Tamil Translation Review Team

Name: Surya Narayanan Kalyanaraman

District: 116

Primary Club: Indian TM Club

Year Joined: 2012

Highest position held: Area Director

Education awards earned: DTM

What is your area of expertise? Professional front: Business/Financial Analysis, Market Research, Corporate Communications & Investor Relations Toastmasters: Table Topics, Evaluation, Speech Writing, Governance & Rules, Speech Contests Management, Pathways Mentoring Story Telling Others: Crosswords, Puzzles, Word Play, Mathematics and Statistics

How does your professional experience relate to your role as Chief Reviewer?
 I fancy my ability to think & communicate effectively in multiple languages. By living in multiple cities/countries where I have been interacting with Tamil speaking people from various countries, I have developed a fairly good understanding of the variations in the language. From my professional experience of dealing with people from all strata, I can distinguish between formal and conversational styles and adapt my language according to the situation and needs. This is essential for a good translator.

What do you like most about being a translation reviewer for the Toastmasters Pathways learning experience?
I strongly believe that communication & public speaking are vital skills and language is just a medium. It gives me immense happiness to play a small part in helping the Toastmasters program reach out far & wide to people who can use the time tested tools & techniques, even while communicating in languages other than English. The fact that I'm involved in translating the TI materials into my mother tongue is a big bonus.