Original chapter podcasts accompanying Foundations of Translation Theories: For EFL University Students (2026), by Prof. Munassir Alhamami. Follow Chapters 1–15 in textbook order. Topics include theoretical explanation, histories of translation thought, equivalence, linguistic shifts, functionalism, discourse, pragmatics, interpretation, cognition, descriptive norms, cultural systems, representation, translator agency, ethics, and contemporary questions. Read the chapter's explanations and worked examples, then complete Practice and Apply and the Short Quiz. Google NotebookLM generated the conversations from the textbook. The original audio is preserved unchanged, with a static textbook cover for YouTube.
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