Salman Bin Abdulaziz University
Community College
English Language Department
Course Title: Translation
Credit Hours
Level
Semester
Instructor
E-mail
Office Hours
3
Two (Diploma)
First 1434-1435
Dr.Fahad Alsahli
f.alsahli@sau.edu.sa
Tues (10.00- 12.00), Wed (8.00- 10.00)
 Course Objectives
1 This course aims to introduce students to the basic translation skills and
to consolidate students’ knowledge of English through some training in
translating simple, compound and complex sentences into Arabic and
vice versa. Translation represents interlingual communication. Therefore,
the course highlights the contrast between the two languages. The course
also concentrates on clarifying a number of grammatical issues that are
typically problematic for English learners.
2. Course Syllabus
The course will cover the following items:
1- Presenting some basic terms used in translation such as equivalence,
context, literal translation, free translation, naturalization, Arabization
and so on.
2- Introducing types of translation, translation strategies and types of
dictionaries.
3- Translating sentence types (simple, complex and compound).
4- Translating the noun phrase (the definite article, singular, dual and plural
nouns, masculine vs. feminine).
5- Translating the verb phrase (The tenses, the modals, the voice, the
aspect).
6- Translating the adjectives, adverbs and prepositions.
3. Textbook

Translation 1, Al-Qudis Open University
Week
Start
End
Items
Number
Sun 25/10/ 1434
Thu 29/10/ 1434
Sun 2/11/ 1434
Thu 6/11/ 1434
Sun
9/11/ 1434
Thu 13/11/ 1434
Sun 16/11/ 1434
Thu 20/11/ 1434
Sun
Thu 27/11/ 1434
Introduction
Week One
Week Two
Week
Three
Week Four
23/11/ 1434
Week Five
Sun 1/12/ 1434
Wed 4/12/ 1434
Mon 16/12/ 1434
Thu 19/12/ 1434
Week Six
Week
Seven
Sun
Week Eight
22/12/ 1434
Thu 26/12/ 1434
Unit 1: An Introduction to Translation
Comprehension
Definition, Equivalence, Context
Unit 1: An Introduction to Translation
Comprehension
Types of Translation
1. Literal Translation
2. Metaphorical Translation
3. Precise Translation
4. Free Translation and Adaptation
Unit 1: An Introduction to Translation
Comprehension
Translation Strategies
1. Naturalization and Arabization
2. Cultural Approximation
3. Descriptive Translation
Unit 1 : An Introduction to Translation
Comprehension
Using Dictionaries
1. Kinds of Dictionaries
2. Monolingual Dictionaries
3. Problems with Bilingual Dictionaries
4. Dictionaries for Translation Purposes
5. Usage vs. the Authority of the Dictionary
Unit 2: Translating the English Sentence
1. Sentence Types
2. The Definite Article
3. The Indefinite Article
4. The Zero Article
Unit 2: Translating the English Sentence
1. Regular vs. Irregular Plural Morphemes
2. Singular, Dual and Plural Nouns
3. Masculine and Feminine Nouns
4. Masculine and Feminine Pronouns
Unit 2: Translating the English Sentence
1. Abstract Nouns
2. Proper Nouns
3. Common Nouns
4. Collective Nouns
Unit 3: Verbs and Verb Phrases
The Tenses in English and Arabic
1. The Simple present
2. The Simple Past
3. The Simple Future
Exercises
Sun 29/12/ 1434
Thu 4/1/ 1435
Sun 7/1/ 1435
Thu 11/1/ 1435
Sun 14/1/ 1435
Thu 18/1/ 1435
Sun 21/1/ 1435
Thu 25/1/ 1435
Sun 28/1/ 1435
Thu 2/2/ 1435
Sun
5/2/ 1435
Thu 9/2/ 1435
Sun
12/2/ 1435
Thu
Sun
19/2/ 1435
Thu 23/2/ 1435
Unit 4: Adjectives, Adverbs and Prepositions
1. Attributive and Predicative Adjectives
2. Postpositive Adjective
3. Head of the Noun Phrase
4. Verbless Adjective Clauses
5. Some Common -ly Adjectives
Unit 4: Adjectives, Adverbs and Prepositions
1. Adjectival Order and its Semantic
Implications
Unit 4: Adjectives, Adverbs and Prepositions
1- Adverbs as adverbial
2- Adverbs as Modifiers
3- Prepositions
Revision
Thu 1/3/ 1435
Final Exams 40%
Week Nine
Week Ten
Week
Eleven
Week
Unit 3: Verbs and Verb Phrases
1. The Progressive Tenses
2. The Perfective Tenses
Unit 3: Verbs and Verb Phrases
1. The Modals
Twelve
Week
Thirteen
Week
Fourteen
16/2/ 1435
Week
Fifteen
Week
Sixteen
Sun 26/2/ 1435