Professional Diploma in Legal and UN Translation

The professional diploma in legal and UN translation is adopting an interdisciplinary approach to translation, the certificate covers legal drafting, a contrastive study of legal and UN discourse, translation of legal contracts and UN texts, and editing for international organizations such as the UN, IMF.

*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 learners will be able to: 

1. Rewrite translated legal documents in standard legal language
2. Translate legal documents accurately
3. Rewrite translated documents in standard legal format
4. Translate, revise and edit UN documents
5. Translate accurately economic texts into Arabic/English
6. Apply advanced translation strategies in various types of translation
7. Compile a portfolio of individually-produced translations and present it

1. Bachelor's degree (could be waived on a case-by-case basis)
2. Completion of Foundation Certificate in Translation and Interpreting