Erida Prifti

Welcome

Erida Prifti is a tenured Lecturer at Ismail Qemal University of Vlora, as well as a Sworn Translator registered with the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Albania. Prof. Prifti has 11 years experience in university teaching and research, with a special focus in the fields of linguistics and education.

Research Interests

Educational Linguistics

Teacher Training

Translation and Interpretation Studies

Technology in Education

Translator Training and Assessment

Education

University of Sunderland -- MA Education

University of Dublin -- MA Translation Studies

Monterey Institute of International Studies -- PGC in Conference Interpretation

Ismail Qemal University of Vlora -- MSc Teaching and Translation of English as a Foreign Language

Teaching Experience

2000-present Ismail Qemal University of Vlora:
Department of Foreign Languages

'04-'05 Monterey Institute of International Studies: Graduate School of Translation and Interpretation

'04-'05 Monterey Institute of International Studies: Graduate School of Language and Educational Linguistics

Invited Papers

[1] University of Cambridge, UK.

British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies) Is the Albanian Language Going Toward Extinction?

[2] University of London, Birkbeck, UK.

Bloomsbury Round Table on communication, cognition and culture: Designing an Assessment Instrument to Measure Student Performance in Consecutive and Simultaneous Interpreting.

[3] Università degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi, Roma, Italy

New Challenges for Elearning in Cultural, Scientific and Socio-Economic Development Conference Proceedings: Achievements and Challenges of the implementation of ICT at the University of Vlora.

[4] Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

International Symposium on Technical Translation and Terminology for Cross-Cultural Dialogue: Using Extensive Borrowings From English to Derive New Words as Part of Modernization vs. Language Internal Processes to Create New Lexical Items.

Published Papers

Prifti, E. (2011) The University with a Soul - University of Vlora and the Reforms that Revolutionized Standards of Student Enrollment, Training, and Advancement in Albanian Higher Education.

Prifti, E. (2009) Për një Format Standart të UV në Paraqitjen e Punëve Shkencore.

Prifti, E. (2009) Concepts of Mentoring and Coaching in Institutions of Higher Education in Albania.

Prifti, E. (2009) Borrowings as Means for Vocabulary Expansion

Prifti, E. (2009) Language Modernization vs. Linguistic Protectionism.

Prifti, E. (2010) Designing an Assessment Instrument to Measure Student Performance in Consecutive and Simultaneous Interpreting.

Prifti, E. (2010) Is the Albanian Language going towards extinction?

Prifti, E. (2010) Achievements and Challenges of the Implementation of ICT at the University of Vlora.

Prifti, E. (2009) Using Extensive Borrowings From English to Derive New Words as Part of Modernization vs. Language Internal Processes to Create New Lexical Items.

Books

[1] Prifti, E. Bazat e Interpretimit (An Introduction to Interpretation Studies), 260 pages, Europrint, 2005.

[2] Prifti, E. Praktikë Interpretimi Plus CD. (Practice in Interpretation +CD), 265 pages, Europrint, 2005.

[3] Prifti, E. Studies In The American Culture (A Series of Lectures), 295 pages, Europrint, 2006.

[4] Prifti, E. Interpretimi Simultan Plus CD. (Simultaneous Interpretation +CD), 200 pages, Europrint, 2007.

[5] Prifti, E. Practicum In Interpretation Plus CD, 260 pages, Europrint, 2008.

Working Papers

Prifti, E. (2011) Research Methods in Education -- A Critical Analysis and Comparison.

Prifti, E. (2011) Choosing the Biographical Method for Conducting Research in Education.

Prifti, E. (2011) A Teacher With Presence -- A Case Study

Welcome to Professor Prifti's Home Page

Erida Prifti graduated in 2000 from University of Vlora with a four-year integrated diploma (MSc) and a summa cum laude thesis in Translation and Teaching of English as a Foreign Language on Stress Shift in English Grammatical Categories. Immediately upon graduation she was hired at the University of Vlora's Languages Department as an adjunct professor and started teaching Translation Theory and Techniques, and Comparative Translation.

In 2001, she became a full-time lecturer at the same department. This was a year in which higher education institutions in Albania started offering for the first time two new year-long courses: Simultaneous Interpretation and Consecutive Interpretation.

In 2004-2005, Erida Prifti conducted research and held the position of Visiting Professor in Action Research in Interpretation Studies, and Italian Language and Grammar at the Graduate School of Translation and Interpretation, and the Graduate School of Languages and Educational Linguistics, Monterey Institute of International Studies, California, United States, on a JFDP scholarship.

The results of her research at the Monterey Institute of International Studies were reflected in her book Bazat e Interpretimit (Introduction to Interpretation, 2005). This was the first piece of literature published in the Albanian language on Interpretation Studies, which was followed by three other books, namely Praktikë Interpretimi në Konsekutiv (Practice in Consecutive Interpretation, 2006), Interpretimi Simultan (Simultaneous Interpretation, 2007) and Praktikum në Interpretim Simultan (Practicum in Simultaneous Interpretation, 2008).

Professor Prifti's schedule is busy with speaking engagements. She was invited to present papers at conferences and symposia on Translation and Interpretation Studies held at University of Cambridge, University of London, Università degli Studi G. Marconi, Hacettepe University, etc.

Erida Prifti is the first Albanian scholar with published research in the field of Interpretation Studies. Professor Prifti developed both the Simultaneous and the Consecutive Interpretation courses at a time in which resources were scarce or non-existent in the country.

There were no interpretation booths at the University of Vlora, nor equipment to practice simultaneous interpreting, so she had to improvise a portable simultaneous interpretation system by connecting, using adapters, two pairs of headphones (for two students at a time to take turns in interpreting from the audio source) and a speakers' set to a portable audio device (for the class to follow the interpreting process), which, of course, was later replaced with more advanced multimedia devices. Speeches were recorded from radio and television programs to use as practice material and instances of interpreters at work were brought to class in order to illustrate the lectures.

Professor Prifti would always strive to prove to her students that interpreting was, first, a solid profession (although they had to imagine it for the time being); second, that interpreting was a profession that is much in demand in the world; third, that very soon there would be a market for professional interpreters even in Albania.

During those years, Profesor Prifti has been witnessing the knowledge of Interpreting Studies expand among entire generations of graduates, and this fact alone suffices to justify her love and passion for the subject.

In January 2010, the University of Vlora President acknowledged her with a 'Best Academician Award'.

Erida Prifti still teaches Translation and Interpretation courses at the University of Vlora, holding the position of tenured lecturer.

Professional memberships

CIRIN -- CONFERENCE INTERPRETING RESEARCH INFORMATION NETWORK
National Node

EST -- EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR TRANSLATION STUDIES
Full member

IATIS -- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR TRANSLATION AND INTERCULTURAL STUDIES
Full member

LUMEN RESEARCH CENTER IN HUMANISTIC SCIENCES.
International Board Advisory Member.

JOURNAL FOR MULTIDIMENSIONAL EDUCATION.
Editorial Board Member.

POSTMODERN OPENINGS SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL.
Scientific Board Member.

JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK AND SOCIAL MEDIATION.
Scientific Board Member.

EKPIROSIS JOURNAL.
Scientific Board Member.

TRAINING CENTRE JOURNAL.
International Board Advisory Member

ANUARUL UNIVERSITATII “PETRE ANDREI”.
International Board Advisory Member