This is not true. It’s not about handling money, but about handling credit.

Please see http://thuppahi.wordpress.com/2012/05/28/an-idea-to-surpass-the-language-impasse-in-lanka/ for most recent discussion. This has been going on since 2009.

I know most of the Sri Lankans now have access to some kind of a mobile phone.

We know the government is spending a lot on educating people in multiple languages. Which is not bad. But it will take another 20-30 years to be effective.

As a short term solution the gov can start a “NATIONAL TRANSLATION SERVICE” via a common telephone number. If someone needs a translation, he/she just needs to switch on the speaker phone and dial this common number to get a translation.

The gov will have to recruit 2-3000 employees for this projects. But the benefits will be extremely high. We should educate all government/ private sector workers to ask that basic question in all three languages; “Do you need a translation?”

I think google translator already supports tamil. We need to get it to support Sinhala as well. That will enable people to use google translator more effectively for Sinhala and tamil translations.

If you know/have access to someone who is powerful enough to take decisions, please pass on this message. Thanks.