

A vibrant summer at iTranslate for Al-Alsun students
A vibrant summer at iTranslate for Al-Alsun students
28 Sep 2021Pursuant to the successful partnership between MIU Faculty of Al-Alsun and Mass Communication and iTranslate Group, Al- Alsun students, during Summer 2021, enjoyed an active field training program that consisted of four different tracks: Career Launch, CAT Tools, Legal Translation, and Subtitling.
The six students who attended the Career Launch course were introduced to general knowledge regarding the translation market, workshops in 5 different fields, usage of research tools, and an introduction to SDL Trados.
A total of 31 students, divided into two groups, joined the CAT Tools track. Students were introduced to CAT Tools, SDL Trados project cycle, translation memories, and term bases. Students also had hands-on training on SDL Trados Studio.
In the Legal Translation track, 12 students were acquainted with the field of legal translation, learned different legal styles, how to use legal research tools, and shared in practical workshops on selected texts.
Two groups, a total of 37 students, attended iTranslate subtitling workshops. Students became familiar with different subtitling software and tackled different subtitling issues such as ways to localize subtitles, and solve moral dilemmas in subtitling, as well as how to become a Netflix qualified subtitler. Al-Alsun students excelled in the practical workshops aimed at subtitling selected videos.