Event Title: Translator Day Celebrity

Organizers: National Center for Translation (NCT), Egypt, http://www.nct.gov.eg

Location: Online virtual session (in Arabic)

Time: Monday, Oct. 15th, 2012, 08:00 - 09:00 PM local time

Attendees: All interested parties from Egypt and outside.

Description: The National Center for Translation (NCT) is organizing a celebrity titled "Translator Day", on Oct. 15th, 2012.

In a press release by the NCT, Dr. Camelia Sobhi, the center managing director, stated that the purpose of this celebrity is to highlight the translator rols, and to show the translators' works which are considered in many occassions an innovation that parallels the original work, and are indeed represent a bridge for communication between different cultures and civilizations. This celebrity is also to affirm the pivotal role of translators in interaction between nations since ancient times and until the current time. The translator is that unknown soldier who performs his mission, but rarely is mentioned or recognized in the way he deserves.

Agenda:  

08:15 – 09:00    Sciences Arabization: Reality and Expectations (Mahmoud Shaaban)

Event materials will be made available after the event to members through the Library (Members Only) section at our website.

Related Links: http://www.nct.gov.eg/ar/NewsDetail.aspx?news_id=23 & http://www.nct.gov.eg/ar/NewsDetail.aspx?news_id=28 (in Arabic)

Registration: Registration is open for free to all interested parties. Please register by filling in the registration form available below. Registration deadline is Oct. 10th, 2012. Information to attend the online session will sent to registered attendees after this deadline.