TRAN3350 | TERMINOLOGY AND LEXICOGRAPHY IN TRANSLATION

Terminology, characteristics, descriptions and their significance for translators; interrelation between term and concept; nature and structure of terms; terminology concept in the Source Language and Target Language; role of dictionaries; comparisons and contrasts of lexicography in Arabic and English/French; a display of Arabs role in lexicography; the process of Arabicization; Arabicization academies and their efforts; Arabicization methods including transcription, naturalization, translation, evaluation, derivation, neologism, coinage; success factors of Arabicized terms. (3 credits, 3 class hours).

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TRAN330 | INTRODUCTION TO TRANSLATION