Zafari's Rohingya to English Dictionary

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Rohingya people have been persecuted by the ruling Myanmar junta for decades. The decade-long torture and humiliation resulted in a huge influx of the Rohingya people from Myanmar to neighboring Bangladesh.
As a local from Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, I started working with different news and humanitarian agencies as a translator, interpreter, and transcriber. During my early translation career, I myself fought a lot, as the Rohingya language is not 100% the same as my mother tongue, the Chittagonian language. There are similarities in terms of listening, but speaking, writing, and reading, and during translation of critical texts or audio voices, I fought a lot. I started developing small notebooks on the language. After 4 years of collecting words, terms, and terminologies, I published the dictionary.
I worked with Handicap International, the Danish Refugee Council, Social Impact, and MSF as a translator and interpreter.
I hope this book will play a role in protecting the Rohingya language as well as promoting it on the international stage.

About the Author

With a BA (honors) in English Language & Literature and an MA in English Language Teaching, the author writes in English, Chittagonian, Rohingya, Bangla, and Arabic. At present, he is a PhD researcher in Buddhist Studies at LBU, Nepal. He is the editor of TOT World.
He was born in Ujinatia Union (Sutasura village-Thandar Para) under Pekua Upazila of Cox’s Bazar District (Chittagong Division) in Bangladesh on the 28th of October in the year of 1988. He passed SSC from Pekua Model Government GMC Institute in 2003 (science group) & HSC from Chittagong College in 2005 (humanities group).
He has some international certifications; these are PMP (PMI, USA), SRMP (Country & Regional Level) from INSSA-USA, and CPMS & CPgMS from CAP-UK, and he has completed five DPro certifications (PMDPro, PgMDPro, FMDPro, MEALDPro, & Social Good DPro) from PM4NGOs, USA. He has completed five PGDs (PGDPM, PGDLSCM, PGDHRM, PGDRCM, & PGDMEAL) from Edupro, UK. He has a diploma in primary education from Asian College for Teachers, Thailand; a diploma in Christian theology from Bangladesh Bible Correspondence School; a diploma in Arabic studies from Resalah Academy, Bangladesh; & a diploma in project management from Brentwood Open Learning College, UK. He earns professional certificates in organizational development (CAP, UK), project management technology and monitoring & evaluation (ABP, BD), early childhood development (ICHD, BD), and basic psychology (IRTD, BD).

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