The Multilingual Language Services Office coordinates and manages free language editing, translation, and interpreting services within an academic, management and administrative context. These services are limited to the official languages of the University, namely English, IsiZulu, Afrikaans and Sesotho sa Leboa. We build Sesotho sa Leboa and IsiZulu terminology databases and authenticate this through our collaboration with other universities and language interest bodies/organisations. This is our attempt to develop these indigenous languages to the level of operation enjoyed by both English and Afrikaans.
The MLSO also coordinates the annual NP van Wyk Louw and the biennial EB van Wyk commemorative lectures, as well as the UJ Prize and the UJ Debut Prize for creative writing in the four official UJ languages as well as the prize for literary translation.
The MLSO will offer an online short learning course in Afrikaans editing next year.
Staff Details
Head of Department
Prof Marné Pienaar
011 559 4213
mpienaar@uj.ac.za
English Language Specialist
Esmé Grobler
011 559 4223 esmeg@uj.ac.za
Sesotho sa Leboa Language Specialist
Moroamofo Leshilo
011 559 4209
mleshilo@uj.ac.za
IsiZulu Language Specialist
Nomusa Sibiya
011 559 4216
nsibiya@uj.ac.za
Afrikaans Language Specialist
Corne Johl
011 559 1424
cornej@uj.ac.za
Departmental Secretary
Tara Kok
011 559 4220
tarar@uj.ac.za