Don Kiraly

Prof. Donald C. Kiraly (born November 3, 1953 in Charlottesville, Virginia), is an American linguist specialized in foreign language teaching and translator training.
Biography.
Kiraly studied political science at the Cleveland State University and obtained a bachelor of arts degree in June 1976, followed by a master of arts degree in international relations at Florida State University, which he completed in August 1977. Afterwards, from September 1977 until June 1980, he worked as an English teacher at the National Institute of Applied Sciences in Lyon (France) and from September 1981 to July 1982 at the Lawton School in Gijón (Spain). Between June 1980 and June 1981, he earned a master of arts degree in the teaching of French at the University of Illinois. From January 1983 to June 1983, he worked as an English teacher at the International Chamber of Commerce in Roanne, France.
Since January 1985, Kiraly has been employed as a researcher and lecturer at the School of Translation, Linguistics and Cultural Studies of the University of Mainz in Germersheim, Germany. From 1984-2008, Kiraly also worked as a freelance translator in the specialised fields of business and economics, viticulture, tourism and public administration.
In January 1990, he received a Ph.D. degree with his dissertation entitled "Toward a Systematic Approach to Translation Skills Instruction" from the University of Illinois. From August to November 1999, he was a visiting professor at the Monterey Institute of International Studies in Monterey (California), and, from September 2008 to August 2012, he held a visiting professor's position at the Ecole Supérieure d'Interprètes et Traducteurs of the University of Paris III, where he taught French-English, Spanish-English and German-English translation, among other subjects. Since 1990, Kiraly has published a number of articles, two monographs, a co-authored book and two edited volumes in the areas of foreign language teaching and translator training.
In 2017, Kiraly was named Professor without Chair (außerplanmässiger Professor) by the University of Mainz on the basis of his research and teaching record.
Awards.
In the winter semester 2012/2013, Kiraly was awarded the "Teaching Award" of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.