Course Description:
This course is designed to provide advanced instruction and supervised practice in translation of documents and official/legal
forms from English into Arabic and from Arabic into English as required by the professional practice. Through intensive interactive
activities, the student not only gains a deep insight into the nature and process of translating official and legal documents but also
develops the textual analysis techniques and command of terminology necessary for producing professionally well-versed and
accurate texts in both languages. The course, in short, offers the student an opportunity to enhance her/his command of
grammar, syntax, and vocabulary both in Arabic and English; develop an aptitude and skills for linguistic and logical analysis of
different forms of official/legal documents as well as the capacity for self-correction and critique, aimed at a professional level of
performance.
Course Objectives:
- Recognize the major approaches towards translation of legal texts
- Acquire the legal terminology
- Learn the characteristic of legal style
- Produce a text that satisfies the requirements of legal documentation in the target language