Amer Al-Adwan
Biographic Data
| ID | 6912851 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amer Al-Adwan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amer |
| FAMILY NAME | Al-Adwan |
| SIGNATURE | AL-ADWAN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hamad bin Khalifa University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1624-3755 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
English and Identity in the Digital Age
This study examines the impact of social media on the linguistic behavior of Jordanian Gen Z (born 1997–2012) through the lens of their daily use of colloquial speech as a reflection of sociocultural change. It delineates the dominant linguistic features of the language they use and attempts to address how these linguistic practices reflect the construction of identity and socio-cultural shifts among Jordanian Generation Z. Social media platforms…
Translation between ethics and politics
This article examines the complex interplay between ethics, politics, and translation in constructing and manipulating political discourse, particularly in Arabic-language media. Challenging the assumption of translation as a neutral act, this study argues that translators and patrons actively shape the ideological orientation of translated texts to align with specific political agendas. Through a qualitative analysis of two case studies, the tra…
Exploring the landscape of arabic fansubbing
Academic interest in audiovisual translation within the Arab world is a relatively recent development. While Arab scholars are increasingly recognising the importance of audiovisual translation studies, research specifically focused on fansubbing remains limited. This gap highlights the need to advance and systematise the study of fansubbing in the Arab context, establishing it as a legitimate and distinct field of scholarly inquiry. This study a…
Lost in subtitling
Subtitling taboo comedy has recently emerged as one of the most complex issues in audiovisual translation in the Arab world. Translating this genre across language and cultural barriers demands meticulous attention to the norms and expectations of the target viewers’ culture. However, despite the growing interest in this area, further research is necessary to understand this phenomenon and its mechanisms. Therefore, this paper delves into this th…
Subtitling Saudi Arabic slang into English
The aim of this study is to analyze Saudi Arabic slang expressions and examine their subtitling into English. The data utilized in this research consists of slang terms identified in the film titled “The Book of the Sun”, available on the streaming platform Netflix, along with their corresponding English translations. This study primarily examines three key dimensions of slang expressions: originality, conciseness, and humor. It also explores the…
A corpus-based study of corruption metaphors
This study examines the metaphors used to depict corrupt individuals in the context of the Jordanian Hirak protest movement during the Arab Spring (2011–2012). This analysis was conducted using the lens of a Critical Metaphor Analysis (CMA) approach. To this end, a specialized corpus of socio-political articles was built from two mainstream Jordanian newspapers: Al-Rai and Addustour. The corpus was examined using WordSmith Tools, which support Ar…
“Extending the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) to Predict University Students’ Intentions to Use Metaverse-Based Learning Platforms”
Metaverse, which combines a number of information technologies, is the Internet of the future. A media for immersive learning, metaverse could set future educational trends and lead to significant reform in education. Although the metaverse has the potential to improve the effectiveness of online learning experiences, metaverse-based educational implementations are still in their infancy. Additionally, what factors impact higher education student…
Strategies of translating swear words into Arabic
This study adopts a corpus-assisted approach to explore the translation strategies that Netflix subtitlers opted for in rendering 1564 English swear words into Arabic. It uses a 699,229-word English-Arabic parallel corpus consisting of the English transcriptions of forty English movies, drama, action, science fiction (sci-fi), and biography and their Arabic subtitles. Using the wordlist tool in SketchEngine, the researchers identified some freque…
A corpus-assisted cognitive analysis of metaphors in the Arabic subtitling of English TV series
This paper reports on the findings of a study that aimed at investigating the conceptual metaphors used in the Arabic subtitling of 150 English TV series (1982–2017), adopting Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT) proposed by Lakoff and Johnson (1980) for data analysis. The data were examined by using WordSmith Tools (Scot 2012) which is compatible with Arabic data. The study revealed that the most frequently used source domains in the corpus were jou…
Subtitling sensitive Arabic language for English audiences
The current study investigates the subtitling strategies of sensitive language in Netflix’s Jinn and Al-Rawabi shows from Arabic into English. A corpus of Arabic sex-related expressions from the two shows subtitled into English are extracted. The typology of the sex-related examples is classified into four groups, namely verbal innuendo, clothing revealment, slang and vulgar words, and body part-related references. The study findings show that di…
The dilemma of subtitling Arabic metaphors into English
Despite the fact that subtitling is the most prominent form of audiovisual translation (AVT) in the Arab World, few training centers and academic institutions prepare subtitlers for the industry. The present paper sheds light on one of the thorny issues that Arab subtitlers often encounter, namely that of translating metaphorical expressions into English. In particular, it investigates how fourteen students enrolled in the MA program in Audiovisu…
Think Aloud Protocol in Translating Sheikh Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani’s Poetry
This study sets out to investigate the usability of Think Aloud Protocol (TAP) – in translating Sheikh Jassim Al Thani’s poetry into English, which is an example of Nabati poetry. The study was conducted on two groups of MA graduates in translation studies: Qataris and non-Qataris. The approach used in this study is process-oriented, and therefore it illuminates the strategies that translators use to overcome challenges during the translation pro…
Translating irony into Arabic – who’s having the last laugh? Dubbing Monsters Inc
Monsters Inc., an animated feature film produced by Pixar Animation Studios in 2001, received significant recognition worldwide. The film was nominated in 2002 for the ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards by the Box Office Films. Two dubbed versions of the film were later released with Arabic translations using Egyptian Vernacular, a spoken dialect, and Modern Standard Arabic, used primarily in formal, written communications.This study examines…
Translating irony into Arabic – who’s having the last laugh? Dubbing Monsters Inc
Monsters Inc., an animated feature film produced by Pixar Animation Studios in 2001, received significant recognition worldwide. The film was nominated in 2002 for the ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards by the Box Office Films. Two dubbed versions of the film were later released with Arabic translations using Egyptian Vernacular, a spoken dialect, and Modern Standard Arabic, used primarily in formal, written communications.This study examines…
Think Aloud Protocol in Translating Sheikh Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani’s Poetry
This study sets out to investigate the usability of Think Aloud Protocol (TAP) – in translating Sheikh Jassim Al Thani’s poetry into English, which is an example of Nabati poetry. The study was conducted on two groups of MA graduates in translation studies: Qataris and non-Qataris. The approach used in this study is process-oriented, and therefore it illuminates the strategies that translators use to overcome challenges during the translation pro…
Translating irony into Arabic – who’s having the last laugh? Dubbing Monsters Inc
Monsters Inc., an animated feature film produced by Pixar Animation Studios in 2001, received significant recognition worldwide. The film was nominated in 2002 for the ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards by the Box Office Films. Two dubbed versions of the film were later released with Arabic translations using Egyptian Vernacular, a spoken dialect, and Modern Standard Arabic, used primarily in formal, written communications.This study examines…
“Extending the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) to Predict University Students’ Intentions to Use Metaverse-Based Learning Platforms”
Metaverse, which combines a number of information technologies, is the Internet of the future. A media for immersive learning, metaverse could set future educational trends and lead to significant reform in education. Although the metaverse has the potential to improve the effectiveness of online learning experiences, metaverse-based educational implementations are still in their infancy. Additionally, what factors impact higher education student…
Strategies of translating swear words into Arabic
This study adopts a corpus-assisted approach to explore the translation strategies that Netflix subtitlers opted for in rendering 1564 English swear words into Arabic. It uses a 699,229-word English-Arabic parallel corpus consisting of the English transcriptions of forty English movies, drama, action, science fiction (sci-fi), and biography and their Arabic subtitles. Using the wordlist tool in SketchEngine, the researchers identified some freque…
A corpus-assisted cognitive analysis of metaphors in the Arabic subtitling of English TV series
This paper reports on the findings of a study that aimed at investigating the conceptual metaphors used in the Arabic subtitling of 150 English TV series (1982–2017), adopting Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT) proposed by Lakoff and Johnson (1980) for data analysis. The data were examined by using WordSmith Tools (Scot 2012) which is compatible with Arabic data. The study revealed that the most frequently used source domains in the corpus were jou…
Subtitling sensitive Arabic language for English audiences
The current study investigates the subtitling strategies of sensitive language in Netflix’s Jinn and Al-Rawabi shows from Arabic into English. A corpus of Arabic sex-related expressions from the two shows subtitled into English are extracted. The typology of the sex-related examples is classified into four groups, namely verbal innuendo, clothing revealment, slang and vulgar words, and body part-related references. The study findings show that di…
The dilemma of subtitling Arabic metaphors into English
Despite the fact that subtitling is the most prominent form of audiovisual translation (AVT) in the Arab World, few training centers and academic institutions prepare subtitlers for the industry. The present paper sheds light on one of the thorny issues that Arab subtitlers often encounter, namely that of translating metaphorical expressions into English. In particular, it investigates how fourteen students enrolled in the MA program in Audiovisu…
Lost in subtitling
Subtitling taboo comedy has recently emerged as one of the most complex issues in audiovisual translation in the Arab world. Translating this genre across language and cultural barriers demands meticulous attention to the norms and expectations of the target viewers’ culture. However, despite the growing interest in this area, further research is necessary to understand this phenomenon and its mechanisms. Therefore, this paper delves into this th…
Subtitling Saudi Arabic slang into English
The aim of this study is to analyze Saudi Arabic slang expressions and examine their subtitling into English. The data utilized in this research consists of slang terms identified in the film titled “The Book of the Sun”, available on the streaming platform Netflix, along with their corresponding English translations. This study primarily examines three key dimensions of slang expressions: originality, conciseness, and humor. It also explores the…
A corpus-based study of corruption metaphors
This study examines the metaphors used to depict corrupt individuals in the context of the Jordanian Hirak protest movement during the Arab Spring (2011–2012). This analysis was conducted using the lens of a Critical Metaphor Analysis (CMA) approach. To this end, a specialized corpus of socio-political articles was built from two mainstream Jordanian newspapers: Al-Rai and Addustour. The corpus was examined using WordSmith Tools, which support Ar…
Translation between ethics and politics
This article examines the complex interplay between ethics, politics, and translation in constructing and manipulating political discourse, particularly in Arabic-language media. Challenging the assumption of translation as a neutral act, this study argues that translators and patrons actively shape the ideological orientation of translated texts to align with specific political agendas. Through a qualitative analysis of two case studies, the tra…
Exploring the landscape of arabic fansubbing
Academic interest in audiovisual translation within the Arab world is a relatively recent development. While Arab scholars are increasingly recognising the importance of audiovisual translation studies, research specifically focused on fansubbing remains limited. This gap highlights the need to advance and systematise the study of fansubbing in the Arab context, establishing it as a legitimate and distinct field of scholarly inquiry. This study a…
English and Identity in the Digital Age
This study examines the impact of social media on the linguistic behavior of Jordanian Gen Z (born 1997–2012) through the lens of their daily use of colloquial speech as a reflection of sociocultural change. It delineates the dominant linguistic features of the language they use and attempts to address how these linguistic practices reflect the construction of identity and socio-cultural shifts among Jordanian Generation Z. Social media platforms…
Linguistics (9 works) · Philosophy (9 works) · Translation Studies and Practices (9 works) · Arabic (8 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Metaphor (3 works)