Translation is a subject matter designed for Second-year students of English at the department of Arts and the English language, Frères Mentouri-Constantine 1 University. It is concerned with the rules that govern both English and Arabic when translation occurs from one to another and vice-versa. It covers the content of the subject-matter during the first term. In addition it deals with some methods for novice translators to help students acquire the techniques that are used in translation from and into both direction (from English into Arabic and from Arabic into English).