|
Abu Dhabi, November 30, 2016: The Sheikh Zayed Book Award (SZBA) announced today its long list for the Translation category, consisting of 8 titles out of 86 nominations received. These nominations came mostly from Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, and France.
The Longlist for translation includes;
| Title |
Language |
Translator |
Nationality |
Publishing |
| 1. ‘Justice, Punishment and the Medieval Muslim Imagination' authored by Christian Lange |
English to Arabic |
Riadh Miladi |
Tunisian |
Dar Al Madar Al Islami, Lebanon 2016 |
| 2. ‘Philosophy in the Flesh, the Embodied Mind and its Challenge to Western Thought' authored by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson |
English to Arabic |
Abdelmajid Jahfa |
Moroccan |
Dar al Kitab Al Jadeed, Lebanon 2016 |
| 3. ‘Constantinople, City of the World's Desire, 1453-1924' authored by Philip Mansel |
English to Arabic |
Mostafa Kassem |
Egyptian |
The National Council for Culture, Arts, and Letters, Kuwait 2015 |
| 4. ‘The First World in The Middle East' authored by Kristian Coates Ulrichsen |
English to Arabic |
Tareq Alayyan |
Egyptian |
Jarrous Press 2015 |
| 5. ‘Economy and Society' authored by Max Weber |
German to Arabic |
Turki Mohamed |
Tunisian |
Arab Organization for Translation, Lebanon 2015 |
| 6. ‘S/Z' authored by Roland Barthes |
French to Arabic |
Mouhammed Al Boukri |
Moroccan |
Dar al Kitab Al Jadeed, Lebanon 2016 |
7. ‘Le Métaphore Vive' authored by Paul Ricoeur |
French to Arabic |
Mohamed El Ouali |
Moroccan |
Dar al Kitab Al Jadeed, Lebanon 2016 |
| 8. ‘Averroés: Le Philosophe Et La Loi' Ibn Rushd |
Arabic to French |
Ziad Bou Akel |
France/ Lebanon |
De Gruyter, Berlin 2015 |
The award has announced its longlist in two categories so far;' Arts and Literary Criticism' and ‘Best Contribution to the Development of Nations'. The announcements will continue for the remaining awards during the next few weeks.
|