College of Science and Humanities Studies-Rumah
Campus
English & Translation Department
Syllabus ENGL 411 (Translation-2-)
Lecturing Staff
Ms. Alhanouf Arrumaih
E-mail: a.alrrumaih@mu.edu.sa
Room: 114
Office Hours: Sunday from 11:00 t0 01:00
Course Overview: Introduction
Students are introduced into the practice of translation in order to give them an overall view of what
translators do and how translation is studied. The course introduces the social and transactional skills
which a professional translator uses. It also focuses on training students to translate various passages
that vary in content, length, language, genre, and so on. Students are taught how to use the dictionary
skillfully and properly while practicing a wise time management. They are also introduced into the use of
concordances to understand the meaning of words that have never been seen or heard used in real
situations.
Preferably, Eng. 118 & Eng. 212
Unit Credit
2 hours
Prior Knowledge and/or Skills
Good background of Translation practice
Course Textbook
Translation with Reference to English and Arabic(Dar AlHilal for Translation )ISBN1709/10/1998
Additional reading & References
Translation as problems and solutions, Dr.Hasan Ghazala
Second Semester 1436-1437
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College of Science and Humanities Studies-Rumah
Campus
English & Translation Department
Course Content and schedule
All topics will be covered during the listed weeks.
Week
Date
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
07-04-1437 / 17-01-2016
14-04-1437 / 24-01-2016
21-04-1437 / 31-01-2016
28-04-1437 / 07-02-2016
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
05-05-1437 / 14-02-2016
12-05-1437 / 21-02-2016
19-05-1437 / 28-02-2016
26-05-1437 / 06-03-2016
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
04-06-1437 / 13-03-2016
11-06-1437 / 20-03-2016
18-06-1437 / 27-03-2016
25-06-1437 / 03-04-2016
03-07-1437 / 10-04-2016
10-07-1437 / 17-04-2016
Week 14
Week 15
Week 16
Week 17
Week 18
17-07-1437 / 24-04-2016
24-07-1437 / 01-05-2016
01-08-1437 / 08-05-2016
08-08-1437 / 15-05-2016
15-08-1437 / 22-05-2016
Lectures Topic
Notes
Orientation week
Introduction to the course
1: Sentence basic divisions and sentence types
2,3: The noun phrase, Definiteness in English
and Arabic
4: Singular, dual and plural
5 : Masculine and feminine
Translation workshop
Midterm-1Spring Break
6: Types of nouns
7: Tense in English and Arabic
7: Tense in English and Arabic
8 : Modality in English and Arabic
Projects due date
Midterm-2Translation Workshop
Revision
General final examination
Final examination
Final examination
Course Assessment:
The course has exams and assignments totaling 100 points.
Evaluation tools
Participation
Project
Assignments
Midterm Exams
Final Examination
TOTAL
Second Semester 1436-1437
points
5%
10%
5%
40%
40%
100%
Class Points
Grade
Weight
95 – 100
90 –< 95
85 – <90
80 – <85
75 –< 80
70 – <75
65 – <70
60 – <65
<60
A+
A
B+
B
C+
C
D+
D
F
5
4.75
4.50
4.00
3.50
3.00
2.50
2.00
1.00
2