Professors

Dr. Layal Merhy

Center for Languages and Translation
  • Rank
    Associate Professor
  • Degree
    PhD
  • Specialization
    Language Science / Linguistics, mother tongue and foreign language learning
  • Major
    Translation

Born in Byblos, 1982

 

Scientific Qualifications

  • PhD in Linguistics/Translation, Stendhal University, Grenoble in 2013;
  • Diploma of Advanced Studies in Specialized Translation from the Cervantes Institute in Beirut in 2005;
  • Master in Translation from the Centre of Languages & Translation (CLT) at the Lebanese University in 2004;
  • Bachelor Teaching Degree in translation from the CLT in 2003.

Professional Career

  • Lecturer at the Faculty of Letters & Human Sciences in 2012;
  • Director of the CLT since March 2024;
  • Head of the Translation Department at CLT between 2021-2023;
  • Coordinator of the Master in Arabic as a foreign and applied language at the CLT, between 2012-2024;
  • Member of the Academic Committee/Department of Translation and Language Sciences of the Doctoral School of Literature, Humanities & Social Sciences, since 2028;
  • Sworn translator before Lebanese courts;
  • Former lecturer in the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Bordeaux-Montaigne University;
  • Author of research papers published in Arabic, French and English in international journals related to translation and the teaching of Arabic as a foreign language.

 

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