This paper addresses the issue of translation in t m of the following: Translation and interpretation, translation and EFL, the skills of the professional translators, the difficulties of translation from and into Arabic, translation and Arabization and translators and the job market. Suggestions are offered for the teaching of translation. The paper presents the reader with practical examples of translation problems facing Arabic-speaking translator trainees at the college level. The role of using translation in EFL classrooms is discussed and the merits and demerits of this approach in EFL teaching are explained.