Translator Education and Training in a University Context : Pedagogy, Practice and Research: Learn how to process your translation and revision work critically and constructively

Translator Education and Training in a University Context : Pedagogy, Practice and Research: Learn how to process your translation and revision work critically and constructively

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The House of Wisdom and the legacy of Arabic Science

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The Networked Student

A short animation on the networked student – how learners build their own knowledge networks online, and what that means for the teacher's role.

Law Regulating the Translation Profession in the UAE

The UAE's Federal National Council has approved a draft law regulating the translation profession – a significant step for professional recognition in the Gulf.

المجلس الوطني الاتحادي يقر مشروع قانون تنظيم مهنة الترجمة

European Commission - Interpretation

European Commission - Interpretation

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تحميل الجامعات مسؤولية ندرة المترجمين الفوريين – Universities Blamed for the Shortage of Interpreters

An Asharq Al-Awsat report laying the shortage of conference interpreters at the door of the universities – a charge our programmes need to answer.

تحميل الجامعات مسؤولية ندرة المترجمين الفوريين

مطالب بتبني القطاع الخاص ترجمة العلوم التطبيقية والتقنيات الحديثة – Calls for the Private Sector to Fund Scientific and Technical Translation

An Asharq Al-Awsat report on calls for the Arab private sector to take on the translation of applied science and modern technology.

مطالب بتبني القطاع الخاص في المنطقة العربية ترجمة العلوم التطبيقية والتقنيات الحديثة | الشرق الأوسط

مؤتمر أبوظبي الدولي الثالث للترجمة - الأخبار - مؤتمر أبوظبي الدولي للترجمة يدعو إلى زيادة الترجمة من العربية

مؤتمر أبوظبي الدولي الثالث للترجمة - الأخبار - مؤتمر أبوظبي الدولي للترجمة يدعو إلى زيادة الترجمة من العربية

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University Graduates Lack Basic Literacy Skills

A Language Portal of Canada headline on university graduates lacking basic literacy skills – if that is true in Canada, we should be asking the same question of our own graduates.

University graduates lack basic literacy skills – Language Portal of Canada

Google Docs as a Collaborative Translation Platform

This is an interesting video, and a useful one for trainers and teachers who are embarking, or willing to embark, on using technology and e-tools to support their own and their students' training needs.

Google Docs can serve as a platform to import, store, process, edit and post-edit translation documents. The most interesting part is that it can also host collaborative working environments, in or out of class, in virtual or online settings, which enhance learners' transferable and generic skill sets.

What is interpreting?

What is interpreting?

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Rethinking Private Higher Education

A University World News piece on rethinking private higher education – relevant to the growing private HE sector in the Gulf and MENA.

Rethinking private higher education – University World News

Sir Ken Robinson on Creativity, Learning and the Curriculum

Sir Ken Robinson on creativity, learning and the curriculum – a reminder that curriculum design is about people, not just outcomes.

MA Translation Studies by distance learning

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Do Online Students Cheat More Often?

An infographic asking whether online students cheat more often than their face-to-face peers – a question every online or blended programme has to face.

Do Online Students Cheat More Often? (e-Learning Infographics)

Noam Chomsky on Pedagogy of the Oppressed

Noam Chomsky, in 2013, on Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed – essential viewing for anyone who thinks about education as more than skills delivery.

History of Learning Infographic | e-Learning Infographics

History of Learning Infographic | e-Learning Infographics

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Andragogy: The Adult Learning Theory in an Infographic

An infographic summarising andragogy, the theory of adult learning – a useful reminder that our translation students are adults and learn as adults.

The Adult Learning Theory – Andragogy – Infographic (e-Learning Infographics)

Trained Interpreters

A short video making the case for trained interpreters – why professional training matters when the stakes are high.

Working with Interpreters

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