The document discusses the key skills needed for translation. It identifies skills such as project management, terminology management, language and literacy skills, communication skills, decision making skills, information technology skills, and cultural understanding. For each skill, it provides a brief explanation of how the skill helps translators in their work.

1. Practicum in Translation Translation skills Dr. Shadia Banjar LANE-462- first term 1431-2010 Dalal Raja Al-Tayari PRACTICUM 1 0879421

3. Administration

4. Quality management

5. Added value services such as DTPThis skill helps the translator in managing his project , dealing with the customer, and in finding related resources about the subject . Dalal Raja Al-Tayari PRACTICUM 1 0879421

7. Terminology research

8. Translation memory management

9. Interaction with customer This skill helps the translator in searching about the important terms of the subject he is going to translate. Also the translator should know how to make a translation memory as sub skill. This skill also including interaction with the customer for better understanding for the subject . Dalal Raja Al-Tayari PRACTICUM 1 0879421

11. Writing skills in the target language

12. Editing and proofreading The translator used this skill in decoding the text from the source language and encoding the text to the target language. Also this skill helps him in the editing and proofreading for his translation. Dalal Raja Al-Tayari PRACTICUM 1 0879421

14. Establishing rapport

15. Giving and receiving feedback

16. Observing and checking understandingThis skill is important to any translator because it helps him in communicating with the customers or with whomever he is dealing with . Dalal Raja Al-Tayari PRACTICUM 1 0879421

18. Reflecting

19. Analyzing and Evaluating

20. Establishing facts

21. Making judgmentThis skill is also important for any translator because he have to decide the methods and strategies he is going to use in his translation . Dalal Raja Al-Tayari PRACTICUM 1 0879421

23. Electronic file management

24. E-commerceThis skill is essential for the translator because he needs to know How to use computer and all the application related to it ,he also need to know all the hardware and software that helps him in his translation . Dalal Raja Al-Tayari PRACTICUM 1 0879421

26. National characteristics where the language is spoken

27. Hazards of stereotypingTranslation aim is to translate meaning not words, and sometimes this meaning is related to culture ,so you have - as a translator – to understand the culture of the source language to understand it very well , also you have to know the culture of the target language to translate a text that will be understood . Dalal Raja Al-Tayari PRACTICUM 1 0879421