Manouchehr Arianpour Kashani ( fa, منوچهر آریانپور, 2 September 1929 – 22 December 2021) was an Iranian translator and lexicographer. He is the son of Abbas and Robaneh Aryanpur-Kashani.
Life
Manouchehr Arianpour was born on September 2, 1929, in Kashan. He founded the College of Translation with the help of his father in 1969. After graduating, he taught at American universities. In 1969, he and his father founded the College of Translation in Tehran a Four Year B.A. degree program where the students were educated in various fields of translation. He received his doctorate from the
University of Colorado
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in 1958 with a dissertation on
Walter Raleigh
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.
Manouchehr Arianpour Kashani in the early years of the 1970s with the help of students and some professors of the College he began to compile the Aryanpur Dictionary of English Lexicology, which results in a variety of Persian to English and English to Persian dictionaries. In addition to the dictionary, he has authored and translated other works. One of these works is called "Leading English Grammar and Writing Ritual".
Death
Manouchehr Arianpour died on December 22, 2021, at the age of 92 in the United States.
Works
Some of his works are:
*'' The Aryanpur Progressive English–Persian Dictionary''
* Pishro Arianpour High School Culture
* Arianpour Leading Vocabulary Guide
* Arianpour English grammar and writing ritual
* Persian words in English (Siri in the phonology of etymology).
* Farhang Bozorg One-volume Persian to Persian Pishro Arianpour.
See also
* '' The Aryanpur Progressive English–Persian Dictionary''
References
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1929 births
2021 deaths
English–Persian translators
Iranian lexicographers
University of Colorado alumni
People from Kashan