• Before translation the translator is required to:

1. Apply in writing to the director of the center;

2. Provide a copy of the book intended for translation;

3. Provide a 300-word-summary of the chapters of the book, and highlight the importance of the book;

4. Pay 50% of the publisher's copy rights. The sums of money paid for publishers to get permissions range from 500$ (1880SAR) to 2000$ (7500 SAR). There are cases when permissions are given for free. The duration for getting the permission varies in line with the information presented by the Centre. If there is a previous cooperation with the center, it will take a week at most;

5. Translators abide by an article in their contract with the center that necessitates exploiting Arabic linguistic audits to edit the book before sending it to referees; and

6. Having got the consent of the translation Center Board and the publisher of the original book, translators are granted their contracts and start translation.

For more information, e-mail the center at: infotra@ksu.edu.sa

• Translation Standards:

1. Abiding by the conditions of King Saud University Press regarding the layout of the translated book as well as exploiting an Arabic linguistic audit to edit the book;

2. Translation should be characterized by smoothness in the style (good readability) and clarity of sentences;

3. Precision and sincerity while translating the text;

4. Translating the whole book without a miss including: the text, photos, figures, drawings, tables, footnotes, annotations/endnotes and appendices;

5. Translation should be free from language, grammatical and spelling mistakes;

6. Indian numbers (٥٤٣٢١) are to be used;

7. References in line with the text must be written in the foreign language next to the Arabized version at first; then the Arabized version is used alone. References between brackets should stay in their source language;

8. There should be an introduction by the translator;

9. There should be an index in the target language;

10. Translation of terminology should be consistent;

11. Only translated or Arabized terms are used;

12. There should be a bilingual glossary of terms and it should have two methods of alphabetical organizations in the two languages (e.g. English/Arabic and Arabic/English); and

13. Acronyms and abbreviations should be translated (if there are any).

Regulations regarding delivering the translated book to the center:

1. To hand in the translated book for refereeing, kindly consider the following:

2. Provide hard copies of the original book and the translation, and a soft copy of the translated book (to be checked by the quality and refereeing committees); and

3. After the book gets approved by the quality and refereeing committees, two extra copies; of the original book and the translation, are to be provided.

4. To hand in the translated book after executing refereeing notes, kindly consider providing the following:

5. One hard copy of the original book;

6. One hard copy of the translation;

7. A soft copy on a CD of the translation; and

8. The refereed translated copies;

For set books only, the printed decisions of the department and college councils.