Speciality Requirements Student must complete 28 credit hours

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours	Prerequests
438510	Principles and Practice of General French-Arabic Translation	3
A workshop involving written translation from french into arabic of a variety of general texts; a discussion of translation concepts including definition, context, equivalence, types, views on practice, problematic issues, applications of the strategies, principles and techniques; texts selected from varied sources basically journalistic, scientific, literary, legal, and economic.
438511	Principles and Practice of General English-Arabic Translation	3
A workshop involving written translation from english into arabic of a variety of general texts; a discussion of translation concepts including definition, context, equivalence, types, views on practice, problematic issues, applications of the strategies, principles and techniques; texts selected from varied sources basically journalistic, scientific, literary, legal, and economic.
438513	Principles and Practice of General Arabic-French Translation	2
A workshop involving written translation from arabic into french of a variety of general texts; a discussion of translation concepts including definition, context, equivalence, types, views on practice, problematic issues, applications of the strategies, principles and techniques; texts selected from varied sources basically journalistic, scientific, literary, legal, and economic.
438514	Principles and Practice of General Arabic-English Translation	2
A workshop involving written translation from arabic into english of a variety of general texts; a discussion of translation concepts including definition, context, equivalence, types, views on practice, problematic issues, applications of the strategies, principles and techniques; texts selected from varied sources basically journalistic, scientific, literary, legal, and economic.
438516	Introduction to Interpreting	2
A workshop of general training in interpreting: sight translation, consecutive and simultaneous; the differences between sight translation and other modes of translation and interpreting and between written and spoken discourse; training students in note-taking, short-term memory retention, clear speech enunciation; verbal delivery strategies while scanning; fluency, pace, speed reading, and comprehension; written and spoken excerpts from political and economic texts will be used to train students on the interpreting skills using material that includes social, political, economic, legal, and scientific texts.
438519	Practical Training	1
Internship in translation/interpretation of 120 hours or more to be completed prior to graduation; a mentoring aiming at experiencing the real working world in translation and interpretation in government, private institutions and ngos; the internship may be customized to meet individual student's interests and career aspirations; areas include: film and television documentary translation; legal, health and medical translation and interpreting; and court interpreting, etc. ; the course is culminated by submitting a report and portfolio.
438534	General Translation Methodology and AI	3
438535	Issues of The Age of AI	2
438536	AI Applications in Translation & Interpreting	2
438537	Terminology Lexicography and Text Analysis	2
438599	Thesis	6

Speciality Optional Requirements Student must complete 9 credit hours

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours	Prerequests
438521	Translation of Economic and Commercial Texts	3
A workshop in the translation of business and economic texts arabic, english and french; training in terminology, and syntactic; texts selected from a variety of business, economic, commercial and administration sources; practice in groups and individually with a practical knowledge in the underlying principles of economics and applied economics.
438522	Translation of Legal Texts	3
A workshop in the practice and analysis of a broad range of legal documents in arabic, english and french, with particular emphasis on legal and linguistic aspects including the use of appropriate terminology and textual properties such as register and style; sources may include agreements, contracts, court documents, un documents, human rights etc.; issues covered focus on equivalence and non-equivalence in legal translation, legal writing styles, and legal jargon.
438523	Translation of Scientific and Technical Texts	3
A workshop that features the translation of a variety of scientific and technical texts in arabic, english and french for an audience of specialists; focus is on formal, functional, conceptual, and stylistic features of discourse genres and technical texts in fields such as engineering, medicine, communications, and other areas of the natural sciences; students learn certain vocabulary items relevant to this type of rendering and borrowing from english/french.
438524	Translation of Texts in Human & Social Sciences	3
A workshop in the translation of social science texts in arabic, english and french introducing students to the principles and practice of this type of translation as opposed to other types of text; examination of the problems arising from the translation of a variety of texts that employ social-scientific concepts; differences between formal and informal styles, discourse modes; contrastive analysis of socially-based texts with emerging problems and suggested treatment.
438525	Advanced Language Skills, Contrastive Texts and Discourse Analysis	3
تطوير وتحسين المهارات اللغوية لدى الطلبة لتسهيل عملية الترجمة إلى اللغات العربية والإنجليزية والفرنسية مع اهتمام خاص بتراكيب وأبنية الجملة وشبه الجملة، والإبهام، واللغة الاصطلاحية، والاستخدامات المتنوعة للغة في سياقاتها المختلفة. بحث طبيعة صيغ الخطاب باستخدام تقنيات واستراتيجيات لتحليل النص ضمن إطار تقابلي؛ نقاش الصيغ والوظائف اللغوية، أنواع الخطاب الشفهي والمكتوب، بنية النص، بناء المعلومات، التسلسل والترابط داخل الخطاب، الخيارات اللغوية، الأساليب البلاغية، التمثيلات المعرفية، الخصائص اللغوية للنص، وظائف الخطاب، السياق، التناص، والقصد، وأفعال الكلام وتحليل أنماط النصوص.
438527	Translation of Literary Texts	3
A workshop in literary translation introducing students to the theory and practice of literary translation; basic aspects of a good translation of a literary work is tackled; the translatability of literary types is addressed on both theoretical and practical levels; special cultural, linguistic and technical problems that face the translator of literature are discussed, and solutions to such problems suggested; various literary genres are used.
438528	Specialized Translation : Children's Literature	3
A workshop in the translation of children's literature from french/english into arabic and vice versa; principles and practice in this type of translation compared to other types.
438529	Specialized Translation : Advertisements	3
A workshop in the translation of advertisements and commercials in an identical way to the ads in the original language, such as newsletters, and medical and equipment bulletins and others.
438530	Consecutive Conference Interpreting: Scientific, Economic and Legal Texts	3
A workshop with extensive training in consecutive conference interpreting, using verbatim materials from the fields of economics, business, law and science; spoken-language interpreting in business-related settings; practical knowledge and skills required to perform interpreting tasks professionally and effectively in a wide variety of relevant communicative situations; a systematic framework for understanding the major principles and challenges of interpreting; the role of the interpreter and the nature of comprehension; decision-making and production processes involved in interpreting.
438531	Simultaneous Conference Interpreting: Scientific, Economic and Legal Texts	3
A workshop with extensive training in conference simultaneous interpreting, using verbatim materials in the fields of economics, science and law; practice in public-speaking, conference, court seminar and simultaneous interpretation; a systematic framework for understanding the major principles and challenges of interpreting; the role of the interpreter and the nature of comprehension; decision-making and production processes involved in interpreting.
438532	Consecutive Conference Interpreting: Political, Human and Social Texts	3
A workshop with extensive training in conference consecutive interpreting, using verbatim materials in the fields of politics, human and social sciences; practice in public-speaking, conference and seminar consecutive interpretation; a systematic framework for understanding the major principles and challenges of interpreting; the role of the interpreter and the nature of comprehension; decision-making and production processes involved in interpreting.
438533	Simultaneous Conference Interpreting: Political, Human and Social Texts	3
A workshop with extensive training in conference simultaneous interpreting, using verbatim materials in the fields of politics, human and social sciences; practice in public-speaking, conference and court simultaneous interpretation; a systematic framework for understanding the major principles and challenges of interpreting; the role of the interpreter and the nature of comprehension; decision-making and production processes involved in interpreting.
438538	Specialized Translation Methodology and AI	3