Faculty of Al-Alsun and Mass Communication to hold First Annual Conference on Translation and Media

9 May 2016

The Faculty of Al-Alsun and Mass Communication will hold its first annual conference on Wednesday May 11, 2016.  The conference titled “Translation Problems and their Impact upon the Media Content in Egypt,” will take place in room 00A from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

The conference will start with introductions from the Dean of the Faculty of Al-Alsun and Mass Communication, Dr. Hamdy Hassan, followed by a word from University President Dr. Mohamed Shebl El Komy.  The rest of the conference is divided into three main sessions with speeches from a variety of top Egyptian translation and media experts.

The first session, titled “The Crisis of Translation in Egypt,” will discuss the state of translation in Egypt and address current issues.  The second session titled, “Foreign Affairs and Translation in Egyptian Media” will tackle the relationship between lingual skills and translation and foreign affairs in Egyptian media.  The final session, titled “Translation of Media Content,” will outline current issues with media translation and their impact on culture.