Jalil Hilu

• Doctor of Philosophy
• Mustansiriyah University

This study investigates the applicability of teaching Computer-Assisted Translation (CAT) tools in the Iraqi translation programmes to accelerate the pace of using translation technology in classrooms. The study explores the translation competences relating to teaching translation technology namely CAT tools. The researcher reviews state-of-the--...

The term 'face' has been of various uses and implications in the relevant literature of English ‎and Arabic politeness. Conversations of face threatening acts are frequently arranged under ‎the subject of courteousness. It is the mental self portrait of an individual that is identified with ‎so many pictures as shame or mortification, and can be ke...

The present paper investigates the process of website localisation. Theoretically, in a broad sense localisation is the process of modifying a product for a specific locale. It should be implemented in a way to enable persons from a certain place or culture to be able to utilise the product in their native language without difficulty. The author ta...

The present paper investigates the applicability of Skopos theory to sport language, particularly translating sport news from English into Arabic. This theory is appropriate for this study due to several practical and technical functions sport language involves. The data are football news at the English beIN sport website and their counterparts on...

The paper tries to address the US election (de)legitimisation through exploring how the President Trump has used Twitter to deligitimise his opponent Biden. Ten (translated) tweets posted during elections are examined based on van Leeuwen's concept of legitimisation (2008) and van Dijk's ideological square (2001), as a model analysis. An ideologica...

This presentation explores the the translation technology including machine translation and CAT tools. the student translator should be well armed with all technologies that prepare him/her to the translation market.This presentation briefs the CAT tools history,benefits, and types.

This paper investigates the problem of false friends (or false cognates) and its impact on English-Arabic Translation. Samples of final exam sheets are taken as case study. The study covers 200 translation students (100 morning students and 100 evening students). The study finds out that 76.5% of students made mistakes regarding false friends. The...

Many people think that translating children's literature is an easy work; simple words and short sentences of the Source Language (SL) which can be easily rendered to the Target Language (TL). But the important idea is that most of the translation difficulties are encountered in both children and adult literatures. This paper will take the Arabic t...