Professional Translation Practice: Legal, Business and Media Texts

About this course

Good translation is more than knowing two languages. This six-day course takes practising translators into three demanding text types: legal, business and media. You will work on real-world style documents, from contracts and official records to reports, press releases and marketing copy, learning how each genre behaves in Arabic and English.

Alongside the translation practice, you will build glossaries and termbases, use technology sensibly and follow a clear revision process. You finish with a reviewed portfolio, practical feedback and an Alalamia certificate.

What you'll learn

• Analyse the features of legal, business and media texts before translating them
• Translate contracts, agreements and official documents with accuracy and consistent terminology
• Render business correspondence, reports and marketing material in a natural target-language style
• Adapt news, press releases and media content for a new audience while keeping the message intact
• Build and maintain glossaries and termbases for clients and projects
• Apply a structured revision and quality review process to your own and others' work
• Manage translation projects professionally, from brief and deadline to delivery and client feedback

Curriculum

Who it's for

Working translators, bilingual staff and language graduates who want to handle legal, business and media texts with confidence.

Before you start

• Strong command of Arabic and English, at least CEFR C1 in the non-native language
• Some prior translation experience, formal or informal

Part of these Alalamia diplomas

• Alalamia Diploma in English-Arabic Translation