This workshop will help participants develop the skills required to become effective translators in a wide range of disciplines including general, legal, and business translation.
Learning Objectives:
- Enabling trainees to apply the conceptual knowledge they have in real life practice
- Exposing trainees to various professional translation assignments with texts of different modes and genres
- Examining the challenges posed to translators in their daily work and enabling trainees to take justifiable decisions when dealing with such challenges
- Focusing on specific aspects of Arabic as a target language in translation and helping trainees gain an understanding as to how Arabic differs linguistically and stylistically from English
- Enabling trainees to criticize translated texts and defend their own choices in group discussions.
- Equipping participants with fairly advanced translation techniques
- Guiding participants through the application of the necessary search tools
- Exchanging experiences and discussing concerns with a view to improving translation skills in a professional setting
Through guided, practical group work sessions, participants will be able to upgrade their translation competence and quality control skills in a professional setting.
Delivered by:
Sayed Mohamad,
Senior Translation Specialist, TII’s Translation and Training Center