Degrees
M.A., Institute of African and Asian Studies, University of Khartoum, Sudan 1979
B.A., Department of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford, United Kingdom 1970
Current positions
International Translation Consultant (1996- )
Translation consultant, Sudan Branch (1982- )
Staff, translation courses European Training Programme, SIL, British School (1983- )
Other experience
Translation Consultant, Translation Department of the Diocese of Khartoum, Episcopal Church of the Sudan (1997-2004)
Translation Co-ordinator, Khartoum Region, SIL-Sudan (1997-2004)
Language proficiency
Jur Modo (Sudan) FSI 4
Sudanese Arabic FSI 4
Research interests
Languages of Sudan
Translation helps, especially for less educated translators
Selected publications
Publications in SIL International Bibliography
2003. Sudanese Colloquial Arabic for Beginners (2nd edition), (with Janet R. Persson & Ahmed Hussein), Khartoum, Sudan: SudMedia
1997. Translator's Notes on 1,2, and 3 John, Dallas, Texas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
1997. " A Dialect Study of the Jur Beli Cluster" in Occasional Papers in Sudanese Languages, No.7, Nairobi, Kenya: S.I.L.-Sudan
1991. Jur Mödö - English Dictionary with Grammar(with Janet R. Persson), Nairobi, Kenya: S.I.L.-Sudan
1990. "Some Exegetical Problems in 1 John" Notes on Translation 4:4:18-26. |