This course explores the responsibilities and functions of a translator, including linguistic accuracy, cultural mediation, and ethical considerations. It also discusses the differences between translators and interpreters, as well as professional expectations in the field. 

Analyzes intentional/unintentional changes in translation (adding/clarifying vs. omitting/reducing content). Trains students in error classification (mistakes vs. choices) and quality assessment frameworks. 

Teaches adaptive strategies for tailoring translations to children, low-literacy readers, experts, or culturally distinct groups. Emphasizes readability, accessibility, and audience expectations. 

Advanced study of translation difficulties, such as translating dialects, slang, humor, and poetry. Addresses cognitive challenges (decision-making under constraints) and industry pressures (quality vs. speed).

Explores how power, ideology, and sociopolitical contexts influence translation choices. Students analyze translated texts to uncover hidden biases, manipulative strategies, and the role of translators as mediators in discourse. 

Deepens expertise in Hausa writing conventions, including archaic vs. modern spellings, Arabic/English loanwords, and digital challenges (keyboard input, Unicode standards). 

Examines how globalization affects translation demands, including localization, multilingual marketing, and hybrid identities. Discusses the dominance of global languages vs. minority languages and the commodification of translation. 

This course identifies common hurdles in translation, such as ambiguity, polysemy, lack of equivalents, and syntactic differences. It also addresses non-linguistic challenges like tight deadlines, client demands, and ethical dilemmas. 

This course builds on foundational translation methods, covering advanced approaches such as transcreation, compensation, explicitation, and domestication vs. foreignization. It focuses on complex texts (legal, literary, technical) and problem-solving in translation. 

This course delves deeper into the standardized writing system of Hausa, addressing advanced spelling rules, dialectal variations, and the use of diacritics (e.g., ɗ, ƙ, ƴ). It also explores challenges in transcribing borrowed words and maintaining consistency in translated texts. 

This course categorizes translation by field and method, including literary, technical, legal, medical, audio-visual (subtitling/dubbing), and machine-assisted translation. It examines the unique requirements and strategies for each type such as literal translation, faithful, Semantic, communicative, free translation, adaptation etc.

This course breaks down the translation process into key stages: analysis of the source text, research, drafting, revision, editing, and proofreading. It emphasizes the importance of each step in producing high-quality translations. 

This course introduces various methods used in translation, such as literal vs. free translation, transposition, modulation, adaptation, and localization. Students practice applying these techniques to different text types. 

This course focuses on the writing system of the Hausa language, including spelling rules, diacritics, and standard conventions. It helps translators correctly transcribe and translate Hausa texts while adhering to linguistic norms.