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Language is like a flow of continuously flowing river. Language is
continuously developing. In pursuance of the Gujarat official Languages Act,
1961, the strenuous task of switching over the language of the entire administration
was completed. The administration of the State has become more and more people-
oriented because of Gujarati as an official language.

Owing to many fold functions of the Government and more areas of
development, activities of the Government have been expanded. Therefore, this
Directorate had published Trilingual Administrative Dictionary (English-Gujarati-
Hindi) in 1987. SANSKAR AWARD has been conferred to this dictionary. With a
view to maintaining equality at national level some administrative words being
used in the offices of the Central Government have been accepted in the same form
and Gujarati-Hindi equivalents have been given therein. As a result Gujarati
equivalents of the English administrative words being used in the State
Administration can be found easily from the said dictionary. With the extent and
development of Gujarati as an official language of the state, many new administrative
words in Gujarati language have been developed, coined and accepted, resulting
which a need of one dictionary giving English equivalents of Gujarati administrative
words was highly felt. Inquiries and demands for such dictionary were being made
by some Government departments/offices and individuals because they have to
enter into official correspondence in English with other State Governments and the
Central Government, High Courts, Supreme Court in some cases. But Gujarati-
English Administrative Dictionary was not available from which one can find
English equivalents of Gujarati administrative words. Taking this long felt need
into account, in pursuance of the sanction received from the General Administration
Department, Government of Gujarat, the work of preparing Gujarati-English
Administrative Dictionary was undertaken.
The work of this dictionary has been completed under the guidance of a
committee comprising five experts of language from various fields under the
chairmanship of the Director of Languages and Shri L.K. Rohit, Deputy Director
of Languages as a member secretary. This committee has properly finalized many
words of Gujarati language and their English equivalents during the period of
about five years. This dictionary includes Gujarati words being used in day-to-day
administration right from Gram Panchayat to the State and Central Government
as well as courts. English equivalents of various Gujarati words being used in & *

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