Ms. P.N.N.D.Dayarathne

Biography 

I was born in Kegalle in 1989. I obtained my primary education from Dedigama Primary School, then the secondary education from Dudley Senanayake Central Collage, Tholangamuwa and St. Joseph’s Balika Maha Vidyalaya, Kegalle. In the year 2008 I entered University of Kelaniya for my higher studies and completed BA in year 2011.

Educational qualifications

• MPhil in Japanese (Reading)
• MA in Linguistics (University of Kelaniya)
• BA with first class honors (University of Kelaniya)

 Awards and Fellowships

Best presenter Award at Staff Development Research Forum 2020 , Organized by the University of Kelaniya

Research Publications

Index journal articles

“The role of Google translate in the field of technical translation; with special reference to Sinhala and Japanese languages”- The Journal of language and culture- Published by Department of Languages, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka (2021)

Non- Index journal articles

• “言葉における文化的特徴の翻訳ストラテジーに関する一考 察”-Japanese Studies in South Asia; Towards New Horizons; Published by Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi , India (2021)

“ Cultural words translation in Literary Texts; With Special reference to translated Japanese novels into Sinhala” – Japanese Studies- Volume 1, Research Centre for Japanese Studies (2016)

Books

• “nihon bungaku gaido- Road to Japanese Literature”

Book Chapters

• “Adaraya Amathami”(Adressing the Love) / Translation of selected Japanese Waka poetry in to Sinhala- Collection of foreign literature translations; 3 rd edition(2012-2015) -University of Kelaniya

Conference full papers

Proceeding of Conferences

• The influence of culture on literary translation of Japanese into Sinhala”-International Conference on the Humanities (2015)

• “A linguistic study on the Japanese Translation of Viragaya” – Second international conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka (2016)

• “Google 翻訳の役割;人間翻訳者と比較的観点から”- Japanese Language Education in South Asia -JLESA’20-21 by The English and Foreign Language University Hyderabad, India (2020)

Appointments

• Lecturer (Temporay) in Japanese, Department of Modern Languages, University of Kelaniya
• Lecturer (Visiting) in Japanese, Department of Modern Languages, University of Kelaniya
• Lecturer (Visiting) in Japanese, Department of Languages, University of Moratuwa
• Sinhala Language Instructor to Japanese Voulnteers at JICA Sri Lanka

Memberships

• Member of Sri Lanka Japanese Language Teachers’ Association

Trainings

• Teaching Japanese as a foreign Language- Japan Foundation, Saitama Japan in year 2022
• Sinhala to English / English to Sinhala Translator – Ministry of Post and Tele Communications in year 2011

Scholarships

• American Field Servics (AFS) Scholarship to Japan in year 2006
• JENYSIS Scholarship to Japan in year 2011
• Japan Foundation Scholarship for Japanese Language Lecturers to Japan in year 2020