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Launch of the second edition of the "Translate – Create" competition to support the translation movement in Egypt

The launch of the second edition of the "Translate – Create" competition within the "A New Start for Human Building" initiative  for Egyptian university students, graduate students, researchers, and members of supporting bodies in public, private, and private universities, especially from the faculties of arts and languages.The aim is: to encourage excellence in the field of translation, to discover a new generation of translators, to promote the translation movement in Egypt, and to develop the skills of young people, while supporting their positive integration into university and cultural activities.

The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and the Supreme Council of Universities, in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture and the National Center for Translation, are organizing the competition, with the aim of translating important cultural books from foreign languages into Arabic, and highlighting young talents in translation. The competition will run from January 26, 2025 to March 27, 2025, and will select the best translation proposals according to specific criteria to be published in the National Center for Translation publications.