-be-launched-today/articleshow/45129077.cms|access-date=27 May 2021}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|India|Tamils|Literature|Poetry}}
* [[Tirukkural translations]]
* [[Tirukkural translations into Meitei]]
* [[Tamil literature]]
* [[Meitei literature]]
* [[List of translators]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Tirukkural}}
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[[Category:Tamil–Meitei translators]]
[[Category:Translators of the Tirukkural into Meitei]]
[[Category:1976 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Tirukkural translators]]

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