Tehran -- Iran’s Islamic Culture and Relations Organization (ICRO) has prepared a plan to promote the translation of Persian books into other languages.
The plan entitled “Translation of Persia (TOP)” was announced by ICRO Director Abuzar Ebrahimi in a press release on Monday.
He called TOP “a national plan” and said, “TOP aims to promote foreign translators and publishers for translation and publication of Persian books in order to improve the knowledge of other nations about Islamic and Iranian culture.”
“The ICRO has prepared all the necessary preliminaries to implement the plan, which will be publicized by Iran’s cultural centers in over 60 countries across the world in the near future,” he added.
According the plan, the ICRO will provide part of the funds that foreign publishers will expend for publication of the translated works.
“Over the years, Iranian scholars and writers have created many invaluable books, which have failed to get into the world book markets due to a lack of a comprehensive plan to translate the works,” Ebrahimi stated.
He expressed his hope that the plan can help the works be offered at world book markets.
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