أدب و حضارة

This course is intended to introduce students to the fundamentals of Translation Studies. Students will be familarised with a diverse range of translation concepts, theories, approaches and terms: Translation and Translation Studies, Translation and Literature, Fundamental Theories of Translation, Translation Types, Strategies and Methods, Forms of Translation studies (e.g. product-based, process-based, function-based translation studies, other approaches, etc.), Translation and Meaning, Translation vs. Interpretation, Translation and Pragmatics, Backtranslation, Translation and Technology, Common Problems of Translation (e.g. the problem of equivalence vs. variations, ambiguity, untranslatability, culture-bound expressions/texts, etc.  For more awareness of these problems and challenges, students will be involved in a range of practical translation tasks( English into Arabic and Arabic into English) with a view to linking theory with practice.