IBNA: According to Arab news staff, the five winners in the category for institutions will receive a cash prize of SR 750,000 each, while individual winners will get SR 500,000 each.
Deputy Foreign Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Abdullah, who is also chairman of the Board of Trustees of the International Prize and member of the Board of Directors of the King Abdul Aziz Public Library, chaired the function.
Prince Abdulaziz said translations help bring people together. “Translated works allow people and nations see what others have achieved in the fields of science, literature and arts,” he said. Translations also enrich various cultures, he added.
Prince Abdulaziz said the prize for translation in natural sciences was shared by Reem Mohammad Al-Towairqi for her translation from English into Arabic of the book “How Things Work: The Physics of Everyday Life”. The book discusses several physics topics in a new and creative way.
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Iran Book News Agency (IBNA) - King Abdullah translation prize winners named
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