150 hours in person
The core of the program is taught face to face in Muscat: Arabic grammar, syntax, and translation practiced on concrete texts rather than on isolated words.
Programs
Become a translator who can work between Arabic and French or English.
The training is built for people who want a usable professional skill: grammar and syntax in Arabic, translation technique, and repeated practice on texts that resemble real assignments.
What the hours cover
Materials you can replay
More than 100 downloadable documents cover grammar, vocabulary and translation technique. You can return to a lesson after class and work through it again.
Assignments with feedback
Tasks are set up like real translation jobs. Instructors send detailed comments so you can see where meaning slipped and how to repair it.
Three steps toward the certificate
- Linguistic diagnostic. A short sequence of lessons and a quiz so you and the instructor can see your current level in academic language before the longer work begins.
- Academic pathway. A simulation of the student workload at that level: lessons, quizzes, and the kind of rhythm the year will actually have.
- Pre-application file. A simplified registration step that turns interest into a file, without a long administrative maze.
Students who finish the pathway receive a certificate of completion in Arabic-to-French translation. The same classroom also trains the Arabic–English pair.
Two language pairs, one method
Arabic and French
For students who will translate into or out of French: syntax, register, and the habit of checking that a French sentence still does the work of the Arabic one.
Arabic and English
For the English pair, a solid intermediate level (around B1 or B2) lets you take part in discussion and writing. The course still starts translation itself from the beginning.
The next school year opens on 27 August. Practical conditions, travel and housing are on the admissions page.