The 2nd Part of Edited Translation Course at QNA Comes to an End

Doha, November 08 (QNA) - The second part of the Edited Translation Course Qatar News Agency (QNA), has organized has come to an end Thursday. The course is part of a special training course edited (or written) translation falling in the context of a series of training courses organized by the Media Relations Department at the agency premises for qualifying and training of Qataris working in the media field , develop their capacities and improve their professional level through continued training and development programmes. Around seventeen trainees from all governmental agencies in addition to a number of Qatari News Agency staff members attended the three-day training course. Mowaffaq Fa'iq Tawfiq, an interpreter from Al-Jazeera Satellite Channel gave lectures during the programme of the course, including many topics and themes as well as theoretical explanations and practical applications on some texts that include different types of news, and practical tests on selected texts. For his part, Director of the Media Relations Department at Qatar News Agency Ahmed Mohammed Al Buainain has said the second part of the course aims to train Qataris working in this field to identify the elements of translation and bases and the difference between the translated and edited text. He pointed out to many training courses that will be organized by the Agency in the year 2012 -2013 including the design of journalistic sites on the internet, photography, refuting of media campaigns, integration of media discourse in GCC states, arts of conducting interviews, skills of dealing with VIPs, facilitating the exchange of information between media institutions, running of editing rooms in news agencies, and planning and management of media organizations. It is noted that Mowaffaq Fa'iq Tawfiq, holds a Bachelor's degree in languages from the University of Westminster, Britain and a higher diploma in translation. He was known for his on the air interpretation of world events over the last ten years. He also offers training courses in translation and interpretation for beginners and advanced translators at the Al Jazeera Media Training and Development Centre. It is worth to mention that the course comes in implementation of Emiri Decision No. 51 of 2009 which assigned Qatar News Agency to hold such events. The QNA is set to organize in 2012-2013 several training courses on other topics including designing and direction of press websites on the internet, photography, refuting of media campaigns, the integration of the GCC media address, art of conducting press interviews, skillful dealing with VIP, facilitating the data exchange between the media corporations and planning and management of media institutions. (QNA)