The Routledge Course in Arabic Business Translation: Arabic-English-Arabic (Routledge Studies in Arabic Translation)

The Routledge Course in Arabic Business Translation: Arabic-English-Arabic is an essential coursebook for university students wishing to develop their skills in translating different types of business texts between English and Arabic. Practical in its approach, the book introduces translation students to the concept of translation and equivalence in the context of business texts, business translators, and the linguistic and syntactic features of business texts. It also highlights translation tools and technology in addition to the translation strategies which can be adopted to render business texts between English and Arabic. Key features in the book include:• Six comprehensive chapters covering (after the Introduction) the areas of economics, management, production, finance, and marketing in the translation industry;• Detailed explanation of the lexical and syntactic features of business texts; • Practical English and Arabic business translation texts featuring a vast business vocabulary bank;• Authentic business texts extracted from English and Arabic books containing economic, management, production, finance, and marketing texts;• Great range of English and Arabic translation exercises to enable students to practice their familiarity with business vocabulary they learned throughout the book; and • Glossaries following all English and Arabic business texts containing the translation of main vocabulary items.The practicality of the approach adopted in this book makes it an essential business translation coursebook for translation students. In addition, the carefully designed content helps students to easily explore different types of business texts, familiarize themselves with main words, and do translation exercises. University instructors working on English and Arabic business translations will find this book highly useful. Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Page Contents List of tables Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Business translation: basic concepts 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Translation and equivalence 1.3 Business translators 1.4 Features of business texts 1.4.1 Lexical features 1.4.2 Syntactic features 1.5 Translation tools and technology 1.5.1 General translation tools 1.5.2 CAT tools 1.6 Translation strategies 1.6.1 Literal translation 1.6.2 Calque 1.6.3 Borrowing 1.6.4 Varied equivalents 2 Translating economic texts 2.1 Business cycle Section 1: English into Arabic Section 2: Arabic into English 2.2 Employment Section 1: English into Arabic Section 2: Arabic into English 2.3 Corporate social responsibility Section 1: English into Arabic Section 2: Arabic into English 2.4 International trade Section 1: English into Arabic Section 2: Arabic into English 3 Translating management texts 3.1 Management Section 1: English into Arabic Section 2: Arabic into English 3.2 Company and organization structure Section 1: English into Arabic Section 2: Arabic into English 4 Translating production texts 4.1 Economy sectors Section 1: English into Arabic Section 2: Arabic into English 4.2 Production Section 1: English into Arabic Section 2: Arabic into English 4.3 Logistics Section 1: English into Arabic Section 2: Arabic into English 4.4 Quality Section 1: English into Arabic Section 2: Arabic into English 5 Translating finance texts 5.1 Accounting and financial statements Section 1: English into Arabic Section 2: Arabic into English 5.2 Banking Section 1: English into Arabic Section 2: Arabic into English 5.3 Islamic banking and finance Section 1: English into Arabic Section 2: Arabic into English 5.4 Corporate financing and bonds Section 1: English into Arabic Section 2: Arabic into English 5.5 Futures and derivatives Section 1: English into Arabic Section 2: Arabic into English 5.6 Market competition Section 1: English into Arabic Section 2: Arabic into English 5.7 Microfinance Section 1: English into Arabic Section 2: Arabic into English 6 Translating marketing texts 6.1 Products and brands Section 1: English into Arabic Section 2: Arabic into English 6.2 Marketing Section 1: English into Arabic Section 2: Arabic into English 6.3 Advertising Section 1: English into Arabic Section 2: Arabic into English 6.4 E-commerce Section 1: English into Arabic Section 2: Arabic into English References Index "The Routledge Course in Arabic Business Translation: Arabic-English-Arabic is an essential coursebook for university students wishing to develop their skills in translating different types of business texts between English and Arabic. Practical in its approach, the book introduces translation students to the concept of translation and equivalence in the context of business texts, business translators, and the linguistic and syntactic features of business texts. It also highlights translation tools and technology in addition to the translation strategies which can be adopted to render business texts between English and Arabic. Some of the key features include: comprehensive 6 chapters covering the introduction, economics, management, production, finance and marketing; detailed explanation of the lexical and syntactic features of business texts; practical English and Arabic business translation texts featuring a vast business vocabulary bank; authentic business texts extracted from English and Arabic books containing economic, management, production, finance and marketing texts; great range of English and Arabic translation exercises to enable students to practice their familiarity with business vocabulary they learnt throughout the book; glossaries following all English and Arabic business texts containing the translation of main vocabulary items. The practicality of the approach adopted in this book makes it an essential business translation coursebook for translation students. In addition, the carefully designed content helps students to easily explore different types of business texts, familiarize themselves with main words and do translation exercises. University instructors working on English and Arabic business translation can find this book highly useful"-- Provided by publisher