Mohammed Yahya Abu-Risha

Personal Details

Marital status               Married

Nationality                    Jordanian

Place of Birth               Amman

Date of Birth                October 5, 1973

Education

MA in Translation.1997–1999. The University of Jordan

Work experience

I. Full Time:

-September 16, 2006-Still. Department of English. University of Petra. Instructor

Teaching as a fulltimer since 2000. 

-July 1996-September1997. Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property Amman , Jordan Trademarks Assistant

II. Part-Time

Since 2003-Simultaneous and Consecutive Interpreter. For all conference service providers in Jordan .

 Lecturer at New York Institute of Technology

-Lecturer at  The University of Jordan .

III- Miscellaneous Works:

- Trainer of the Iraqi Parliament’s Translators Delegation. Amman 6-9 Feb. 2005

-Trained translators at the university of Jordan and Jordanian Translators' Association.

refereed Publications

- What should a learner’s dictionary include?

- Towards more efficient courses of translation.

- Resources for self-training translators.

Investigations in the ethnolinguistic theory. www.Jostrans.com (expected in Jan 2008)

Voluntary Activities

delivered tens of courses on a voluntary basis for to students at four universities.

Seminars

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Presentations

- From Ethnolinguistic Eyes. Zarka Private University .

- A Formalistic Approach to Literature. Zarka Private University .

- The Ethnolinguistic Theory and Translation (in Arabic). Al-Isra University .

- A Step Towards Excellence: Demonstration on Presentation. Al-Isra University

- The Ethnolinguistic Theory. Al-Isra University

- Cultural Problems in Reading and Translation. Al-Isra University

Conferences

-         Towards More Efficient Courses of Translation.  Yarmouk 17th International Conference on Language & Linguistics, Literature and Translation. Yarmouk University . April 12, 13 – 2005

-         Resources for Self-Training Translators. Atlas International Conference on Linguistics, Translation and Lexicography. December 18-19, 2006. Amman .

- Verses of the Holy Quran in light of contemporary theories of translation. 18^th International Conference on Literature, language, linguistics and translation.  Yarmouk University. April 25-27, 2007.

Research Interests

-         The ethnolinguistic theory across language communities

-         Lexicography

-         Translation studies (learning, practicing, mastering and error analysis)

-         Ideological interference and the translatability of the Holy Quran

-         Translation studies with reference to the translatability of sacred texts.

-         Contrastive textology

-         Transfer of linguistic habits

Committees

- Head of the translation committee at Al-Isra University

- Member of the Translation committee at Zarka Private University

Membership

1-     Jordanian Translators Association, (administrative member)

2-     Arab Translators Network – Arab Professional Translators Society (Vice-President for Education and Training)

Articles

1-     Several articles at www.atida.org/forums