QNA concludes Media Translation course

QNA

Doha: Qatar News Agency (QNA) concluded on Thursday, at QNA training center, the media translation course, which came within a series of courses and programs organized by the agency to train national media cadres and raise their efficiency in various media and journalistic fields.

Presented by specialist translator and media monitoring Khaled Al Qtameen, the five-day course saw the participation of 20 QNA employees along with various government institutions employees.
The course aimed to develop and improve the skills of relevant employees in government institutions and provide them with the necessary tools and knowledge to deal with various types of media translation. It also trained participants in translating written, visual, and audio media.

The course also provided an opportunity for interaction and fruitful exchange between the participants, which adds additional value to the training experience, taking into account the needs of the participants and providing an encouraging training environment, through the training halls prepared at QNA.

The training topics included various important aspects of translation, starting with learning about the importance of media translation and its uniqueness from other types of translations, the difficulties that may face those who undertake this task, and the factors for its success, in addition to its rules and differences according to the type of media material, all the way to translating visual and audio contents. It also included practical training in translating some written and visual media models.