The most prominent activities of the Department of translation- University of Cihan / Erbil for the academic year 2018 – 2019

The Department of Translation is one the happening departments of the university which tries to fill the gaps in the job market in translation field. To achieve this objective, a lot of efforts have been made to improve the scientific level of the lecturers and learners of the department and to deliver the educational materials to the students through various teaching methods in an interesting way. The following are the activities that the department conducted in the academic year of 2018-2018:

1. Training Course for students

English Training Course for students

From September 25^th, 2018 to November 5^th, 2018

2. Holding a workshop

Developing Pragmatic BA Programs for Translation and English Departments

On April 1^st - 3^rd, 2019

3. Attending Workshops

• Writing News for Website in February 2019
• Scientific Writing Skills for Biomedical @ Environmental Scientists in May 2019
• Enhancing English Language Teachers' Experiences in May 2019

4. Publishing papers (Internal and International Journals)

• "The Baker's Narrative Approach, A Pathway to Study Identities in Translation" by Sirvan Aminzadeh, August 2018.
• "The Representation of Religious Identity in Pre and Post Islamic Revolutions Persian Translations of The Power and the Glory" by Sirvan Aminzadeh, May 2019.
• "MT Evaluation outputs" by Fereydoon Rasouli, August 2018.

5. Attending the Conferences (Internal and International)

• International Conference on Literature and Arts at Cihan University-Erbil (CIC-LITART18) in June 2018
• International Conference on Administrative and Financial Sciences at Cihan University-Erbil (CIC-ADFIS18) in June 2018

6. Presenting Seminars at Conferences

• International Conference on Literature and Arts at Cihan University-Erbil (CIC-LITART18) in June 2018
• The 7^th Annual Conference of University of Human Development in Sulaimaniyah

7. Translating Books

• Signing Their Lives Away, by Fereydoon Rasouli
• 101 Healing Stories for Kids and Teens: Using Metaphors for Therapy by by Sirvan Aminzadeh

8. Students Activities

• Contributing their translated works to Wikipedia
• Subtitling the latest famous movies
• Critical Thinking Activity; Watch_Think_Write

9. Applying Interesting Teaching Activities to Engage Students in Learning Process

• Cooperative works

 Walk the Talk

• Competitive Works

I Challenge You- Translate Better!

Doing Puzzle

Riddles

• Class works

Back to the Board Game

Tongue Twisters

What am I thinking of

• Group works

TOEFL Grammar Exam Practice

Practicing Creative Writing

• Individual Works

Watch_Think_Write

Bucket List Activity

Playing Categories

Practicing Cursive Handwriting

Research Project Reviews

Moments and Memories at Cihan University