Growing translation efforts fuel popularity of Chinese literature in Türkiye

STORY: Growing translation efforts fuel popularity of Chinese literature in Türkiye SHOOTING TIME: April 15, 2024 DATELINE: April 19, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:50 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the seminar themed around "Translation in Literature and Mutual Learning." 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): HALUK HEPKON, Head of Kirmizi Kedi Publishing House 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish): HALUK HEPKON, Head of Kirmizi Kedi Publishing House 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Turkish): AYSEL OZMEN, Employee at Kirmizi Kedi Publishing House STORYLINE: In a cozy hall at a publishing house in Istanbul, Türkiye's cultural hub, poets and writers from both China and Türkiye were gathering for a discussion themed around "Translation in Literature and Mutual Learning." The seminar, organized by Kirmizi Kedi Publishing House on Monday, was a testament to the growing enthusiasm of Turks for Chinese literature, a trend that has seen a significant rise in recent years with the translation of more Chinese books into Turkish.

59th anniv. of Bikini Atoll test

59th anniv. of Bikini Atoll test

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Marshall Islands Senator Kenneth Kedi speaks during a rally in Yaizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on March 1, 2013. Protesters called for the elimination of nuclear weapons at the rally held on the 59th anniversary of the exposure of a Japanese tuna fishing boat to radiation from a U.S. hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific in 1954.