The Seventh Annual Symposium of the Translation Group Technical Translation Within Undergraduate Translation Programmes Sultan Qaboos University-Muscat 10-11 April 2010 Plenary Speakers: 1. Prof. Said Faiq, American University of Sharjah-UAE 2. Prof. Janet Watson, University of Salford-UK Programme: Saturday (10/04/2010) 10:30- 11:15 am: Prof. Said Faiq, American University of Sharjah-UAE Technical Discourse, Terminology and the Translator 11:40-12:00 pm: Ms. Amel Al-Rahbi, Ministry of Justice Standardisation of Technical Terms in the Ministry of Justice 12:05-12:25 pm: Ms. Nadia Al-Issai, Sohar College of Applied Sciences The Significance of Lexicography in the Domain of Court Interpreting in Oman (Workshop) 02:20-03:20 pm : Dr. Luai Ahmed Hayajneh, Dhofar University The Translation of English Medical Reports into Arabic Sunday (11/04/2010) 09:30-10:15 am: Prof. Janet Watson, University of Salford-UK Teaching Undergraduate Translation 10:40-11:00 am: Dr. James Moody, Sultan Qaboos University Translation and Transliteration in Arabic-English Commercial Signs in Al-Khoudh 11:05-11:25 am: Ms. Amani Al-Bulushi, Nizwa University Difficulties of Technical Translation from a Learner's Perspective (Workhop) 02:00- 03:00 pm: Mr. Saleh Al-Alawi, Petroleum Development Oman Technical Translation in the Oil and Gas Industry 03:05-03:25 pm: Mr. Abdullah Mabrouk Shoshan, Al-Saidya School Economic-Specialised Translation 03:30-03:50 pm: Dr. George Rishmawi, Sultan Qaboos University The Translation of Terminology (Panel Discussion) 04:15-05:00 pm: Chaired by Mr. Yaqoub Al-Mafraji Discussions from A Learner Point of View *For the full programme and the abstracts, see the attachment. Ahmed Hassan Al-Maaini PhD Student. School of Languages and Social Sciences Aston University Birmingham-UK Mobile (UK): +44 (0) 7552 480 889 Mobile (Oman): +968 928 22 134 _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy is not the old busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID27925::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:032010_3