The Kurdish Language Department at the Faculty of Education, Koya University, organized a workshop titled "The Role of Translation in Language and Literature."

On Wednesday, the 20th Sarmawarze, 2724 Kurdish calendar, corresponding to December 11th, 2024, the Kurdish Language Department held the workshop in Tahir Baker Hall with professors and students of Koya University.

The workshop aimed to discuss and illuminate a significant and essential topic in the field of language: translation.

The workshop consisted of two sessions:

• The first session, chaired by Dr. Rezan Saleh, included the following topics:
  • "Machine Translation" presented by Dr. Nawzad Anwar Omar.
  • "The Role of Translation" presented by Dr. Srosh Jwher Hawiz.
  • "Translation Between Content and Linguistic Meaning" presented by Shafiq Haji Khidr.
• The second session, chaired by Dr. Darya Jamal Hawiz, included the following topics:
  • "Translation of Metaphors in Kurdish" presented by Dr. Rozhan Nuri Abdullah.
  • "Translation of Idioms and Proverbs Between Kurdish and English" presented by Dr. Darya Saber.

The question-and-answer segment enriched the workshop with more discussions and insights. After the workshop, certificates of participation were distributed to the presenters.

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Koya University (KOU) is located in the city of Koya (Koy Sanjaq) which is 1.0 hr drive to the East of the Kurdistan Region capital Erbil (Arbil, Hewlér) in Kurdistan Region of F.R. Iraq. It is on the foothills of a beautiful high mountain. Its campus has been carefully laid out to embrace the beautiful mountainous nature.

There are 4 Faculties and 2 Schools in KOU; Faculty of Engineering (FENG), Faculty of Science and Health (FSCH), Faculty of Education (FEDU), Faculty of Humanities and Social Silences (FHSS), Shcool of Physical Education (SPHE) and School of Medicine (SMED).

Also, there are two research centers; Genome Center and Malai Gawra Center. Moreover, at KOU there is an English Language Center (BELC) at KOU has been opened with the sponsorship of IREX and American embassy in Baghdad as well as with the support of Spring International Language Center of The University of Arkansas. KOU has two Scientific Journals; ARO-The Scientific Journal of Koya University, which is indexed by Clarivate Analytics (ESCI), and Koya University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (KUJHSS). KOU is a proactive member of Erasmus/ Marhaba Project and Erasmus+.

KOU signed many Memorandum of Understandings (MoU) with many International Universities, e.g., The University of Arkansas (June 2015). The Lulea University in Sweden (April 2014), The University of Nottingham in the UK, The University of Buckingham in the UK (Oct 2008), Belkin University in Turkey (Sep 2009) The University of Greenwich in the UK, Cihan University-Erbil (2021) and Tishk International University (2021).

Koya University is a memebr of The Association of Arab Universities and the International Association of Universities.

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