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Translating Quoted Sacred Texts in Political Speeches
(2006-12)
In this thesis, the issue of Qur'an translation is discussed and translating qur'anic quotations in political speeches highlighted. The thesis deals with the ideational components behind using qur'anic quotations in political ...
Integrated Demand Side Management in Network Planning for Utility Companies
(2006-06)
In the way of transferring from public benefits authorities to developers and investors, the annual growth rate will increase rapidly through a strategy of sustainable development. With the high economic growth, it is ...
The Use of Collocations as a Measure of Translation Quality and Translator Competence
(2006-04)
In this thesis, the use of collocations as a measure of translation quality and of the translator's competence is studied. It is believed that collocations' competence contributes greatly to one's language competence and ...
Arab Students' Attitudes Toward Western Culture and Motivation to Learn English
(2007-01)
Motivation is a central component for students learning a second language. Attitude towards the target language, its culture, and its people have been proved to have a significant bearing on the motivational orientation ...
Educators' and Parents' Attitudes Towards Code Switching By Arab Bilinguals: Pedagogical Implications
(2006-05)
This study explores educators' and parents' attitudes towards the phenomenon of Arabic-English code switching (CS) in the culturally and linguistically diverse context of the UAE. Arabic-English language mixing is a ...
L2 Teachers' Perception Towards the Use of Computers in L2 Language Instruction
(2008-05)
The way people communicate with others, conduct research, and gather information has changed due to the dramatic changes in computer technology. Computers have become prevalent everywhere and their presence in schools has ...
UAE High School Students' Attitudes Towards Using Authentic Materials
(2006-08)
This study is an attempt to investigate the impact of using authentic materials on some of my high school students, especially those who have poor attitudes towards learning the English language. In fact, lack of motivation, ...
Audio Visual Translation: Subtitling Pragmatic Features
(2006-12)
Globally, this is the age of mass communications, of multimedia experience and a world where audiences demand the right to share the text, be it film, song , or book simultaneously across cultures" Bassnett (cited in ...
Discourse Analysis of Argumentation from an English/Arabic Translation Perspective
(2008-06)
This thesis explores whether Arab translators translate argumentative discourse adequately. The study examines the degree of awareness among translators of the genre conventions embedded in the argumentative English source ...
Ajaaj and National Identity: A Comic Book with a Serious Mission
(2009-10)
Translation is often influenced by its social, political and cultural context. These factors soon begin to define the very concept of translation, its role, directions and traditions down to the strategies adopted by the ...