History Translation Workshop
By Achong Tanjong

Bandar Seri Begawan - Twenty-Six persons are attending a workshop to polish history translation skills.

It is organised by the Brunei History Centre, Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports with the cooperation of Civil Service Institute, Prime Minister's Department. It runs from February 3 to 8 at the Civil Service Institute in Kg. Rimba, Gadong.

The workshop aims to benefit translators, writers, research, literature and editors and those in the translation field.

The Head of Brunei History Centre, Pehin Dato Dr Haji Awg Mohd Jamil Al-Sufri, said history translation needs to be explored due to many hidden facts that need intellectual and critical exposure and research.

The workshop hopes to enhance the development of translation activity in the country to a professional level and produce and publish more translated books especially in history, he said.

It hopes the workshop will develop skills in correct translation based on the meaning and language and build the human resources development in the translation field. Six working papers are to be presented during the six-day workshop. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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