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 Faraz Forghan-Parast 	<PRESIDIO_ANONYMIZED_EMAIL_ADDRESS> 
EDUCATION 
 
 
 
Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran                                                              	                                                                  Master of Arts in Translation Studies, with distinction                                                    	 	 	2005 
●	Related coursework: Translation and Interpretation Theory; Cognitive and Applied Linguistics; Education and its philosophy, Corpus linguistics and Lexicography; Research Methodology; Text, Media and Literary Analysis 
●	Title of Thesis: On the Feasibility of Developing a Cybernetic Model of Translation  
 
 
Islamic Azad University, Lahijan 	 	 	                                                                	 	      
Bachelor of Science in Computer Software Engineering  	 					     2001              
●	Related coursework: Artificial Intelligence and Neural Networks; Language and Compiler Theory;
  Systems programming and tool design, Database Design; OOD; Computer Graphics/Visualization 
●	Selected Projects: 	Mechanima and the Art of Realtime 3D  
SYNTRAK: Realtime sound synthesis and sample processing for musical applications 
 
TEACHING EXPERIENCE 
 
 
Sessional Instructor University of Victoria, Victoria, BC							2023 -  
Responsibilities:  Design and delivery of a Digital Arts course (AE 322) to 30+ students from various faculties, with focus on building transferable skills to deal with real-life art and design problems, including bitmap and vector image creation and editing, and creative coding. 
 
Teacher, IELTS Coach and CEO 
Proshot IELTS Language Center, Tehran 	 	 	                                               	 	2009 - 2022 Responsibilities: Alongside administration of the center, I currently teach English and IELTS test-taking skills, self-study and meta/micro-skill building. Proshot is one of the few authorized and official IELTS training and testing centers accredited by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education and working with IDP Education in Iran. 
 
Lecturer Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran 	 	 	  	 	 	 	 	2005 - 2011 
Responsibilities: Design and delivery of courses in Translation Studies with a focus on English-Farsi Translation methods to over 1400 undergraduate students in preparation for graduate studies. 
 
●	Interpreting (Oral translation): focus on subject-agnostic, bidirectional translation of spoken
English/Farsi; notetaking and decalage skills, practice methods, process analysis and memory  
●	Translation for the News and Media: A problem-based approach to linguistic and discoursal analysis and translation of Media; Headlines; Stylistics; Concision; depoliticization and factfinding; contrastive analysis, rhetoric devices, syntax, semantics and lexical problem solving 
●	Grammar and Writing Skills: Mechanics, structure, syntactical analysis, semantic approaches to good writing; style and voice  
●	Reading and textual analysis of English texts 
●	Listening and speaking skills  
 
 
 
Guest Lecturer Islamic Azad University, various branches in Tehran, Karaj, Bandar Abbas 	 	 	 2006 - 2015 
Responsibilities: Design and delivery of courses spanning the curriculum of Translation Studies with a focus on English-Farsi Translation, to over 1000 undergraduate students :  
●	Translation Theory: Cognitive and neurological aspects of language and bilingual processing; thought, language, interlingualism and intersemiosis; Translation as a process, a product and a function; models of translation; the history of translation and TS; machine translation; the paradox of Equivalence 
●	Study and Learning Skills: The learning brain: Facts, myths and simplifications; managing time; managing focus and flow; note-taking and sketchnoting; reading methods; spaced partitioning theory and tools; test preparation and test-taking skills; unbounded learning; group and collaborative learning 
●	Translation for the News and Media 
●	Listening and speaking skills  
●	ESP for students of art and architecture  
 
Guest Lecturer 
Islamic Azad University, Specialized Training Center, Tehran 	 	 	 	       		  2009 - 2010 
Responsibilities: Design and delivery of courses on effective academic reading and writing academic papers with appropriate vocabulary, mode, tone and register with the reader in mind. These were delivered in three day workshops to 200 newly-appointed faculty at the university.     
 
Guest Lecturer 
School of International Relations of the IRI Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tehran              			  2007 - 2009 
Responsibilities: Developing and delivering ESP material (English for Specialized Purposes) for graduate students of political sciences and diplomacy, with focus on news, international law and diplomatic protocol.  
 
Guest Lecturer Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 	 	 	 	 	 	  2004 - 2006 
Responsibilities: Developing and delivering ESP material (English for Specialized Purposes) for students of medicine, with specific focus on etymology and medical terminology networks. The students strongly welcomed the use of a shared, crowdsourced database of digital SP flashcards for roots, prefixes and suffixes. They used the system in place to create study cards for other subjects and courses.  
 
Teacher, Iran Language Institute, Rasht/Tehran 	 	 	 	 	 	                         1995 - 2003   
English as a Foreign Language 
Responsibilities: Delivering proprietary EFL material based on the Audio-Lingual Method to over 2000 students – each ninety-minute class was held twice a week. All levels from beginner to advanced were covered under the syllabus. 
 

Professional Experience 
 
 
IRI Judiciary, Translation and Technical Affairs Department  
Certified and Sworn Translator and Interpreter 	 	 	 	 	 	 	          2018 -  
Translation, signing and sealing of official documents to confirm their true (accurate and complete) status as representations of the original text and for use by official and legal bodies such as universities, courts and government offices. 
 
Embassy of India, Tehran 
Interpreter/translator to the Ambassador of India to Tehran 	 	 	 	 	2017 - 2018 
Conducting consecutive (negotiation) and simultaneous interpreting, written translation, press tracking, and cultural consultation as linguistic proxy to the Ambassador, DCM and Secretaries of the Indian mission to Iran, in diplomatic, legal, judiciary, forensic and cultural contexts. Various advisory and assistive capacities with other officers and with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  
 
Proshot IELTS Language Center, Tehran 
 Chairman of the board, administrator, faculty 	 	 	 	 	 	 	2008 -  
 
Administration of the center and coordination with the Ministry of Science and Higher Education for holding IELTS tests in Iran.  
 
Sabz Afzar Arya Software Company, Tehran 	 	 	 	 	 	 	2004 - 2022 
Technical Documentation Manager, Agile Coach 
Managing the documentation team in compilation and localization of documents pertaining to the production and delivery of software packages developed by the company, Scrum and agile processes, and training. Integration, automation and tool development using Python to glue and maintain legacy and proprietary systems. Front-end and application development (Mobile, web and Desktop) using Flutter.  
 
 
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 
 
 
Lecturer/alumnus, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran                                                             	2006 - 2008 
Research Center for Translation 
Developing models and methods for translator and interpreter training based on PBL and Adult Learning Theory. 
 
Graduate Student, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran                                                             	2001 - 2004 
Department of Translation Studies 
Advisor: Dr. Farzaneh Farahzad 
Developing models and research techniques for assessing the relationship between writer, translator, reader and text through a process-oriented cognitive lens.   
 	 
 
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS 
 
Allameh Tabataba’i University– Tuition Scholarship 
Role: Graduate – MA Student 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
Tuition and fees 
 	 	 	 	 	      	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
University of Victoria – Graduate Award (2022 – 2023) 
Role: PhD Student  
Amount: 6000$ 
 
Dr Marion Porath Legacy Scholarship in Art Education (2022) 
Role: Recipient 
Amount: 2500$ 
 
Cameron M. Hay Scholarship (2022) 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
Role: Recipient 
Amount: 1050$ 

Rita Irwin Scholarship (2023) 
Role: Recipient 
Amount: 1922$ 
 
INVITED TALKS 	 	              
 	 
 
Computational Thinking, Coding and  Making in K-12 Education 	 	 	 
University of Ottawa, PED 3119 Integrating Technology in the Classroom  
 
 
 
PUBLICATIONS 	 	 	 	
Oct 2022
 
●	Towards a Cybernetic Model of Translation, 2006, presented at Universitat Rovira i Virgili de Tarragona, Spain; New Research in Translation and Interpretation Studies Conference. Published in Pym, A., Perekrestenko, A. eds., Translation Projects 1, Tarragona: Intercultural Studies Group, Universitat 	Rovira 	i 	Virgili, 	13-25. Available online at http://www.intercultural.urv.cat/en/publications/translation-research-projects-1/ 
●	An Introduction to the Cybernetics of Cognitive Processes in Translation [in Farsi], Proceedings of the 
Iranian Linguistics Society Conference, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, 2004 
 
 

SERVICE & OUTREACH 
 
 
●	Executive Committee of the University of Victoria AGES (Association of Graduate Education Students) 
-	Co-organizing and running the AGES 2023 Conference 
●	Translating and Interpreting for UN-sponsored workshops on the United Nations Convention for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, advocacy, accessibility and NGO capacity building. Worked with disability rights lawyers (reference: Prof. Saberi), advocates, NGO/DPO directors and their beneficiaries since 2010  
●	Disability rights advocacy and provision of translation/interpreting services to various NGOs and DPOs in Iran, particularly in collaboration with the Bavar Association and its DPO network. 
●	Equity activism and educational cooperation with anti-poverty nonprofits to teach English, computer programming and life skills to Iranian children with disadvantaged backgrounds.           	2009 - present  
●	Co-translated the WHO book “Women’s Health and Human Rights” by R.J.Cook into Persian (2006) 
 
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS 
 
 
Linguistics Society of Iran (LSI) 	 	 	 	 	                                  	 	2002 - present 
 
SKILLS 
 
 
Teaching and Training: 
➢	Knowledge and experience of teaching and training principles, including applied behavioral science, adult learning theory, and models of evaluation 
➢	Working knowledge of eLearning and web authoring software: Captivate, Articulate, Flash, Camtasia, etc 
➢	Understanding of SCORM and proven ability to generate SCORM compliant content in a corporate environment 
(took TTTs and designed and delivered internal and external training as corporate trainer in MTN Irancell, 2007)  IT and Software Development: 
➢	Knowledge of data visualization and analysis in Python and Javascript (D3, Highcharts, Plotly, Raw) creative coding , generative graphics (ThreeJS, WebGL,  Processing, Tooll, Cables,vvvv) and audio (CSound, PureData, 4KLang, Sunvox, Reaktor) 
➢	Experience in developing cross-platform (mobile, web, desktop) applications in Dart and Flutter. 
➢	Systems integration and toolchain building using Python. Have also used Go and Rust for this purpose 
➢	Programming visual tests, optical illusions and psychological experiments in Python and other systems such as 
DMDX; did programming for generating working memory auditory and numerical tests for MA cohort thesis 
(The Relation between Working Memory and Consecutive Interpreting performance, Fouad Khatib, Allameh Tabataba’i University 2003) 
➢	Familiarity with ML techniques and relevant libraries in Python 
LIST OF REFERENCES 
 
 
	Farzaneh Farahzad, Ph.D. 	Hengameh Saberi , SJD 
	Professor and Thesis Advisor 	Associate Professor & Director, Institute for 
	Department of English Translation 	Feminist Legal Studies (IFLS) 
	School of Persian Literature and Foreign Languages 	Osgoode Hall Law School of York University 1 
	Allameh Tabataba’i University, 	Dundas Street West Suite 2602, P.O. Box 42 
	Tehran, Iran 	Toronto, Ontario  M5G 1Z3 
Phone: <PRESIDIO_ANONYMIZED_PHONE_NUMBER> 					Phone: <PRESIDIO_ANONYMIZED_PHONE_NUMBER> <PRESIDIO_ANONYMIZED_EMAIL_ADDRESS> 
 	 
Gholamreza Tajvidi, Ph.D. 
Professor and Thesis Reader 
Department of English Translation 
School of Persian Literature and Foreign Languages 
Allameh Tabataba’i University, 
Tehran, Iran Phone: <PRESIDIO_ANONYMIZED_PHONE_NUMBER> <PRESIDIO_ANONYMIZED_EMAIL_ADDRESS>