The Necessity of Updating the English Translation BA Syllabus Based on Translation Market in Iran

This paper is going to suggest a suitable syllabus according to the market needs in Iran. To achieve this goal, the people who directly and indirectly involve in the translation market (including translation offices, travel agencies, translation students, translation professors, bank’s clerks and publishers) have been interviewed. Then by analyzing these interviews and also considering some foreign Universities’ programs, some suggestions are presented for updating the existing syllabus which has been remained fixed for a long period of time.