w88 casino News Network (provided by the w88 casino of Foreign Languages)On September 18, the academic seminar "Translation of Chinese and Arabic Classics: Current Situation and Challenges" was held grandly at Beijing Foreign Studies University. The delegation of Qatar's "Sheikh Hamad Translation and International Understanding Award", representatives of the Qatar Embassy in China, experts and scholars from many domestic universities, academic institutions, publishing institutions, and media friends gathered together to conduct in-depth exchanges around the issues of Sino-Arab civilization exchanges and translation of classics. Professor Ge Tieying and Professor Zou Lanfang from the Department of Arabic of the w88 casino of Foreign Languages ​​attended the seminar, and several undergraduate and graduate students also participated.

The seminar set up two major topics: "Translation and Introduction of Chinese and Arab Classics" and "Translation and Chinese and Arab Civilizations". The participating scholars shared and discussed topics such as classical translation, translation teaching, mutual learning among civilizations, and organizational mechanism guarantees. Ge Tieying, winner of the "Sheikh Hamad International Translation and Understanding Award" and emeritus professor of the Department of Arabic Languages, served as a guest and delivered a keynote speech titled "Chinese Translation of Arabic Classics".

The "Sheikh Hamad International Prize for Translation and Understanding" was established by the Qatari government in 2015 and has now become the most important award in the field of translation in the Arab world. The award aims to recognize translators and cultural and publishing institutions who have made outstanding contributions in promoting friendship and cooperation between the Arab people and people around the world. In 2021, Professor Ge Tieying of the Department of Arabic won the first prize of the Arabic-Chinese Translation Award for his exquisite Chinese translation of the important Arabic medieval classic "The Biography of the Stingy Man".(Written by: Zhao Xi Reviewed by: Tong Deyi)