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Advanced English-Arabic Translation - by El Mustapha Lahlali & Wafa Abu Hatab (Paperback)

Advanced English-Arabic Translation - by  El Mustapha Lahlali & Wafa Abu Hatab (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>This clearly structured guide will help learners who already have a basic grasp of Arabic to hone their translation skills. The texts chosen for translation exercises have been carefully selected from a variety of authentic, contemporary texts across a broad range of genres.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>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.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>Your one-stop practical guide to translating text from English into Arabic The skills you need for translation are presented here in a clearly structured way, allowing you to develop your abilities across a range of genres. A variety of authentic, contemporary and historical texts are presented, each selected to include important stylistic features. Seven modules - including one practising basic skills - cover literary, economic, scientific, media, administrative and legal texts to help you: - develop an understanding of the translation process - enhance and refine your translation skills - work through numerous translation drills and exercises Aimed at advanced Arabic learners and translators, this textbook takes an efficient and practical approach. You are encouraged to utilise the concepts and theoretical frameworks outlined through a wide range of drills with the aim of improving and strengthening your translation skills. Each module ends with revision material to give you a chance to consolidate what you have learned. El Mustapha Lahlali is Associate Professor and Director of Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Leeds. He is author of several Arabic language textbooks including Advanced Media Arabic (Edinburgh University Press, 2008), How to Write in Arabic (Edinburgh University Press, 2009) and Contemporary Arab Broadcast Media (Edinburgh University Press, 2011). Wafa Abu Hatab is an Associate 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 co-author, with El Mustapha Lahlali, of Ibn al-Tayyib: The Forgotten Journey of an 18th-Century Arab Traveller (2010). Cover image: (c) tamer yazici/iStockphoto Cover design: [EUP logo] www.euppublishing.com<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>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: <i>How to Write in Arabic: Developing your Academic Writing Style (2nd edition)</i> (Edinburgh University Press, 2021), <i>Arabic Media Dictionary</i> (Routledge, 2019), <i>Essential Skills in Arabic: From the Intermediate to the Advanced</i> (Edinburgh University Press, 2018) (co-authored), <i>Advanced Media Arabic (2nd edition)</i> (Edinburgh University Press, 2017), <i>Contemporary Arab Broadcast Media</i> (Edinburgh University Press, 2011), <i>Ibn al-Tayyib: the Forgotten Journey of an 18 Century Arab Traveller</i> (I.B. Tauris, 2010) (co-authored), <i>How to Write in Arabic</i> (Edinburgh University Press, 2009), <i>Advanced Media Arabic</i> (Edinburgh University Press, 2008) and <i>Critical Discourse Analysis and Classroom Discursive Practices</i> (Lincom Europa, 2007). <p>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 <i>Translation Across Time and Space </i>(2017), the translator of <i>Authentic Stories by Prophet Mohammad</i> (2008) and a co-author with El Mustapha Lahlali, of <i>Ibn al-Tayyib: The forgotten Journey of an 18th-Century Arab Traveller</i> (2010).<p>

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