Bahaa Abulhassan (EDT) Working with Different Text Types in English and Arabic

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The book offers guidance on the most effective strategies used in translating different text types. It is an accessible course-book for students and practitioners of Arabic-English-Arabic translation. It incorporates both theory and application, and, as such, will be invaluable to students of translation. Based on text types, it features a variety of translation key concepts, including 'register' and 'genre'. It is the result of fruitful cooperation among different translation scholars. It will serve to help bilingual speakers become familiar with translation techniques and develop practical translation skills to the same standard as that expected of a university graduate. Divided into six parts, the book covers many various text types; from legal to scientific and medical, and from media and political to technical texts.