In this Blog, you will find interesting posts about my own reflections as a teacher, translation practitioner, trainer and novice researcher, in addition to other interesting themes and issues in the field of education and applied translation studies.
Friday, 30 December 2016
Tuesday, 11 October 2016
Tuesday, 6 September 2016
ثورة الترجمة العربية تنطلق من الخليج – The Arabic Translation Revolution Starts in the Gulf
An Asharq Al-Awsat piece arguing that the new wave of Arabic translation is being driven from the Gulf – a claim worth weighing against what we see in the region's universities.
Saturday, 18 June 2016
Friday, 1 April 2016
The politics of competing pedagogies and curricular practices in a translation program, Fouad El karnichi#TII_Conf7 pic.twitter.com/t0KGKRIC4Y— TII (@TII_HBKU) 29 mars 2016
Tuesday, 23 February 2016
Video Remote Interpreting Goes Round-the-Clock
A Common Sense Advisory note on a new video remote interpreting solution offering 24-hour language services – one more sign of where interpreting work is heading.
New Video Remote Interpreting Solution Delivers Round-the-Clock Language Services
Friday, 22 January 2016
Anthony Pym on Translation and Language Learning
A talk by Anthony Pym on translation and language learning – the two have been kept apart for too long, and Pym explains why that is changing.
Sunday, 3 January 2016
حوار العرب: الترجمة – Arab Dialogue on Translation
An Arabic-language television discussion on translation and its place in Arab culture.
Saturday, 2 January 2016
التعليم الجامعي في العالم العربي تحت المجهر – Arab University Education Under the Microscope
Hassan Dawah, in Asharq Al-Awsat, puts university education in the Arab world under the microscope – a useful backdrop to the translation-programme questions I keep returning to.
Beyond the Silo: Why the Future of Translation Is a Pedagogical Challenge
For a long time I felt I was balancing two professional identities. I was a scholar of translation studies, immersed in the nuances of cross...
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In 2021 I approached the Faculty of Education at Western University about enrolling for a second PhD. At first the idea seemed crazy and unr...
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We rarely hear about translation and interpreting in the context of national and international security. In July 2025 I presented a paper at...
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Rethinking assessment in the age of AI is now essential for anyone in higher education or K-12. Assignments and homework, in particular, ne...