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Ms. Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO said on the occasion of 2019 World Book and Copyright Day: “A window onto our inner lives, books are also the doorway to mutual respect and understanding between people, across all boundaries and differences. Books help weave humanity together as a single family, holding a past in common, a history and heritage, to craft a destiny that is shared, where all voices are heard in the great chorus of human aspiration. Books are our allies in spreading education, science, culture and information worldwide.”
“书籍是内心生活之窗，也是超越一切界限和差异、通往人与人之间相互尊重与理解的大门。书籍有助于将人们维系在一起，组成一个拥有共同的过去、历史和遗产的大家庭，从而构建共同命运，使每个人都能在人类愿景这场大合唱中唱出自己的声音。书籍是我们在全世界传播教育、科学、文化和信息的盟友。”教科文组织总干事奥德蕾·阿祖莱女士在2019世界图书和版权日的致辞中提到。
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The city of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) became the World Book Capital for the year, starting in April 2019. It invites the public to embark on the bridge of knowledge to discover the diversity of the world’s cultures and peoples.
2019 年4 月，当选为本年度“世界图书之都”的阿拉伯联合酋长国沙迦市将正式接受这一称号。沙迦邀请人们踏上知识的桥梁，探索世界文化和民族的多样性。
“The book is, in all circumstances, the best of companions.” This quote from Al- Mutanabbi, the illustrious tenth-century Arab poet, has become an adage that lovers of literature, poetry and knowledge in general, take pleasure in repeating – even today, when social networks and audio-visual media have considerably overshadowed the role of books.
10 世纪的阿拉伯诗人穆太奈比（Al-Mutanabbi）曾经说过：“无论何时何地，书本都是最好的伴侣。”在今天，即使社交网络和视听媒体已经在极大程度上取代了图书的地位，但那些热爱文学、诗歌和知识的人们也依然重复着这句话，把它当作生活的箴言。
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The book remains a privileged medium for promoting the values of tolerance, coexistence and peace, for defending freedom of expression and fighting extremism and obscurantism – all common denominators of the events that begin in Sharjah on 23 April 2019, World Book and Copyright Day, and continue for twelve months, as part of its nomination as World Book Capital 2019.Sharjah is the first city in the Persian Gulf and the third city in the Arab world to receive this designation.
从古至今，图书一直都是一种得天独厚的媒介，有助于倡导宽容、共存、和平的价值观，捍卫言论自由，打击极端主义和蒙昧主义。以这些精神作为主线，从2019 年4 月23 日世界图书和版权日开始，作为“2019 年世界图书之都”命名纪念仪式的一部分，多项活动将在沙迦举办，持续12个月。在此之前，曾有两个阿拉伯城市被评选为“世界图书之都”，不过沙迦是目前唯一一个获此殊荣的波斯湾沿岸城市。
It was in Sharjah that the first school and the first library were opened in the UAE. And it is in this city that, since 1982, the annual Sharjah International Book Fair, has exhorted the public with “Read – you’re in Sharjah!”, its catchy slogan. Now the third-largest book fair in the world, it welcomed 2.7 million visitors in 2018, and 1,874 exhibitors from seventy-seven countries. It offered over 1.6 million titles and a programme of 1,800 events.
阿联酋的第一所学校和第一座图书馆都出现在沙迦。从1982 年起，这里每年都会举办沙迦国际图书博览会，并用一句琅琅上口的口号来勉励公众：“读书吧，这里是沙迦！”沙迦国际图书博览会现在已经发展成为全球第三大书展，在2018年接待了270万名参观者和来自77个国家的1874 名参展商。在博览会上，展出的图书超过160万种，举办的活动多达1800项。
The emirate of Sharjah has given books a special place in its cultural policy, with projects such as “A library in every home”, mobile libraries, national, regional and even international prizes, including the UNESCO-Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture, the Sharjah Award for Arabic Poetry, the Sharjah Award for Translation and the Sharjah Award for an Emirati Book.
沙迦所在的阿联酋一直推行以书籍为重的文化政策，不但开展了“家家有座图书馆”、移动图书馆等项目，还设立了国家、区域乃至国际奖项，其中包括：联合国教科文组织- 沙迦阿拉伯文化奖、沙迦阿拉伯诗歌奖、沙迦翻译奖和沙迦酋长国图书奖。
The emirate also boasts of the Sharjah Publishing City (SPC), which it describes as the world’s first free zone dedicated exclusively to serving the global publishing and printing industry. Spread over 19,000 square metres, the facility offers state-of-the-art services and infrastructure for the entire chain of book-publishing – from writing and designing, to printing and distributing books – for a range of budgets.
阿联酋还拥有沙迦出版城（SPC），这是世界上第一个专门为全球出版和印刷业服务的自由区，占地面积超过1.9 万平方米，为图书出版产业链——从写作和策划到印刷和发行——全程提供最先进的服务和基础设施，并且可以适应多种预算方案。
For its part, the Emirates Publishers Association helps to promote books and reading among all sections of society and different generations of readers. This has earned the non-profit organization the recognition of its peers – its president, Sheikha Bodour Bint Sultan Al Qasimi, was elected vice-president of the International Publishers Association in 2018.
阿联酋出版商协会是一个非营利性组织，旨在向各个社会阶层和不同世代的读者宣传图书和阅读，并由此赢得了同行的认可。协会主席谢哈·博杜·宾特·苏丹·卡西米（Sheikha BodourBint Sultan Al Qasimi）在2018 年当选为国际出版商协会副主席。
“The book is the means by which every society can progress, surpass itself and engage in dialogue. It is a bridge between all the countries of the world,” Sheikha Bodour said, taking up her post as head of the Sharjah World Book Capital 2019 office.
谢哈·博杜现在担任“2019 年沙迦世界图书之都”办公室主任，她说：“书籍是社会进步、超越自我和开展对话的途径，是全球所有国家相互了解的桥梁。”
In partnership with twenty representatives of the public, private and civil society sectors, the secretariat is organizing a series of cultural and artistic events throughout the year, not only in the Emirates but also in other countries in the region. The event aims to contribute to the development and support of publishing in the UAE and throughout the Arab world, by providing access to books for everyone, especially children and teenagers; introducing promising authors; increasing the readership of printed and digital books, and encouraging their translation. All genres of books are represented – poetry, fiction, non-fiction, social and scientific publications, and even comic books.
由来自公共部门、私营部门和民间社会部门的20 名代表组成的秘书处将在一整年的时间里举办一系列文化艺术活动，这些活动不仅在阿联酋国内举办，还将在本地区的其他国家开展。这些活动将推动全民——特别是儿童和青少年——亲近图书，为他们介绍有望成名的作者，扩大纸质图书和数字图书的读者群，鼓励图书翻译工作，从而促进和支持阿联酋和整个阿拉伯世界的出版事业。活动将涵盖所有类型的书籍——诗歌、小说、纪实作品、社会和科学出版物，甚至还有漫画书。
At the end of the event, Sharjah will pass on the baton to the city of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, which has already been designated by UNESCO as the World Book Capital, 2020.
活动结束时，沙迦将把接力棒传递给联合国教科文组织指定的“2020年世界图书之都”——马来西亚的吉隆坡市。
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