Diploma in Translation focuses on enhancing students’ translation skills by guiding them towards making sound judgments in sentence structure and vocabulary choices in both English and Arabic. It also offers the translators the chance to receive feedback on their work and have constant follow-up to ensure they hone the skills required to become professional translators. The diploma also introduces students to the essentials of freelance work and CAT tools.
Course Outlines:
- Pre-Test Evaluation
- Translation Basics
- Translation & Grammar
- Translation Types
- Translation in Practice
- Freelance Work & Translator’s Tools
- Introduction to CAT Tools
- Essentials of Subtitling
- Writing a Translator’s CV
- Teacher: Dania Ghraoui
Course Description:
Translation as a Career focuses on enhancing students’ translation skills by guiding them towards making sound judgments in sentence structure and vocabulary choices in both English and Arabic. It also offers the translators the chance to receive feedback on their work and have constant follow-up to ensure they hone the skills required to become professional translators. The course also introduces students to the essentials of freelance work and CAT tools.
Course Outlines:
- Translation Pre-Test - Evaluation
- Translation Basics/Review
- Translation and Grammar
- Translation Types & Freelance Work Essentials
- CAT Tools: Intro and Practice
- English to Arabic Translation: General Translation
- Text Analysis
- Textual & Contextual Challenges
- Sentence Structure
- Reading Comprehension
- Arabic to English Translation: General Translation
- Thinking in English (Writing Skills)
- Building Terminology
- Researching Skills
- Proofreading (Peer Review)
- Teacher: Dania Ghraoui
The Translation Training Course focuses on sharpening students’ translation skills by guiding them towards making sound judgments in sentence structure and vocabulary choices in both English and Arabic. It also offers the translators the chance to receive feedback on their work and have constant follow-up to ensure they hone the skills required to become professional translators.
Course Outlines:
- English to Arabic Translation
- Text Analysis
- Textual & Contextual Challenges
- Sentence Structure
- Arabic to English Translation
- Thinking in English (Writing Skills)
- Building Terminology
- Researching Skills
- Proofreading (Peer Review)
- Teacher: Dania Ghraoui
Course Description:
Learn the essentials of subtitling and video translation. This course focuses on the best practices used in translating videos. It highlights the differences between video translation and text translation. It also introduces two major subtitling programs, sheds light on the differences between them and explains how to make the best out of them in the subtitling process.
Course Outlines:
- Essentials of Subtitling
- Differences between video translation and text translation
- Introduction to Subtitling Software
- Gaining speed in subtitling using two programs
- Highlighting the weaknesses and strengths of the two subtitling programs
- Teacher: Dania Ghraoui