Winners of King Abdullah International Prize for Translation announced
The King Fahd Quran Printing Complex in Madinah was awarded the newly instituted King Abdullah International Prize for Translation along with five prominent individuals in recognition of their translation work.
The prize for translation in natural sciences was shared by Dr Abdullah Al-Muhaidab, a Saudi and professor of civil engineering at King Saud University, and Egyptian Dr Ahmed Fouad Basha, professor of physics at Cairo University.
Dr Abdussalam Shadadi, professor of Islamic history at Muhammad V University in Rabat, Morocco, and Dr Claudia Maria, professor of Arabic language at Turin University, Italy, shared the prize for translation in humanities from Arabic to other languages.
The prize for translation in humanities from other languages into Arabic went to Egyptian Dr Saleh Al-Saadawi, a researcher at the Research Centre for History, Art and Islamic Culture in Istanbul.
King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, received and congratulated the winners of the prize in Riyadh in late April. He commended the winners for their efforts in translating Arabic works into different languages and vice versa, saying it would contribute to exchanging knowledge and sciences among people of different cultures.
King Abdullah also called for more efforts in translation of books from Arabic into different languages.
Source: Haj & Umra Magazine