Alongside my own work in sound, I translate texts between Persian and English. My recent translations are key texts on sound and music, translated from English into Persian. Earlier, I translated research papers in architecture and urbanism from Persian into English for their authors.
Below is a selection of published translations, grouped by field, newest first. Each title links to where it was published, with its date. The texts on sound appeared in the Persian quarterly Farahang. The architecture and urbanism papers appeared in several journals, most of them in Space Ontology International Journal (Islamic Azad University, Qazvin Branch); where a paper is also indexed on Civilica or Magiran, those links follow.
These are only a few of many. Over the years I have translated a large body of texts in art, new media art, architecture and urbanism, and sound and music, from research papers and artist statements to whole books. Some were never published, and I have lost track of others. Two book translations in sound studies are awaiting permission for publication.
Philosophy / Sound Studies
- The Art of Noises
Original author: Luigi Russolo · Farahang No. 5, Spring 1400 (2021) - The Future of Music
Original author: John Cage · Farahang No. 5, Spring 1400 (2021) - Ambient Music
Original author: Brian Eno · Farahang No. 6, Summer 1400 (2021) - The Liberation of Sound
Original author: Edgar Varèse and Chou Wen-chung · Farahang No. 6, Summer 1400 (2021)
Architecture and urbanism
- The Aesthetical Perception of Residences in the North and South of the City Regarding Residential Building Facades
International Journal of Architecture and Urban Development, Winter 2022 - Explaining the Role of Nazi Architecture in the Architecture of Iranian State Buildings (First Pahlavi Era, 1933–1941)
Bagh-e Nazar, 2021 - Meta-Analysis of Studies in the Field of Spatial Justice
Geography and Urban-Regional Planning, December 2019 - Formal-Comparative Analysis of the Spatial Organization of Student Residence Halls Based on Their Spatial Threshold Patterns (Case Study: Girls’ Residence Hall Complex, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin)
Space Ontology International Journal, September 2019 · Civilica - Analyzing Urban Sustenance against Urban Heat Islands (Case Study: Tehran’s 6th and 11th Municipality Districts)
September 2019 - The Role of German Engineers on Contemporary Iranian Architecture (With Emphasis on the First Pahlavi Period between 1925 and 1941)
Bagh-e Nazar, September 2019 - Comparing the Microclimatic Role of Horizontal and Vertical Vegetation in Improving the Thermal Comfort of Outdoor Spaces Between Buildings (Case Study: Faculty of Agriculture, I.K.I. University, Qazvin) (abstract)
Space Ontology International Journal, June 2019 · Civilica · Magiran - Measuring the Flexibility of the Spatial System Using Space Syntax (Case Study: Houses in Qazvin)
Bagh-e Nazar, May 2019 - Prioritization of Factors Influencing Social Resilience against Natural Hazards with an Emphasis on Earthquakes
Hoviat-e Shahr, 2019 - Ecological Design of Urban Landscape
Space Ontology International Journal, June 2018 · Civilica - Investigating the Effective Factors on the Sense of Place in Relation to Urban Migrations (Case Study: City of Qazvin)
Space Ontology International Journal, June 2018 · Civilica · Magiran - Redesigning Urban Spaces with an Emphasis on the Relationship Between the Physical Environment of the City and the Behavior of Citizens (Case Study: Adl Street in Qazvin)
Space Ontology International Journal, June 2018 · Civilica - An Evaluation of Housing Quality in Two Types of Conventional Housing vs. Apartments (Case Study: Haft Hoz Neighborhood and the 1st Phase of Ekbatan Community in Tehran)
Space Ontology International Journal, June 2018 · Civilica - Analysing the Climatic Impact of Central Courtyards in Traditional Houses of Tabriz
Space Ontology International Journal, March 2018 · Civilica · Magiran - Typological Analysis of Theories and Approaches for Transect Model Backgrounds
Space Ontology International Journal, December 2017 · Civilica - Evaluating Visual Preferences of Architects and People Toward Housing Facades, Using Multidimensional Scaling Analysis (MDS)
Space Ontology International Journal, December 2017 · Civilica - Investigating the Social, Economic and Environmental Impacts of Constructing Urban Interchanges (Comparison of the Main Interchanges in the City of Qazvin)
Space Ontology International Journal, September 2017 · Civilica - Integrating the Goler Matrix Method and the List of Indicators to Specify an Efficient Alternative on Elevating the Quality of Ecological Functions of the River Borders (Case Study: Abshooran River in Kermanshah, Iran)
Space Ontology International Journal, June 2017 - Analysing the Effects of Environmental Recognition on Enhancing the Hidden Natural Landscape of Tajrish River-Valley and Its Sociability
Space Ontology International Journal, June 2017 · Civilica · Magiran - Explaining the Role of Light on Quality of the Architectural Spaces in Iranian Mosques
Space Ontology International Journal, March 2017 - Evaluating the Quality of Optimal Privacy in the Study Spaces of Libraries and Its Impact on the Satisfaction Rates of Consulting Individuals (Case Study: Public Library of Qazvin)
Space Ontology International Journal, March 2017 · Civilica - Intertextual Relationships in the Contemporary Architecture of Iran During 1961–1977
Space Ontology International Journal, December 2016 · Civilica - Spatial Analysis of the Indexes of Life Quality Using a Multi-Criteria Decision Making Approach (A Case Study of Abhar Municipal Regions)
Space Ontology International Journal, June 2016 · Magiran