Associate ProfessorRJamoussi@su.edu.om Phone: +968 26850100 Extn: 270 Location: Suwaiq building
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Dr. Rafik Jamoussi is an Associate Professor of Translation Studies. He teaches courses on translation theories, terminology management, and computer-assisted translation. His current research interests include the investigation of the translator’s voice in the late medieval Middle East, the impact of technological advances on the translation profession and translator training, and the development and optimization of terminology tools for the Arabic language. He has published theoretical and empirical articles on translation direction, explicitation, corpus-based translation investigations, the pedagogical focus on the translation process, and language management.
- Ph.D. In Translation Studies, University of Tunis I, Tunisia, 2001.
- MA In Linguistics, University of Tunis I, Tunisia, 1993.
- Bachelor in English Language, Literature, and Civilisation, University of Tunis I, Tunisia, 1988.
- Terminology management for translators
- CAT tools
- Technical translation
- Translation and technology
- Translator training
- Jamoussi, R., & Al Zahran, A. (2021). The trials and tribulations of the teaching of CAT: The case of Oman. In Research Into Translation and Training in Arab Academic Institutions (pp. 153-164). Routledge.
- Jamoussi, R., & Shall, I. (2020). A survey of the uptake of CAT tools in Oman: Facts and implications. In S. Hanna, H. El-Farahaty, & A.-W. Khalifa (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of Arabic translation (pp. 397-413). London: Routledge.
- Jamoussi, R. (2020). Theorizing about translation in the Abbasid era. An alternative account. In S. Hanna, H. El-Farahaty, & A.-W. Khalifa (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of Arabic translation (pp. 297-311). London: Routledge.
- Jamoussi, R., & Kritsis, K. (2019). Another scattered pearl: IA I Barṣoum’s risālah fī uṣūl al ta ‘rīb ‘an al siriānīah. Translation & Interpreting, 11(2), 5-17.
- Jamoussi, R., & Roche, T. (2017). Road sign romanization in Oman: A close-up. Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 40(1), 40-70.
- Jamoussi, R. (2015). Exporting cultural goods through the medium of translation in the Arab world: the (not so) strange case of L2 translation. The Translator, 21(2), 173-188.
