To advance the African Translation Series project, standardize the editing process, improve translation quality, and ensure steady output, SFL held a project promotion meeting via Tencent Meeting at 19:30 on July 8, 2026. Dean Cao Ruonan chaired the meeting. All project team faculty and collaborating advisors from the Institute of Middle Eastern Studies attended.
Project team faculty reported translation progress, draft completion, and proofreading details for each translated work, reviewed difficulties and practical concerns in translation and editing, and proposed preliminary ideas for further improvement.
Collaborating advisors including Han Zhibin and Li Fuquan fully affirmed the team’s solid, meticulous, and high-quality translation work. From an academic research perspective, they advised deepening the integration of translation practice and academic research, exploring research directions through the translation series, refining quality academic topics, and giving full play to the project’s academic value and research empowerment.
Regarding common issues in translation and editorial style, Dean Cao coordinated on-site and clarified solutions. She said SFL will actively engage the partner publisher, finalize rectification plans, and issue standardized editorial guidelines specifying core principles and requirements for translation, proofreading, and typesetting, making the editing work fully standardized.
The meeting also detailed summer priorities, including intensive polishing of translations and centralized review by advisors, clarifying responsibilities, timelines, and requirements to remove bottlenecks and ensure quality and orderly progress.
The meeting reviewed the project’s phased achievements, identified existing problems, clarified next steps and key tasks, strengthened team cohesion, and laid a solid foundation for completing the African Translation Series with high quality and producing excellent academic translations.
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