Rana HAKIM BEKDACHE

Associate Professor

School of Translators and Interpreters of Beirut
professeur associé

Faculty of Languages and Translation
professeur associé

Faculty of Humanities
Chargé de Cours

+961 (1) 421 000 ext 5515 rana.bekdache@usj.edu.lb

Associate professor with over 25 years of experience in language teaching and translation.Specialist in teaching Arabic to non-Arabic speakers. Has been teaching courses and training language instructors at Saint Joseph University (Université Saint Joseph-USJ) since the late 1990’s. Has conducted training sessions at several partner universities in Europe such as UAM (Madrid), UAB (Barcelona), ISTI (Belgium), the Haute Ecole Francisco Ferrer in Brussels (Belgium), and UCLM (Toledo). Teaching translation is also a skill: media translation, advertising translation, and general translation. This academic career has culminated in a doctoral thesis entitled, “Langue et Traduction : la relation ambigüe” (Language and Translation: An Ambiguous Relationship). Specialist in teaching the Arabic language to Arabic speakers as well.I am a specialist in Arabic literature: classical and modern. I am a very good reader with a critical eye for everything new in the field of modern Arabic novels.


Education

Degree University Country Year
Doctorat en langues vivantes- Mention Traduction Saint Joseph University of Beyrouth Lebanon 2012
Master in translation/modern languages Saint Joseph University of Beyrouth Lebanon 1994
BA in modern languages Saint Joseph University of Beyrouth Lebanon 1983

University teaching outside USJ

University teaching outside USJ Country Institution Start date End date
Arabic course for foreigners Germany Freie Universitat Berlin 04/06/2023 21/06/2023

Areas of expertise

Art, Humanities, Religious Sciences

Publications and communications

Mes publications