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In other words: You translate mine, I’ll translate yours
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In other words: You translate mine, I’ll translate yours

At first glance, Gretchen McCullough and Mohamed Metwalli seem perfectly cast for their roles: she, the hard-working prose writer in…
In other words: The language of cinema
Cinema/TV

In other words: The language of cinema

Remember that iconic scene from sci-fi classic “The Rebel,” when Neo and Trinity are preparing for a daring rescue operation?…
In other words: Celebrating international Translation Day
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In other words: Celebrating international Translation Day

In January and February of this year, the eyes and ears of people around the world were fixed on Egypt.…
Egyptian wins Harvill Secker prize for translating ‘Gothic Night’
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Egyptian wins Harvill Secker prize for translating ‘Gothic Night’

Egyptian actress, writer and editor Wiam al-Tamami was awarded the second annual Harvill Secker Young Translators' Prize by the Britishing…
The future of Elias Khoury’s ‘Bab el-Shams’
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The future of Elias Khoury’s ‘Bab el-Shams’

– “Palestine,” said Lebanese novelist Elias Khoury, “is my country of choice.” Under the banner of “Translating Palestine,” Khoury spoke…
Should Egypt pay to promote its authors abroad?
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Should Egypt pay to promote its authors abroad?

  When the UK-based Literature Across Frontiers (LAF) visited Cairo this month, it was with the aim of speeding and…
Tourism syndicate head wants foreign tour guides out
Egypt

Tourism syndicate head wants foreign tour guides out

The head of Egypt's tourist syndicate said Thursday that he has pleaded with the tourism minister to suspend all translation…
New literary prize open to young Arabic-English translators
Books

New literary prize open to young Arabic-English translators

For many years, the field of Arabic-English translation was dominated by a very few. Denys Johnson-Davies, who Edward Said called…
Can Egyptian humor be translated?
Books

Can Egyptian humor be translated?

At a mid-May symposium at the American University in Cairo, students from “Translating the Revolution” class of Samia Mehrez -…
Dar Al Shorouk celebrates launch of Shorouk-Penguin
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Dar Al Shorouk celebrates launch of Shorouk-Penguin

The Egyptian publishing house Dar Al Shorouk celebrated the launch of a joint venture on Tuesday.Shorouk-Penguin will publish Arabic works…
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