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Translating from Arabic to English and vice versa is often under estimated. Mistakes in translation can cause confusion, make readers misinterpret issues and at times even can add to tensions. Some non-Arabic speakers even think that machine translations are possible.

Translators need to have a good knowledge of both languages and understand the cultural backgrounds of texts that need to be translated.

In this section you find links to articles that address particular challenges in translations between English and Arabic

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