Awad Balaish Sep 19, 2013:

Thank you Stephen
I totally agree with you, this is a noticeable incorrect phrase, I was about to suggest corrections: 1- technical works and operations director 2- Technical operation director. The asker has to respond and comment.

Stephen Franke Sep 19, 2013:

Original English text is awkward; rewrite needed Greetings.

May one observe that that original English text is awkward (apparently written by an engineer or "techie," rather than a technical writer) and deserves a re-write for better clarity.

Possibilities, to show the ambiguous nature of the original text, include:

Technical = technology or technologies

"Technical and Operations" = could have been intended as "Technical Operations" (with no "and" inserted)

"Director of Technical Operations" = original writer's intent?

A re-write for clarity and simplicity would be especially beneficial if the translation is intended for a reader who does not have a matching technical or engineering background in the subject area. In other words, a process of conversion & translation as follows: original "Engineering English" => plain & clear English => plain & clear Arabic.

The need for such conversion & rendition became very evident for several translation & interpreting projects when I was last working in Riyadh, KSA on a defense / military-related program.

Hope this helps. Khair, in shaa' Allah. Today is Thursday, 19 September 2013.

Regards,

Stephen H. Franke
San Pedro, California
(Late of al-Riyadh, Jeddah, and al-Hofuf, EP)