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ALAN Riach picks up from his essays on Niyi Osundare and African anglophone literature to ask a few pertinent questions about the virtues of translation and migrant identities, and what is “translation” anyway? THE African writers we looked at a fortnight ago are accessible to those of us who read only English but we can’t simply ignore the indigenous languages beyond English, any more than we can forget Scots and Gaelic. Imperialism suppressed languages in Africa as it did in Scotland, and linguistic imperialism sums up all other kinds. Understanding this is essential if we have any worthwhile hope for a new Scotland, so it applies very forcefully to Michael Fry’s assessment of Gaelic in Scotland, “We need more than political gestures to save Gaelic culture” (The National, April 20) and to the powerful letters in response to it from Jim Finnie, Derrick McClure and George Pattison, “Gaelic is only a ‘dying’ language because it was beaten out of us!” ....
Letters In the past, pupils in the Highlands and Islands could expect the tawse for speaking in their native tongue I ALWAYS approach Michael Fry’s articles with trepidation. I am frequently annoyed by them – no doubt his intention – and on rare occasions I find myself agreeing. But his article on Tuesday was in the former camp (Political gestures are not a plausible solution for saving the Gaelic culture, April 20). I agree that you could go overboard in an effort to popularise the language through education but there’s absolutely nothing wrong with trying to preserve and reverse years of decline of a culture in which all Scots should have pride and attachment. ....
Reaching agriculture’s $100 billion target will require more capital investment By Country News Billions of dollars in investment is needed for agriculture to become a $100 billion a year industry, says AgriFutures Australia managing director John Harvey. 1 of 1 5370537724001 Billions of dollars in capital investment in the agriculture industry will be required each year to reach the National Farmers’ Federations’ $100 billion target for the industry, a new report has found. The target of reaching $100 billion in farm gate output by 2030 would require $8.7 billion to be pumped into Australia s agriculture, fisheries and forestry industries every year for the next nine years. An AgriFutures report found the industry attracts around $1.2 billion of investment per year, with farm gate output valued at $63 billion. ....