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Pashto–Dari Translation Skills
Professional translation technique between Pashto, Dari and English for media, legal and NGO work.
2h 10m · 16 lessons
Pashto & Dari
Course Overview
For fluent speakers who want to translate professionally. The course covers register, terminology management, legal and medical vocabulary, subtitling, and the practical business of quoting and delivering translation work on deadline.
What you will be able to do
- Translate accurately while preserving register and intent
- Build and maintain a terminology glossary
- Handle legal, medical and media vocabulary
- Quote, schedule and deliver professional translation work
Curriculum
4 sections · 16 lessons · 2h 10m
- 1. Meaning over wordsFree preview5 min
- 2. Register and audience11 min
- 3. Common traps between Pashto and Dari8 min
- 4. Ethics and confidentiality13 min
- 1. Legal terminologyFree preview6 min
- 2. Medical terminology9 min
- 3. Media and news style12 min
- 4. Building a glossary5 min
- 1. Translation memory basicsFree preview10 min
- 2. Subtitling and timing7 min
- 3. Document formatting5 min
- 4. Quality checking your own work11 min
- 1. Rates and quotingFree preview8 min
- 2. Working with agencies13 min
- 3. Deadlines and volume6 min
- 4. Building a client base5 min
Requirements
- Fluency in Pashto and Dari; working English.
- A computer for the terminology and subtitling exercises.
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