New Egyptian ‘House of Translation’ to Launch October 31
On Halloween morning, the American University in Cairo’s (AUC) Center for Translation Studies and Egypt’s National Center for Translation are set to launch a joint project, a new House of […]
On Translation
One Minute with Olivia Snaije on Translating ‘Bye Bye Babylon’
Olivia Snaije (@oliviasnaije) is a freelance journalist who recently moved back to Paris from London where she worked as executive editor of Alef magazine and then as a commissioning editor […]
Translator as Censor
Ola al-Saket has interviewed Albawtaka editor Hala Salah Eldin as part of Al Masry Al Youm’s ongoing series on translation, “In Other Words.” One thing that caught my attention was the paragraph on (self)-censorship: […]
Sharjah ‘Translation Rights Centre’ Launches with $300,000 Translation Fund
Last week, Ahmed Al Amri, the director of the Sharjah International Book Fair, announced the opening of a $300,000 translation fund to celebrate the fair’s 30th anniversary.
Translation is Not Dialogue
Translation can be a wonderful thing: a way of taking beautiful voices and shaping them into different vessels—so that they can be thrown out of the darkness of their own […]
In Other Words: You Translate Mine, I’ll Translate Yours
Please blame me for the childish sexual innuendo in the headline, not Al Masry Al Youm. At first glance, Gretchen McCullough and Mohamed Metwalli seem perfectly cast for their roles: […]
October 18 Talk: Naguib Mahfouz in Translation
More from Bikya Masr: Swedish Academy professor celebrates Mahfouz centennial
10 Rules and 10 Translations from Dr. Issa J. Boullata
Dr. Issa J Boullata is a Jerusalem-born Palestinian writer, literary scholar, critic, educator and translator. He started his career with a PhD in Arabic literature from London University in 1969 and […]