Text Analysis for Translation Purposes (TRAN 316) is designed to equip students with the necessary analytic skills needed in the pre-translation stage. Students will be trained to analyze different types of texts on different levels: lexical, grammatical, pragmatic, stylistic, textual, and thematic. Different kinds of analysis will also be introduced to students to deal with different text types, including critical discourse analysis, and functionalist analysis. Text analysis helps students to get a better understanding of texts before the translating process, sensitizes them to the peculiar features of these texts, and helps them identify the challenging elements in different text types. The ultimate goal is to maximize translation accuracy