Book-launch ceremony "META Startup Entrepreneur"

Friday, 26/01/2024 04:24
On January 26, 2024, CLEF Institute successfully organized the launching ceremony of the book "META Startup Entrepreneur" by author Pierre Bonnet and translator Ngô Tự Lập at Sunwah Hall, Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU).
 
 

 
The ceremony was attended by many distinguished guests: Mr. Phạm Hồng Quất - Director of the Department of Science and Technology Enterprise and Market Development, Ms. Lê Hà - Director of the Vietnam Film Institute, Mr. Đinh Việt Hòa - President of the Association National Startup Association, Mr. Lê Ngọc Bình - Rector of CMC University, Mr. Đỗ Tuấn Minh - Chairman of the School Council, Party Secretary, University of Languages and International Studies ​​- VNU, Mr. Lâm Quang Đông - Vice Principal University of Languages and International Studies ​​- VNU, Mr. Lê Ngọc Định - Chairman of the Vietnam - Japan Cultural Exchange Association, Mr. Phùng Danh Thắng - Dean of the International Francophone Faculty, VNU, Mr. Đào Minh Quang - Chairman of Đào Minh Quang Foundation, Mr. Nguyễn Văn Khang - Director of Vietnam AI Institute, Mr. Nguyen Van Khang - Former Deputy Director of Institute of Linguistics, Ms. Nguyễn Thị Bích Loan - Former Vice Principal of Thuongmai University, Mr. Ông Nguyễn Minh Trí - General Director and Mr. Ông Nguyễn Thanh Sơn, Vice General Director of NTT DATA VDS Company Limited, Mr. Ngô Long - Chairman of Citi Tech Company, Mr. Nguyễn Đức Liên - Chairman of the Board of Directors of Vietnam International Trade Investment Promotion Center Nam (VITIP), along with the representatives from many press agencies and hundreds of VNU students.
Especially, Mr. Pierre Bonnet - the book's author also flew from France to have an opportunity to directly communicate with readers.


 
Director Ngô Minh Thủy giving the opening speech
 
In the opening speech, Director Ngô Minh Thủy thanked Mr. Pierre Bonnet for giving CLEF the opportunity to publish a signififcantly meaningful book during an era when Vietnamese Startups are developing extremely strongly.

Author Pierre Bonnet speaking

 
Mr. Pierre Bonnet shared with readers that: "The book is neither my biography about over 30 years of startup nor book talking about how to succeed in business. There have been many books writing about this topic. But no one can copy someone else's success. Likewise, there is no method for success, as every entrepreneur is different, and luck also plays an important role. Therefore, I wanted to write a book about the fundamentals of startup, as independent of specific context as possible. It is a practice of generalizing entrepreneurship knowledge, which is as important as entrepreneurship itself."

Translator, Chairman of the Scientific Council Ngô Tự Lập speaking

 
Talking about translating the book, Dr. Ngô Tự Lập said: "In the original manuscript, Pierre plays on the word META which means far away in Greek???. I wonder if I can translate them into Vietnamese so that the spelling of those 4 keywords in Vietnamese is still META? It is truly a difficult task. The most difficult one is the letter E, because in Vietnamese there are few words starting with the letter E. Finally, I discovered that in Vietnamese there are words whose main component is in the second sound, such as " Kiên Quyết ". ", " Thao Thức ", " Hoàn Hảo "... This discovery helped me to translate Motion into Đam MÊ, Engagement into Sức ÉP, Treasury into Nguồn TIỀN, and Assurance into Bảo AN...". He also thanked the author for trusting him to carry out the Vietnamese translation.
 

Mr. Phạm Hồng Quất, Director of the Department of Science and Technology Enterprise and Market Development speaking



Reader - PhD Dr. Lê Quang Huy sharing about the book

 
 



Authors and translators exchanging with readers
 



 
Many readers stayed to exchange, asked for autographs and took photos with the author and translator.
 
 


 
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