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Synergy Films to produce first Arabic superhero series
Cinema/TV
February 13, 2023
Synergy Films to produce first Arabic superhero series
Synergy Films have announced that they will produce a superhero series for the first time in Egyptian and for…
Facebook researchers use maths for better translations
Technology
October 13, 2019
Facebook researchers use maths for better translations
Designers of machine translation tools still mostly rely on dictionaries to make a foreign language understandable. But now there is…
Israeli library offers glimpse of old Jewish life in Europe
Middle East
June 19, 2019
Israeli library offers glimpse of old Jewish life in Europe
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s National Library has digitized a rare collection of communal ledgers from long-lost Jewish communities of Europe,…
Hong Kongers alarmed by Google translation gaffe
World
June 14, 2019
Hong Kongers alarmed by Google translation gaffe
Hong Kong social media lit up on Friday when protesters noticed Google’s translation software was briefly churning out a rather…
Translating Wikipedia pages into a local language in Ghana
World
April 4, 2019
Translating Wikipedia pages into a local language in Ghana
On a recent Saturday, more than 20 young Ghanaians gathered in a room in the capital Accra. They were there…
Translation error in Trump speech confuses Egyptian media
Egypt
April 5, 2017
Translation error in Trump speech confuses Egyptian media
A translation error in US President Donald Trump's speech on military cooperation between Egypt and the US during President Abdel…
Armed Forces seeking Russian translators
Egypt
December 2, 2015
Armed Forces seeking Russian translators
The Armed Forces have announced job opportunities for qualified and experienced Russian translators, preferably male, for the Language Institute of…
Director: Japan Foundation encourages translation from Japanese into Arabic
Egypt
May 24, 2015
Director: Japan Foundation encourages translation from Japanese into Arabic
Despite the Egyptian people's admiration of Japan's achievements, copying the Japanese experience in Egypt is not on the agenda of…
Translation issues suspend African ministers conference in Cairo
Egypt
March 4, 2015
Translation issues suspend African ministers conference in Cairo
The African Ministerial Conference on Environment (AMCEN) held in Cairo has been temporarily suspended due to translation issues concerning the…
Translating theater to and from the Arab world
Art news
March 17, 2013
Translating theater to and from the Arab world
In a sense, the text of a play is incomplete. It is written to be performed, more than to be…