To provide students with the basic theoretical principles of the major approaches to translation.
To acquaint students with the characteristic discourse features of various Arabic and English text types (legal, business, journalistic, political, religious, scientific, etc.) and to give them intensive training in translating these texts.
To promote students’ awareness of the (a) relationship between culture and translation, (b) cross-cultural differences and similarities between English and Arabic and, (c) translation traditions and trends characteristic of the two languages.
To promote the transfer of Arab and Islamic culture to English -speaking countries.
To turn out graduates who are reasonably qualified to serve the needs of both the private and public sectors.
To acquaint students with the principles of consecutive interpretation of political speeches and interviews from and into Arabic.
To develop students’ research skills in the areas of translation, machine translation, contrastive linguistics, and lexicography.
To equip students with transferable skills, particularly critical thinking and problem solving.
To prepare students interested in further research to pursue their Ph.D. studies in translation.
- Fees in Detail : AED 39,014 Annual
- Accredited : YES
- Scholarship : NO
- Location : Dubai
- Phone Number : 971 6 5585000Show Phone Number
- General Email : info@sharjah.ac.aeShow Email Address