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. This Second Edition includes two completely new modules: Translating Grammar and Machine Translation; as well as new vocabulary and exercises relating to social media, the COVID-19 pandemic and bitcoin.
Author: El Mustapha Lahlali, Wafa Abu Hatab
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 02/24/2022
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.60w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9781474488693
ISBN10: 1474488692
BISAC Categories:
- Foreign Language Study | Arabic
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Translating & Interpreting
About the Author
El Mustapha Lahlali is a Professor of Linguistics and Media at the University of Leeds. He has published widely in the field of Arabic, media and translation. Some of his publications include: How to Write in Arabic: Developing your Academic Writing Style (2nd edition) (Edinburgh University Press, 2021), Arabic Media Dictionary (Routledge, 2019), Essential Skills in Arabic: From the Intermediate to the Advanced (Edinburgh University Press, 2018) (co-authored), Advanced Media Arabic (2nd edition) (Edinburgh University Press, 2017), 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), Advanced Media Arabic (Edinburgh University Press, 2008) and 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).