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Biography
Ali Almanna is a series editor of Routledge Studies in Arabic Translation (London/New York: Routledge). He obtained his PhD in Translation Studies from the University of Durham (UK) and his MA in Translation Studies from Westminster University (UK). Currently, he is Associate Professor of Translation Studies at Hamad Bin Khalifa University, College of Humanities and Social Sciences where he teaches and supervises MA and PhD students.
In addition to many articles published in peer reviewed journals, he is author, editor and translator of several publications. His recent publications include
- The Routledge Course in Translation Annotation (London/New York: Routledge: 2016),
- Semantics for Translation Students (Oxford: Peter Lang: 2016),
- The Nuts and Bolts of Arabic-English Translation (Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing: 2018),
- The Arabic-English Translator as Photographer (London/New York: Routledge: 2019),
- Re-Framing Realities through Translation (Oxford: Peter Lang: 2020),
- Translation as a Set of Frames (London/New York: Routledge: 2021).
Education/Academic qualification
Translation Studies , PhD
1 Aug 2008 → 1 Oct 2013
Award Date: 1 Oct 2013
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Subtitling Arabic Cultural References into English: The Case of Brando El Sharq
Alquran, A., Almanna, A. & Al-Adwan, A., Dec 2026, In: Corpus Pragmatics. 10, 1, 14.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Constructing identity through narratives: Personal, social, and digital dimensions
Hnit, H. & Almanna, A., 20 Jun 2025, In: Social Sciences and Humanities Open. 12, 101692.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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A Semiotic Approach to Translating between Arabic & English
Almanna, A. & Farghal, M., 20 Sept 2024, In: Journal of Ecohumanism. 3, 7, p. 670-681 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Variation across the Border: Dialectin Arabic/English Translation
Almanna, A. & Farghal, M., 30 Dec 2024, In: British Journal of Translation, Linguistics, and Literature. 4, 4, p. 1-14 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Contractual Obligations
Almanna, A., 23 Dec 2023, Legal Translation between English and Arabic. 1 ed. Palgrave Macmillan Cham, p. 141-157 17 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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