This course is designed to assist students to be familiarized with current research methods in translation. It provides an opportunity for students to establish their understanding of research through critical exploration of research language, ethics, and approaches. It orients students with the methodology of writing up research, the procedures of writing a proposal, an outline, quoting authors, paraphrasing, and punctuations. Topics include the layout of a research report, hypothesis statement, sampling, data gathering and analysis.

In this course, a student is acquainted with the main skills and scientific foundations for how to present and present information, data and research results used in local and international scientific lectures, meetings and conferences. It also provides students with how to prepare the presentation by preparing the contents from the introduction, topic, conclusion, application and evaluation. Students are subject to practical training for these skills. Students will be able to present and discuss their research in an academic and scientific manner using modern technology. Students will be able to release stress, fears, and negative feelings that prevent them from speaking. Gain the skills and qualities of a good speaker, in addition to how to deal with the audience and how to talk to them, and gain the skill of good presentation and preparation. In this course, a student is acquainted with the main skills and scientific foundations for how to present and present information, data and research results used in local and international scientific lectures, meetings and conferences. It also provides students with how to prepare the presentation by preparing the contents from the introduction, topic, conclusion, application and evaluation. Students are subject to practical training for these skills. Students will be able to present and discuss their research in an academic and scientific manner using modern technology. Students will be able to release stress, fears, and negative feelings that prevent them from speaking. Gain the skills and qualities of a good speaker, in addition to how to deal with the audience and how to talk to them, and gain the skill of good presentation and preparation.

This course introduces some of the major concepts in translation theory and introduces the students to major concepts in translation theory and shows how to apply them in translation practice. The course focuses on the concepts of translation in general and the developments of translation theories in specific. It introduces students to the approaches, strategies, and studies and views of the translation scholars. Students will be encouraged critical thinking on language use and translation, and will develop their understanding of the factors which impact on the discipline - such as style, text type, idiomatic language, and cultural differences.

This course deals with translating legal documents from English into Arabic, with a special focus on understanding and translating a variety of legal contracts and other business-related legal documents that commonly require English- Arabic translation. Various aspects of business-related laws, such as corporate law, environmental law, intellectual property law, will be introduced and relevant documents from these areas studied and translated. Elements of legal writing style as they relate to such documents will be introduced as essential preparation for this type of formal translation work.

The linguistic features of the various language use in print media will be examined. Different types of texts, their functions and discourse will be compared. Appropriate strategies used in translating media texts will be introduced. This course aims to examine journalistic discourse, focus on differences in language use in print media, follow current print media and practice translating media texts, build journalistic terminology.

An advanced course in translation with a focus on scientific and technical texts. Students deepen their knowledge of translation theory and are trained to build and consolidate their skills in specialized translation. Also, it aims to examine and translate different types of scientific and technical texts in English and Arabic.

Introducing the students to basic skills and strategies in simultaneous interpreting from English into Arabic; performing intensive practical training in the interpreting lab on how to handle spoken discourse adequately for interpreting purposes; developing some standard techniques such as hearing, backward oral and written counting while listening, shadowing , echoing and reconstruction of oral messages; exposing students to different interpreting contexts such as courts, hospitals, public stations and institutions, press conferences, national and international conventions that cover disciplines such as business, trade, politics, and medicine.

This course is an introduction to the theory and practice of translating literature, emphasizing short fiction, drama and poetry.

To train students to translate books, novels. Course content depends on the lecturer, in choosing the material.This course aims to: Help students to practice different types of translating texts in English - Arabic – English.

The course is designed to aquatinted students of translation with the general principles, the scientific methods, and strategies used for teaching translation. The students will be capable to teach and make the process of teaching and learning highly effective.GENERAL COURSE GOALS: · To give the student a thorough introduction to contemporary methods of teaching translation to students · To provide a classroom forum for discussing issues and practices in the teaching of translation.