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Little translator Kaushala
By L.B. Senaratne
It was quite by chance that I met eleven-year-old Jinanjalee Kaushala Karunaratne from St. Anthony's Girls' School Kandy, when she came to present a detective story she had written to the Governor of the Central Province Monty Gopallawa.

The book is to be printed soon.
Kaushala has been writing and translating since she was nine years old.
She has translated five books from the popular 'Enid Blyton' series for children so far, the first " Five go to Camp' of which is already published.

The idea came to her after she watched the series on TV, she said. She translated the books during her spare time and school holidays. The second, third and fourth books are now awaiting publication.

It was a struggle to find a publisher and this, she said took some time, until her father intervened. Finally publisher Sarath Wijesooriya gave her a helping hand.

Asked why she had thought of translating the Enid Blyton series, she said these books are popular among children of her age and she thought children in the Sinhala stream should have the opportunity of enjoying a good detective story.

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