Writing Business Letters Across Languages: A Guide to Writing Clear and Concise Business Letters for Translation Purposes

About Said M. ShiyabSonia Halimi

Said M. Shiyab is a Professor of Translation Studies and Director of the Arabic MA Translation Program at Kent State University. Prior to joining Kent State University Professor Shiyab previously spent time as Visiting Professor at the University of Geneva Switzerland where he taught graduate and undergraduate translation courses. He has also taught at various institutions including the University of Southern Indiana King Saud University Yarmouk University and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) University. He founded the Department of Translation Studies at the UAE University and served as its Chair between 2004 and 2012 in addition to serving as Acting Chair of the French Language Program at the same institution. In 2007 he received the College Best Performance Award for Excellence in Scholarship recognizing his excellent scholarship. Professor Shiyab is a member of various international organizations such as Babels editorial board a member and fellow in the Chartered Institute of Linguists London UK and a member of the Higher Council for Translation of the Arab League among others. He is a Language Consultant and Translation Test Assessor for Xerox Global Knowledge and Language Services and his publications include Translation and the Structure of Argumentation; Globalization and Aspects of Translation; and A Textbook of Translation: Theoretical and Practical Implications in addition to a number of articles published in refereed academic journals.Sonia Halimi is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting (FTI) of the University of Geneva Switzerland. Her PhD thesis in Translation Studies addressed the use of concept maps as a cognitive tool for knowledge acquisition and their application in teaching specialized translation. She has worked as a professional translator in a number of UN agencies including the UN Office in Geneva. Dr Halimi teaches Economic and Legal Translation Translation Practice (English-Arabic French-Arabic) and Analysis of Specialized Texts in Arabic at the University of Geneva where she is Head of the Arabic Unit. She has also been involved in various research projects on the development of speech translation systems and L2 learning tools for CALL and has published widely on the subject.