Qatar launches translation award in Brazil
The Sheikh Hamad Award for Translation and International Understanding recognizes translations between Arabic and other languages and will include Portuguese in its 2027 edition. The announcement was made at an event at the Arab-Brazilian Chamber on Monday (19) The post Qatar launches translation award in Brazil appeared first on ANBA News Agency .
São Paulo – The Sheikh Hamad Award for Translation and International Understanding, launched by Qatar, announced on Monday that Portuguese will be included in the 2027 edition, giving Brazilian translators a chance to compete. The award recognizes translations between Arabic and various languages. Applications will open on January 1, 2027, and close on March 30, 2027.
The award has two categories: Achievement, which acknowledges a translator's career or an organization's translation record, and Individual Book, which honors the translation of a published work. Portuguese is confirmed for the Achievement category but organizers are undecided about including it in the Individual Book category. The Individual Book category focuses on the quality and significance of the book in both the original and target languages.
The award distributes $2 million in prize money, with at least $200,000 allocated to Portuguese. Translators and organizations from any country that work with Portuguese are eligible to enter in the Arabic-to-Portuguese translation category. The Sheikh Hamad Award visited Brazil for the first time to assess Arabic-Portuguese translation activity and assess the progress of this translation field.
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