Mra Hninzi is a renowned Burmese to English to Burmese translator. She was head of the foreign relations division at the department of immigration from 2000 – 2005, after she retired from government service she began her translation career. Her translated books include ‘A brief History of Globalisation’ by Phillippe Legrain (which won the Sarpay Beikmann translation award in 2005), the ‘Bonesetter’s Daughter’ by Amy Tan, ‘Small Miracles’ series by Yitta Halberstam and Judith Leventhal and Thant Myint U’s ‘River of Lost Footsteps’.
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