AUC Translation Diploma

1. 1
Sawsan Fawzy Mohammad Ali
Economic, Financial, Commercial Translation into Arabic
R Class (6-9 pm)
Instructor: Mr. Emad Sami
2nd
Project: Problematic Areas in 10 Sentences
Problematic Area Problem Solving Techniques Translation
1 Tucked into this beverage are 12
grams of saturated fat—nearly a
day’s worth—and 58 grams
(that’s 14 teaspoons) of sugar.
Participial adj.
beginning a
sentence
Functional shift:
Adj → n
‫ؼي‬ ‫يراد‬ ‫اوب‬ ‫يلا‬ ‫يذ‬ ‫ل‬ ‫م‬ ‫اتساي‬ ‫في‬ ‫اإلفراط‬
‫ا‬ ‫تنيي‬21‫ؼ‬ ‫يي‬ ‫اوب‬ ‫شب‬ ‫اوييل‬ ‫لييد‬ ‫جراليي‬–‫ليي‬
‫ي‬‫ي‬ ‫لن‬ ‫يشل‬‫ي‬‫اوج‬ ‫ي‬ ‫ي‬‫ي‬‫اتتسج‬ ‫د‬ ‫ي‬‫ي‬‫ق‬-‫ي‬‫ي‬‫ئو‬ ‫ف‬ ‫ي‬‫ي‬‫إلض‬ ‫ب‬
85‫ييي‬‫ي‬‫جرال‬21‫ييي‬‫ي‬‫للؼق‬‫ييي‬‫ي‬‫ش‬‫جر‬ ‫ييي‬‫ي‬‫ص‬‫يييد‬‫ي‬‫ل‬ )
‫اواكر‬.
2 Equipped with skills and
approaches honed over long
years of business growth, they
find now their roles defined by
an unexpected question: How
should people be managed when
fear is in the air?
Past participle
clause beginning a
sentence
Discover the omitted tool and
translate it
Equipped with…= although
‫ل‬ ‫ا‬ ‫ا‬ ‫ئ‬ ‫بأنظب‬ ‫م‬ ‫تالح‬ ‫لد‬ ‫ورغم‬ ‫ب‬ ‫ا‬‫ات‬
‫ط‬ ‫اون‬ ‫نبش‬ ‫لد‬ ‫ل‬ ‫طش‬ ‫سنشات‬ ‫صقلس‬
‫م‬ ‫اا‬ ‫أ‬ ‫أب‬ ‫راب‬ ‫اآلب‬ ‫م‬ ‫أن‬ ‫ئت‬ ، ‫اوسج‬
:‫لسشقغ‬ ‫غجر‬ ‫سإا‬ ‫ب‬ ‫ئج‬ ‫ػل‬ ‫تسشقف‬ ‫د‬ ‫ر‬ ‫كبل‬
‫ل‬ ‫تس‬ ‫ػنلل‬ ‫للجد‬ ‫اوؼ‬ ‫ا‬ ‫ئ‬ ‫م‬ ‫ػلج‬ ‫ن‬ ‫كجف‬
‫؟‬ ‫اوبحجط‬ ‫األجشام‬ ‫اف‬ ‫اوبخ‬

2. 2
3 When layoffs and closings are
unavoidable, tending to the
emotional needs of people who
are let go is essential both for
them and for those who survive
the cuts.
Abstract n. in a
plural form
Add a highly contextualized
word
‫كل‬‫ـ‬‫ب‬ ‫بج‬ ‫ب‬
‫ييد‬‫ي‬‫ل‬ ‫يير‬‫ي‬ ‫ل‬ ‫ت‬ ‫ب‬ ‫يي‬‫ي‬‫ك‬ ‫يياب‬‫ي‬‫ف‬‫يي‬‫ي‬‫ئغ‬ ‫ات‬ ‫ييرا‬‫ي‬‫ق‬ ‫ر‬ ‫يي‬‫ي‬‫اتخ‬
‫او‬ ‫يير‬‫ي‬‫اتا‬ ‫ت‬ ‫يي‬‫ي‬‫اوبإسا‬‫لل‬ ‫يي‬‫ي‬‫ؼ‬‫يي‬‫ي‬‫سب‬ ‫ات‬ ‫ييل‬‫ي‬‫ؼ‬ ،‫جد‬
‫ب‬‫اوبار‬ ‫ت‬ ‫ج‬ ‫اتسج‬ ‫ج‬ ‫سل‬‫تجش‬ ‫ألرا‬ ‫ج‬ ‫ط‬ ‫اوؼ‬ ‫تجد‬
‫يل‬‫ي‬‫ت‬ ‫ي‬‫ي‬‫ػل‬ ‫ير‬‫ي‬‫اوسا‬ ‫يد‬‫ي‬‫ل‬ ‫ججد‬ ‫ي‬‫ي‬‫ولن‬ ‫ا‬ ‫يم‬‫ي‬ ‫و‬ ‫ي‬‫ي‬‫ونا‬ ‫ب‬
.‫سشام‬
4 Bosses who increase
predictability, understanding,
control, and compassion for
their people will allow
employees to accomplish the
most in a time of anxiety and
will earn their deep loyalty.
Long sub. + short
predicate
Begin with the short predicate ‫او‬ ‫سيييجبكد‬‫بييي‬‫اوحيييل‬ ‫تحقجييي‬ ‫ليييد‬ ‫لرؤاسيييجن‬ ‫ر‬ ‫ل‬
‫ا‬ ‫اوؼصيج‬ ‫ت‬ ‫األاق‬ ‫ف‬ ‫زات‬ ‫اإلنج‬ ‫لد‬ ‫األقص‬
‫ي‬‫ي‬ ‫ؤ‬ ‫م‬ ‫ينح‬‫ي‬‫ب‬ ‫يلل‬‫ي‬‫ػن‬ ‫ي‬‫ي‬‫اوؼبج‬ ‫يم‬‫ي‬ ‫اتم‬ ‫يو‬‫ي‬‫سجكا‬
‫ل‬ ‫ييي‬ ‫أف‬ ‫ييير‬ ‫ا‬ ‫ااضيييح‬ ‫لج‬ ‫لايييسق‬‫يييلػم‬ ‫ا‬ ‫م‬
‫يييييييييييييييييييييل‬‫ي‬‫ق‬‫ا‬‫يييييييييييييييييييييسحكم‬‫ي‬‫او‬ ‫ييييييييييييييييييييي‬‫ي‬‫ػل‬ ‫م‬ ‫ت‬
. ‫اجلانج‬ ‫م‬ ‫ت‬ ‫أزل‬ ‫م‬ ‫ك‬ ‫ا‬
5 Article title: Rewriting the
Future of Your Organization and
Your Life
- 2nd
SL of
(rewriting)
- One n. governing 2
other ns.
- Check thesaurus :
review, reconsider
- Functional shift
(n. → v.) to avoid non-
grammatical genitive case in
Arabic (one n. cannot govern
more than one n. in Arabic
genitive case)
‫أػ‬‫ل‬‫غ‬ ‫صج‬‫لإساسك‬ ‫ذ‬ ‫لاسق‬
‫تك‬ ‫تج‬ ‫ا‬

3. 3
6 Rewrite the future, and people's
actions naturally will shift: from
disengaged to proactive, from
frustrated to inspired.
Originality Functional shift:
Adj. → n.
‫غ‬ ‫صج‬ ‫أػل‬‫تصش‬ /‫لخسل‬ ‫غ‬ ‫صج‬ ‫ذ‬ ‫اوباسق‬
‫لد‬ ‫جؼج‬ ‫ط‬ ‫تحشت‬ ‫ش‬ ‫اون‬ ‫ت‬ ‫سلشكج‬ ‫سسسحش‬ ‫ا‬
‫ا‬ ‫ط‬ ‫اون‬ ‫ئو‬ ‫اوؼسو‬‫لد‬ ‫ا‬ ، ‫ك‬ ‫ااوب‬ ‫ػلج‬ ‫او‬
‫اإلت‬.‫اإلبلاع‬ ‫ا‬ ‫اتسسل‬ ‫ئو‬ ‫ط‬
7 Leaders have a say, and give
others a say, in how situations
occur.
Context-bound word Check thesaurus :
*power, authority, choice…etc
*statement of opinion
‫ر‬ ‫اتخيي‬ ‫سييلط‬ ‫اوقيي‬ ‫وييلا‬‫بنحييشب‬ ‫كبيي‬ ‫اوقييرا‬
‫ييي‬‫ي‬‫ج‬ ‫كج‬ ‫ييي‬‫ي‬‫ف‬ ‫يييرأ‬‫ي‬‫او‬ ‫يييلام‬‫ي‬‫ئب‬ ‫ييي‬‫ي‬‫ت‬ ‫م‬ ‫ييير‬‫ي‬‫غج‬‫ا‬ ‫ئ‬
‫اوبشاقف‬
8 Property markets in America
and Britain are showing signs of
life, as mortgage rates fall and
homes become more affordable.
More + adj. Rule: more + adj. = temporal
comparison
‫اض‬ ‫األ‬ ‫أسشا‬ ‫ل‬ ‫ت‬ ‫راج‬ ‫ان‬ ‫ثب‬
‫ا‬‫اوبسحل‬ ‫ت‬ ‫وشت‬ ‫ب‬ ‫ات‬ ‫اوؼق‬‫كج‬ ‫األلر‬
‫ا‬‫شب‬ ‫اور‬ ‫لؼل‬ ‫ض‬ ‫انخ‬ ‫و‬ ‫با‬ ‫انجلسرا‬
‫ف‬ ‫حت‬ ‫أص‬ ‫بأسؼ‬ ‫ز‬ ‫اوبن‬ ‫تشفر‬ ‫ا‬ ‫اوؼق‬
‫ذ‬ ‫ق‬ ‫ر‬ ‫لد‬ ‫ر‬ ‫أك‬ ‫اوجبجغ‬ ‫ا‬ ‫لسن‬
9 The obvious trap is that
confidence proves misplaced.
2nd
SL of linking
verb ( prove)
Check monolingual
dictionary: Rule: prove + adj.
= v. to be + adj.
‫او‬ ‫خ‬ ‫او‬‫شاض‬‫ن‬‫ش‬‫ف‬ ‫وجات‬ ‫ق‬ ‫او‬ ‫تلك‬ ‫أب‬
‫لحل‬
10 Share prices are up sharply. Tense of (are up) Check monolingual
dictionary: Rule: v. to be +
adj. meaning up/down
= has increased/decreased.
‫ا‬ ‫ت‬ ‫ػ‬ ‫ت‬ ‫ا‬ ‫م‬ ‫األس‬ ‫أسؼ‬ ‫ؼت‬ ‫ت‬ ‫ا‬
Sources:
The Economist April 25th
2009: "A Glimmer of Hope"
Harvard Business Review articles: "How to Be a Good Boss in a Bad Economy"
"Good News for Coffee Addicts"
Book Review of The Three Laws of Performance