Department of Linguistics
Faculty of Humanities
University of Kelaniya
Sri Lanka

Office: +94112908786 (Ext: 671/672)
Mobile: +94772293827
Email: jayamals@kln.ac.lk

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ResearchGate profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jayamal-De-Silva

• Master of Philosophy in Translation Studies, University of Kelaniya (2021)
• Master of Arts in Linguistics, University of Kelaniya (2017)
• Bachelor of Arts (Hons.), University of Kelaniya (2015)
• German Language Level A1, Goethe Institute, Sri Lanka (2013)

• Visiting Lecturer in Applied Linguistics, MA in Linguistics Programme – 22nd batch (2024/2025), 21st batch (2023/2024), 20th batch (2021/2022), 19th batch (2020/2021), Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya
• Visiting Lecturer, Department of Classical and Modern Languages, University of Sri Jayawardenepura (January - July 2026, June - October 2025, January - March 2025)
• Visiting Lecturer, Department of Mass Communication, University of Kelaniya (Academic year 2023/2024), (Academic year 2022/2023), (Academic year 2021/2022), (Academic year 2020/2021), (Academic year 2019/2020), (Academic year 2018/2019), (Academic year 2017/2018)
• Visiting Lecturer in Translation Studies, Department of Languages, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka (October 2018)
• Visiting Lecturer, University of Vocational Technology, Ratmalana (July 2022 – December 2022)
• Visiting Lecturer, Diploma in Translation and Interpretation, Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya: 14th batch (November 2025 - October 2026), 13th batch (November 2024 – October 2025), 12th batch (September 2023 – August 2024), 11th batch (September 2022 – August 2023), 10th batch (September 2021 – August 2022), 9th batch (January 2020 – December 2020), 8th batch (October 2018 - September 2019), 7th Batch (October 2017 - October 2018), 6th Batch (October 2016 - September 2017), 5th Batch (October 2015 - October 2016)
• Visiting Lecturer, Higher Diploma in Trilingual Studies, Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya: 4th Batch (January 2018 - January 2020), 3rd Batch (December 2016 - December 2018)

• Web Master, Faculty of Humanities (September 2022 - September 2024)
• Senior Treasurer, Translation Circle, Department of Linguistics (Academic Year 2020/2021)
• Student Counsellor, Faculty of Humanities (Academic year 2020/2021)
• Coordinator, Humanities Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG) 2021
• Web Master, Department of Linguistics (April 2022 - September 2022)
• Senior Treasurer, Translation Circle, Department of Linguistics (Academic Year 2019/2020)
• Student Counsellor, Faculty of Humanities (Academic year 2019/2020)
• Web Master, Department of Linguistics (February 2021 - February 2022)
• Committee Member of the Centre for Sustainability Solutions, University of Kelaniya (Academic Year 2018/2019)
• Web Master, Department of Linguistics (February 2020 - February 2021)
• Senior Treasurer, Translation Circle, Department of Linguistics (Academic Year 2018/2019)
• Student Counsellor, Faculty of Humanities (Academic year 2018/2019)
• Member of the Organizing Committee, Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2019), Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya (2019)
• Web Master, Department of Linguistics (February 2019 - February 2020)
• Student Counsellor, Faculty of Humanities (Academic year 2017/2018)
• Member of the Organizing Committee, Fourth International Conference on Humanities (ICH 2018/2019), Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya
• Member of the Organizing Committee, Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2018), Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya (2018)
• Senior Treasurer, Translation Circle, Department of Linguistics (Academic Year 2017/2018)

• Award to the Faculty with the Best Website in the University (Commendation - Faculty of Humanities), Vice-Chancellor’s Award Ceremony 2025, University of Kelaniya (01 January 2026)
• Contribution Excellence in Humanities (Department of Linguistics), Excellence in Humanities Awards 2025, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya (20 February 2026)
• Coordination Excellence in Humanities (Computer-Assisted Leanring and Web Unit), Excellence in Humanities Awards 2025, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya (20 February 2026)
• Best Department Website (Third Place - Department of Linguistics), Vice-Chancellor’s Award Ceremony 2024, University of Kelaniya (01 January 2025)
• Best Presenter at the Staff Development Research Forum of the Staff Development Programme for Probationary Lecturers (cycle 21) conducted by the Staff Development Centre, University of Kelaniya (2019)
• List of the Final Ten Nominations for the academic publication භාෂා පරිවර්තන ප්‍රවේශය at State Literary Awards (2019)

• Resource Person for developing the curriculum of the Translation Studies degree programme, Faculty of Education, University of Vocational Training, Ratmalana

• භාෂා පරිවර්තන අධ්‍යයනය (Bhāṣā Parivartana Adyayanaya – Introduction to Translation) ISBN 978-624-00-2910-0 (2015), S. Godage and Brothers Publications (pvt) Ltd, Colombo.
• භාෂා පරිවර්තන ප‍්‍රවේශය (Bhāṣā Parivartana Pravēśaya – Introduction to Translation) ISBN 978-955-30-8789-8 (2018), S. Godage and Brothers Publications (pvt) Ltd, Colombo.
• මායා සිහිනය (Māya Sihiniya) (2014), Translated Short Story Collection, Translation Circle, Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya.

• Applicability of Google Translate in Sinhalese Diglossic Contexts (2019), International Postgraduate Research Conference (IPRC), University of Kelaniya
• Tackling Metalinguistic Lacunas and the Choice of Loans: A Study Based on the Compilation of a Sinhalese Treatise on Indian Folk Dance (2018), International Postgraduate Research Conference (IPRC), University of Kelaniya
• Quality of Machine Translation and the Role of Post-Editing (2017), International Postgraduate Research Conference (IPRC), University of Kelaniya
• The Extent of Cultural Transposition for the Translation of Contrastive Cultural Identity (2017), Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka (ICLSL), University of Kelaniya
• Concealing Eḷu Terms with Sanskrit Borrowings: A Response to the Conflict between Sense and Style in Translating Classics (2017), Second International Conference on Sanskrit Studies (ICSS), University of Kelaniya
• The Use of Machine-Aided Translation (MAT) and Machine Translation (MT): An Enquiry on Pedagogy and Professional Translation in Sri Lanka (2017), Third International Conference on the Humanities (ICH), University of Kelaniya
• Types of Borrowings Followed in Udaya Prasanta Meddegama’s English Translation of Guruḷugomi’s Amāvatura (2017), International Conference on Multidisciplinary Approaches (ICMA), University of Sri Jayewardenepura
• Identifying the Ideal Contribution from Computer Technology towards Translation Involving the Sinhalese Language (2017), Symposium on Natural Language Processing (SNLP), University of Moratuwa
• Impacts of Target Audience Culture on the Translation of Dramatic Texts (2016), International Research Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS), University of Sri Jayewardenepura
• An Examination on the Dichotomy between Translation and Adaptation (2016), Second International Conference on the Humanities (ICH), University of Kelaniya
• Translating Concrete Poems (2016), Second International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka (ICLSL), University of Kelaniya
• The Significance of Rhyming Scheme in Poetry Translation (2016), International Postgraduate Research Conference (IPRC), University of Kelaniya
• Methods Followed in Translating Drama Songs (2015), International Postgraduate Research Conference (IPRC), University of Kelaniya
• Some Observations on Personifying Sinhalese Inanimate Nouns (2015), International Postgraduate Research Conference (IPRC), University of Kelaniya
• Imitation as a Method of Translation: A Study Based on Selected Sinhalese Poems Inspired by Wordsworthian Poetry (2015), First International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka (ICLSL), University of Kelaniya
• Causes for the Sinhala Spelling Errors and Mistakes: A Study Based on the Students Reading Translation Methods at University of Kelaniya (2015), First International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka (ICLSL), University of Kelaniya
• A Comparative Study on the English and Sinhalese Translations of Songs in Bertolt Brecht’s ‘Der Kaukasiche Kreidekreis’ (2015), International Conference on Multidisciplinary Approaches (ICMA), University of Sri Jayewardenepura
• Issues Occurred in Translating Tenses in German and French into English (2014), ‘Gnosis’ - The Student Research Forum, Department of English, University of Kelaniya

• භාෂා පරිවර්තනය පිළිබඳ ජෝන් ඩ‍්‍රයිඩන් සංකල්පය (2019), Professor Indra Dasanayake Memorial Academic Journal, Department of Hindi, University of Kelaniya.

• සාහිත්‍ය පරිවර්තනයෙහි ස්වභාවය (2018), Wāgishā: Professor R. M. W. Rajapakshe Felicitation Volume (ISBN 978-955-704-034-9), Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya.

• The Biblical Story of the Tower of Babel (2018), Wāgishā: Professor Asoka Premaratne Felicitation Volume (ISBN 978-955-704-033-2), Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya.

• පරිවර්තන අධ්‍යයනයෙහි ප‍්‍රභවය සහ විකාශනය (2017), Samprekshana Academic Journal: Issue 5 (ISSN 2536-8818), Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya.

• මානව භාෂාවේ ස්වභාවය (2016), Prabhā Academic Journal: Issue 4 (ISSN 2279-3127), Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya.

• නාට්‍ය පෙළ පරිවර්තකයාගේ කාර්යය (2016) Vidurusanda Academic Journal (ISBN 978-955-7284-00-2) Ruwanpura National College of Education, Kahawatte.

• තොටගමුවේ ශ‍්‍රී රාහුල හිමිගේ විභීෂණ දේව භක්තිය සැලළිහිණි සන්දේශයෙන් හෙළි වන අන්දම (2016), Dhammadassi Academic Journal: Issue 2 (ISSN 978-955-449-891-4), Damsak Daham Poth Arana, Pitakotte.

• භාෂා පරිවර්තනය පිළිබඳ ඇලෙක්සැන්ඩර් ෆ‍්‍රාසර් ටයිට්ලර් සංකල්පය (2015) DHĪ: Academic Journal of the Faculty of Humanities: Issue 23 (ISSN 1391-5096), University of Kelaniya.

• නාට්‍ය පෙළ පරිවර්තනය හා අනුවර්තනය (2015), Prabhā Academic Journal: Issue 3 (ISSN 2279-3127), Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya.

• වාගීෂා (Wāgishā): Professor R. M. W. Rajapakshe Felicitation Volume (2018) (ISBN 978-955-704-034-9), Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya
• වාගීෂා (Wāgishā): Professor Asoka Premaratne Felicitation Volume (2018) (ISBN 978-955-704-033-2), Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya
• සම්ප්‍රේක්ෂණ ශාස්ත්‍රීය සංග්‍රහය (Samprekshana Academic Journal) Issue 5 (2017) (ISSN 2536-8818), Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya
• ප්‍රභා ශාස්ත්‍රීය සංග්‍රහය (Prabhā Academic Journal) Issue 4 (2016) (ISSN 2279-3127), Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya
• ධම්මදස්සි ශාස්ත්‍රීය සංග්‍රහය (Dhammadassi Academic Journal) Issue 2 (2016) (ISSN 978-955-449-891-4), Damsak Daham Poth Arana, Pitakotte
• Book of Abstracts (2016) (ISSN 2513-2954), Second International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka (ICLSL), Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya
• Book of Abstracts (2016) (ISSN 2536-8834), Undergraduate Research Conference on Linguistics, (URCL) Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya
• ප්‍රභා ශාස්ත්‍රීය සංග්‍රහය (Prabhā Academic Journal) Issue 3 (2015) (ISSN 2279-3127), Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya
• Book of Abstracts (2015) First International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka (ICLSL), Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya
• මායා සිහිනය (Māya Sihiniya) (2014) Translated Short Story Collection, Translation Circle, Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya