Foundation Certificate in Translation and Interpreting

The Foundation Certificate in Translation and Interpreting (FCTI) is a remedial four-course program that raises language and intercultural consciousness through graded and rigorous exercises spanning linguistic and metalinguistic aspects involved in the process of translation.

*One continuing education unit equals 10 contact hours

** Learners who completed a foundation certificate or AUC continuing education certificate are required to sit for the Standardized English Proficiency Test (SEPT)/Online English Placement Test (OEPT) if they dropped out for a period of one year or more from the date of completing the certificate.

Upon successful completion of this course, the learner will be able to:  

• Applying electronic resources on translation and interpreting, introduction to website localization, and investigation of the online market and environment of translation and interpreting.
• Translating effectively so that the target structure would be as close as possible to the original composition, striking a balance between naturalness and accuracy.
• Transferring different grammatical functions and structures from English into Arabic and vice versa appropriately, without compromising the meaning.
• Producing equivalent messages that are linguistically and grammatically clear. English to Arabic translation constitutes 70 percent, and Arabic into English represents 30 percent of the course material.
• Enhancing the speed of the mental translation process, in addition to providing hands-on practice of the three different modes of interpreting.

• Applicant must pass the Standardized English Proficiency Test (SEPT)/Online English Placement Test (OEPT) and score course ENGGB2A.
• Applicants who score ENGGB1C from SEPT or pass ENGGB1B can take either English for Translators SLET 101 60 hours or ENGG B1C and ENGG B1D.
• Applicants must pass the Arabic Proficiency Test (APT)/online Arabic Admission Test (OAAT) with a minimum grade of 80. 
• Applicants who score from 60 to 79 percent on the APT must take the Arabic grammar ARBF 101 course.
• Applicants must have basic computer literacy.