The Necessity of Updating the English Translation BA Syllabus Based on Translation Market in Iran

مطالعات زبان و ترجمه

Article 2, Volume 48, Issue 1, April 2015, Pages 19-51   

Document Type: Research Article

DOI: 10.22067/lts.v48i1.37518

Authors

Zahra Salari^* ; Ali Khazaee Farid

Department of English, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

Abstract

This paper is going to suggest a suitable syllabus according to the market needs in Iran. To achieve this goal, the people who directly and indirectly involve in the translation market (including translation offices, travel agencies, translation students, translation professors, bank’s clerks and publishers) have been interviewed. Then by analyzing these interviews and also considering some foreign Universities’ programs, some suggestions are presented for updating the existing syllabus which has been remained fixed for a long period of time.

Keywords

English Translation; BA; Translation Market; Syllabus; Iran

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