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The PCST certification is a leading professional program designed exclusively for individuals who wish to pursue a career in translation.
🎯 General Objective
This course aims to train participants to translate texts in specialized fields such as medical, commercial, media, and Islamic domains between Arabic and English. It also introduces the principles and strategies of specialized translation, while highlighting linguistic challenges, stylistic features, and the use of specialized dictionaries in these fields.
🎯 Detailed Objectives
By the end of the program, participants will be able to:
- Develop translation skills in specialized fields such as Islamic and economic texts.
- Identify the characteristics of Islamic and economic texts.
- Research specialized terminology using dictionaries and references.
- Enrich their mental vocabulary in Islamic and economic domains.
- Translate a wide variety of specialized texts.
- Apply different translation strategies across specialized fields.
- Compare linguistic features of different types of specialized texts.
- Develop professional skills required for the translation job market and translation research.
📚 Training Modules
Module 1: Introduction to Translation and Professional Translator Skills
- Definition and types of translation (written, simultaneous, audiovisual)
- Core translator skills (linguistic, cultural, analytical)
- Difference between general and specialized translation
- Stages of the translation process
- Professional ethics and client handling
Module 2: Legal Translation
- Linguistic features of legal texts
- Translation of contracts and official agreements
- Legal terminology (courts, constitutions, legislation)
- Precision and clarity in legal drafting
- Practical exercises using real legal documents
Module 3: Medical Translation
- Common medical terminology and usage
- Translation of reports, diagnoses, and test results
- Medical prescriptions and healthcare instructions
- Importance of accuracy and caution
- Practical hospital and clinic-based texts
Module 4: Technical and Scientific Translation
- Nature of technical texts (manuals, specifications, instructions)
- Scientific and research document translation
- Accurate use of technical terminology
- Fields: engineering, IT, energy
- Tools for verifying technical terminology accuracy
Module 5: Media and Journalistic Translation
- News writing style and structure
- Headlines and press release translation
- Cultural adaptation of media discourse
- Digital and advertising content translation
- Exercises from news agencies and media platforms
Module 6: Computer-Assisted Translation (CAT Tools)
- Introduction to CAT tools
- Tools such as SDL Trados, MemoQ, Wordfast
- Building translation memory and terminology databases
- Collaborative translation workflows
- Practical CAT-based translation project
Module 7: Editing, Revision, and Proofreading
- Difference between editing, proofreading, and revision
- Improving translation quality
- Identifying grammatical and terminological errors
- Back-translation and quality assessment
- Use of digital proofreading tools
🏅 Certification Accreditation
- Local accreditation: Al-Mubdieen Center – King Abdulaziz University (Professional Certificates)
- International accreditation: UKBH
⏱ Program Specifications
- Duration: 30 training hours
- Days: 6 days
- Mode: Online (remote training)
- Language: Arabic with intensive use of English terminology and texts
🎯 Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
Understanding characteristics of texts in medical, media, commercial, and Islamic domains.
Skills
- Translating specialized texts across multiple fields
- Evaluating translation quality in professional contexts
Values
- Delivering professional translation tasks independently in specialized domains
🎯 Target Audience
- Translators
- Media professionals
- Legal professionals
- Contract and procurement managers
- Medical staff
- Import/export professionals
- Preachers and Islamic scholars
- Translation enthusiasts
⭐ Program Advantages
- Specialized professional certification for translation careers
- Covers legal, medical, technical, commercial, and media translation
- Enhances accuracy, consistency, and linguistic precision
- Practical training on real-world documents
- Prepares learners for local and international job markets
- No prior translation experience required
- Delivered by experienced academic and professional translators
📝 Assessment Method
- Number of questions: 30
- Language: Arabic with English texts and terminology
- Duration: 90 minutes
- Format: Online
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