
Advanced English-Arabic Translation
A Practical Guide
Edinburgh University Press
Published on 24. March 2014
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-0-7486-4584-8 (ISBN)
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Description
Learn all the skills you need to translate from English to Arabic in this clearly structured guide. The extracts from a variety of authentic, contemporary texts have been carefully selected to introduce you to important stylistic features so that you can develop your skills across a range of genres: media, legal, scientific & technical, literary, religious and administrative. Helpful student features include clear explanations, worked examples, drills and exercises and exemplary translations to check your own work against.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 172 mm
Weight
541 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7486-4584-8 (9780748645848)
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Persons
Professor El Mustapha Lahlali is Professor of Applied Linguistics and Media at the University of Leeds. He is the author of several books, including: Arabic Media Coverage of Pandemics: Discourse, Strategy and Impact, Routledge, 2023; Arabic Political Discourse in Transition, Edinburgh University Press, 2022; How to Write in Arabic: Developing Your Academic Style, (2nd edition), Edinburgh University Press, 2021; Arabic Media Dictionary, Routledge, 2019; Essential Skills in Arabic: from the Intermediate to the Advanced Level, Edinburgh University Press (co-authored), 2020; Advanced Media Arabic, Edinburgh University Press, 2nd edition, 2017; Advanced English-Arabic Translation: A Practical Guide, Edinburgh University Press, 2014 (co-authored); Contemporary Arab Broadcast Media, Edinburgh University Press, 2011; Ibn al-Tayyib: the Forgotten Journey of an 18 Century Arab Traveller, I.B. Tauris, 2010 (co-authored); How to Write in Arabic, Edinburgh University Press, 2009 (1st edition); Advanced Media Arabic, Edinburgh University Press, 2008 (1st edition); Critical Discourse Analysis and Classroom Discursive Practices, Lincom Europa, 2007. Wafa Abu Hatab is a Professor and the former Director of the Centre for Translation at Zarqa University, Jordan. She has a wealth of experience in teaching English-Arabic Translation. She is the editor of Translation Across Time and Space (2017), the translator of Authentic Stories by Prophet Mohammad (2008) and a co-author with El Mustapha Lahlali, of Ibn al-Tayyib: The forgotten Journey of an 18th-Century Arab Traveller (2010).
Author
Professor of Applied Linguistics and MediaUniversity of Leeds
Professor and the former Director of the Centre for TranslationZarqa University, Jordan
Content
Acknowledgements; Using this book; The Structure of the Book; Module 1: Foundation Methods of Translation; Module 2: Literary Texts; Module 3: Economic Texts; Module 4: Scientific Texts; Module 5: Media Texts; Module 6: Administrative Texts; Module 7: Legal Texts; Module Review Exercises; Bibliography.