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CAIRO, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese Cultural Center in Egypt launched on Monday a forum of Arab researchers and translators of Chinese language.
The ceremony was attended by Chen Dongyun, head of the center and the Cultural Affairs Counselor of the Chinese Embassy in Cairo, as well as a number of Arab and Egyptian diplomats and translators of Chinese language.
"I started to think of forming this forum since I arrived in Egypt six years ago," Chen told the forum. "The Egyptians pay special academic attention to the Chinese language."
She said the Chinese Cultural Center should play an important role to boost translation activities as Egypt embraces the largest number of Chinese language translators.
For her part, Professor Nahed Abdullah, head of Chinese Translation and Literature at Ain Shams University and the executive chief of the forum, said the forum aims at holding workshops and courses with the goal of spreading the Chinese culture in Egypt.
"The forum also focuses on supporting the initiatives of Chinese-Arabic translation," she said.
The event coincides with celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the commencement of the diplomatic representation between the two countries, and the 2016 China Culture Year in Egypt.
