18 scholarly works translated last year: ASA

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan (ASA) says 18 significant scholarly works were translated from foreign languages into national languages last year.

In addition, the first volume of the Dari Literary Encyclopaedia has been completed, featuring research on 600 encyclopaedic terms.

As part of a government-wide programme highlighting the annual achievements of public institutions, ASA officials presented the academy’s accomplishments for the previous solar year.

Speaking at the event, Deputy for Natural and Technical Sciences at the Academy Sheikh Amir Jan Saqib said that 18 major scientific works had been translated from foreign languages into national languages over the past year.

He added that the first volume of the Dari Literary Encyclopaedia had been finalised, including the analysis of 600 encyclopaedic terms.

He further noted that the fourth volume of the Encyclopaedia for Children and Adolescents in the Dari language had been completed, while the translation of its third volume into Pashto had also been finalised.

According to Saqib, work was currently underway on 183 scholarly and research projects across the fields of Islamic, human, and natural-technical sciences.

Also speaking at the gathering, Dr. Syed Nazim Syedi, Head of the Centre for Languages and Literature at the Academy, said that 36 scientific and research projects were approved by the Scientific Council last year.

He noted that standardised writing systems and alphabets had been developed for three of the country’s minority languages – Sawi, Ashkashmi, and Nuristani. Speakers of several other languages have also submitted requests, and work is ongoing in those areas.

Syedi added that in the Islamic sciences field, 13 specialised encyclopaedic topics had been identified and confirmed; 14 topics in the field of human sciences, and six in the field of natural sciences.

The ASA, he said, donated a total of 2,174 books to various government bodies, major academic institutions, scholars, and cultural figures. In addition, 20 scientific research books were sent to Tatarstan in Russia.

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