7th Sheikh Hamad Award for Translation and Int’l Understanding kicks off

The award aims to honour translators and appreciate their role in strengthening the bonds of friendship and cooperation between the world’s nations

THE Board of Trustees of the Sheikh Hamad Award for Translation and International Understanding on Sunday announced the launch of the award’s seventh edition for 2021, as it will be receiving nominations starting on February 15 until August 15.

As an international award that has been established in 2015, it aims to honour translators and appreciate their role in strengthening the bonds of friendship and cooperation between the world’s nations. It also seeks to encourage creativity, spread diversity, pluralism and openness, develop international understanding and enhance the role of translation in spreading peace and knowledge, and the role of translators in bringing cultures together.

A press release issued by the management of Sheikh Hamad Award for Translation and International Understanding stated that the award has chosen Chinese as the second main language alongside English, with four new languages chosen for the Achievement category, which are Urdu, Amharic, Dutch and

Modern Greek.

To continue enhancing communication between the Arab culture

and the world’s different cultures, the award of 2021 drew its attention to four new languages.

The seventh session includes translation awards in individual books and is divided into four branches: Translation from Arabic to English, translation from English to Arabic, translation from Arabic to one of the other chosen languages, and translation from the other chosen languages to Arabic.

Each prize is worth $200,000, as the first place winner will receive $100,000, with the secondplace and third-place winners receiving $ 0,000 and $40,000, respectively.

The second category includes the Achievement prizes in the minor languages, as it is awarded to several translated works from the selected languages to Arabic, and from Arabic to the selected languages (Urdu, Amharic, Dutch and Modern Greek), with $100,000 allocated for each category.

The third category also includes the Achievement prize for the two main languages, as this award is worth $200,000.

Applying for the award can be done via the award website www. hta.qa, in addition to uploading the prescribed form depending on the category which the candidate wishes to apply for.