Khulood S. Shmasneh

English Language (Translation Track) graduate from Arab American University – Jenin (AAUJ), Birzeit University and An-Najah National University. I have very good skills and essential knowledge in English; listening, speaking and writing skills. I also have very good skills in legal translation, commercial and translation from media information. I also have a very good experience in consecutive translation. I am looking for a position where I can use my experience and skills.

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Compassionate, creative and effective Teacher with valuable experience in classroom administration, professional development and project planning. Equipped with extensive background in versatile education environments. Student-centric instructor, academic facilitator and motivational coach. Competent at performing independently or as member of teaching team. Well-versed in classroom and online technologies.

• Tariq, Fakhuri, Lecturer in The English Department at AAUJ, tfakhuri@aauj.edu, 0599-474696, AAUJ
• Adnan, Asi, Director, 0592-955955, Dar AL-Marfa school, Jerusalem district
• Nabil, Alwi, Lecturer in The English Dpartment at An-Najah University, 0599674258, An-Najah University
• Ayman, Nazzal, Lecturer in The English Dpartment at An-Najah University, 0599100724, An-Najah University

• IELTS Course, Batman Center, Ramallah, 40 hours.
• Legal English - Arabic Translation Course, Arab European Foundation For Training, Ramallah, 40 hours.
• A training course about Academic Excellence Skills, Arab American University, Jenin 10 hours.
• A workshop about Al-Aqsa Mosque History and the Current Challenges, Arab American University 15 hours.

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The Strategies of Translating Cultural-Bound. Expressions in Mourid Barghouti's Autobiography "I

Was Born There, I Was Born Here"

– 2021

This paper investigates and analyzes the translation of this book with specific reference to cultural-bound

terms and concepts since the translator is a foreign one. It highlights the strategies for translating such

expressions and the types of equivalence used to translate them. The researcher uses qualitative,

analyzing, and descriptive methodology to find out the obstacles of translating an Arabic text by a foreign

translator and how does he deal with the cultural terms and concepts. The findings of this research reveal

that translating autobiographical text is problematic and challenging. On the one hand, the researcher

finds that the translator mainly uses three strategies: cultural borrowing, semantic translation, and

communicative translation in translating most of the figurative expressions. On the other hand, the

translator uses communicative, modulation, literal and cultural substitution to translate some terms that

don’t have an equivalence in the target language.

https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperinformation.aspx?paperid=113969

THE INFLUENCE OF THE TRANSLATOR’S CULTURAL BACKGROUND ON TRANSLATING ARABIC LITERARY

TEXTS INTO ENGLISH- COMPARING THE TRANSLATION OF I SAW RAMALLAH AND I WAS BORN THERE;

I WAS BORN HERE AS A CASE STUDY

– 2022

In this research, the researcher aims at investigating the impact of the translator's cultural

background on translating Arabic cultural-literary texts into English with a specific

reference to the translation of I Saw Ramallah, and I Was Born There; I Was Born Here. The

researcher compares the translated version of I Saw Ramallah - and the translated version

of the I Was Born There; I Was Born Here using analytical, descriptive, and qualitative

methodology. The researcher compares the translated books to determine how the

translator's cultural background affects the translation of the source text under the

hypothesis that the translator mastering the source text culture is more faithful and

adequate to the source text than the translator who doesn't master the culture of the source

text. Besides, the translator mastering the source text culture keeps the source text

language and culture flavor and doesn't keep using deletion. This research's importance

stems from the fact that translation and culture are connected and overlapped topics that

influence each other. Therefore, cultural gaps are considered a crucial factor affecting the

translation process. Despite the language being used to express the culture, as many

scholars such as Nord, Venuti, and Rabadan pointed out, translating cultural, literary terms

and expressions causes many problems for translators, especially those who don't master

the culture of both texts. "Differences between cultures may cause more severe

complications for the translator than make differences in language structure." (Nida, 1964;

50). Therefore, this research is fundamental and adds to translation studies in the cultural

and literary fields.

www.ijherjournal.com

Link http://dx.doi.org/10.47832/2757-5403.14.15

CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS

01/02/2022 – 06/02/2022 – Turkey

The International Congress Of Humanities and Educational Research I participated in the International

Congress Of Humanities and Educational Research with a research paper titled The Influence of the Translator's

Cultural Background on Translating Arabic Literary Cultural Texts into English – Comparing the Translation of I

Saw Ramallah and I Was Born There; I Was Born Here as a Case Study on first of February. I have presented

research using various techniques, including talks, posters, and workshops. These have been presented to

academic experts at national conferences.