User talk:Stone

I don't know any other way to obtain this information than by lodging my inquiry as a signed-in member. That's why I signed up today. I have no idea if anyone reading this will know the answer to my question. Right here on this site is a translation of the Japji Sahib. Unfortunately, this site gives no indication as to the name or the publication date of the translation used. Please, does anyone here know? I've found a very similar but not identical translation in two places elsewhere on the web: at a wordpress page and at rajkaregakhalsa.net. But there's no indication on those pages as to the identity of the translator either. I assume both there and here is a translation that is in regular use, and probably has been for years(?). But I'm not knowledgeable enough in the field to know which translation(s). Please, does anyone here know which translations, and by any chance does anyone here know the dates of the translations as well? Thank you, Stone

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Hi User:Stone

Many thanks for your interest in Japji Sahib and this website. Most Sikhi websites now use the English translation by Sant Singh Khalsa, MD - see http://www.gurbanifiles.org/translations/index.htm. Read the background information about the Gurbani-CD here

However, due to popularity of Japji sahib, it has been translated by many writers and it is possible that the translation that you read on this website at various different pages will be slightly different from the "official" translations and prepare by the author of that page.

The article at SGGS translations gives fuller details of various popular "official" translations available in English. I believe the first translation in English was first completed in about 1958. The other translations followed soon afterwards.

I hope this helps, but if you need any further clarification, please do not hesitate to leave a further message.

Kind regards, Hari Singh^talk 23:02, 26 February 2017 (CST)