Date of source: Saturday, June 3, 2006
The French Center for Culture and Cooperation in Cairo organized an annual translation day to evaluate achievements and to set a plan for future priorities.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 6, 2006
The article sheds light on the dictionary
on media terminology prepared by the Arabic
Language Institute. The article also deals with the importance of
translating other specialized terminology
into Arabic.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 12, 2006
The EU is getting ready to launch a
dictionary to
accurately define Muslim cultural terminology, such as the words jihād,
"fundamentalist" and
"Islamist" in a bid to assert that there is no religion that compels its followers to
commit crimes in its
name.
Date of source: Friday, March 31, 2006
Dār al-‘Uloum Faculty has organized a cultural day on the role of translation in inter-cultural dialogue.
Date of source: Friday, March 3, 2006
The author comments on the study of Muhammad Ahmad Muhammad Ibrahīm Shihāta, a researcher in the faculty of languages and translation at the Azhar University, on the Christian missionary perspective of Islam from 1850 – 1950.
Date of source: Friday, July 11, 2003
The opinions and writings of many Western politicians attack Islam and they all emphasize that all international civilizations will melt in the vessel of the values of the capitalist West and that the fall of communism foreshadows the end of Islam. These allegations are the result of the emergence...
Date of source: Monday, July 25, 2005
Cairo University’s Center for Foreign Languages and Specialized Translations is launching its newest academic journal, Logos, which is dedicated to research on applied linguistic issues and theory.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 19, 2002
The Middle East Council of Churches decided to translate the Encyclopedia of the History of Christianity into English, French and German. Among its many issues, the Encyclopedia touches upon the Islamic culture and the influence of Islam on Arab societies and Eastern Christians. Because translators...
Date of source: Friday, February 24, 2006
A recent research paper on "The Image of the Prophet Muhammad in German Protestant Missionary Literature" by academic Ibrāhīm ‘Abd al-Hakīm Ahmad Lāshīn has shown a direct link between Islam and the prophet in most European writings.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 15, 2006
The author calls for the establishment of an organization for translation in Egypt, stating that there are many efficient Egyptian translators who can contribute to the success of this organization.