On Thursday, February 17, 2022, the Department of General Education held the national workshop entitled “Linguistic and Cultural Problems in Translation and Solutions” The workshop was about translating texts and the problems that translators face linguistically and culturally. At the beginning of the workshop, assistant lecturer Shaaban Sulaiman introduced some pioneer figures in this field such as Catford, Newmark, Nida and Khulussi. In the second session, assistant lecturer Ahmed Azeez explained the topic in detail with examples. In the workshop 18 staff members participated.
Workshop Outcome
- My study is an attempt to tackle translation problems and it is concerned with translation definition as the translation theorists have defined.
- The study also, closely concentrates on different linguistic problems of translation, namely related to word order, passivation, structure length, idiomatic expressions and concord.
- It does not cast problems without giving their solutions.
Presenters’ Information
- Ahmed Azeez holds MA. And a PhD student in English language and literature at Istanbul Aydin University. Currently, he is the representative of teachers in the college of Education and languages, department of General Education at Lebanese French University.
- Shaaban Sulaimanholds MA in English literature. Currently, he is teaching in college of Education and languages, department of General Education at Lebanese French University.
Reference: (official decree no. ED&L 123 on 17 January 2022
