Espousing CAT Tools in Arabicization as a Smart Educational Technology in Translation Training Programs in Libyan Universities

Abstract

This study is devoted to explore the role that CAT tools play in EFL classrooms as a focal element in training and empowering Libyan EFL university students to acquire translation competencies and skills that can make them more responsive to the changing needs for the labor market. The study rests on the analysis of the responses to a questionnaire administered to English teachers in Libyan universities targeted to obtain their perspectives on translation status in Libyan universities and how CAT tools can be adopted as a smart learning and teaching method. The study findings reveal that CAT tools have not been utilized in the classroom yet, due to unawareness of and unfamiliarity with translation technologies, lack of infrastructure and curriculum review, and ineffective educational policies. Besides, the Ministry of Higher Education in Libya is highly recommended to modernize Libyan universities through taking serious steps towards establishing CAT tools in their translation training programs and curricula..