International Translation Day: Translators discuss challenges of translation during Sheikh Hamad Award for Translation and International Understanding Symposium

Doha: The media team of the Sheikh Hamad Award forTranslationand International Understanding organized an online symposium via Zoom, on the occasion o...

Doha: The media team of the Sheikh Hamad Award for Translation and International Understanding organized an online symposium via Zoom, on the occasion of International Translation Day, which is celebrated on Sept. 30 every year, in which five male and female translators from different languages participated.

During the symposium, entitled "Challenges of Translation in a Changing World," participants presented their visions on the role of Translation as a civilized act in bridging between nations, cultures, and peoples.

They discussed the reality of the Translation movement based on their personal experiences in this field, and touched on the difficulties and challenges they face during their work.

For her part, Kuwaiti writer Saadia Mufarreh, during her moderation of the symposium, explained the role of the Award in honoring translators and appreciating their contribution to strengthening the bonds of friendship rewarding excellence, encouraging creativity, consolidating high values and promoting diversity, pluralism and openness.

The award seeks to root in a culture of knowledge and dialogue, spread Arab and Islamic culture, develop international understanding and encourage mature cultural processes between Arabic and the rest of the world's languages through Translation and Arabic events, she added.