ASSOCIATE PROF. DR. NOR SHAHILA BINTI MANSOR

Associate Professor Dr. Nor Shahila Mansor is a Malaysian scholar-translator whose work sits at the intersection of multilingualism, sociolinguistics, communication strategies and translation studies. Currently, she is serving as the Head of the Department of Asian and European Languages at the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, Universiti Malaya.

She possesses native fluency in reading, writing, and speaking the Spanish language. She has an abiding, passionate and almost obsessive interest in the Spanish language and linguistics, and has built a distinctive academic profile that bridges Spanish-Malay-English language scholarship with pressing global concerns such as sustainability and cross-cultural communication.

She holds a PhD in Spanish Language and Linguistics from the University of Valladolid, Spain. Trained as a linguist and translator, Associate Professor Dr. Nor Shahila Mansor's research advances a central conviction: language is never neutral. Whether analysing parallel crime news reports across multilingual Malaysian media, interrogating cultural representation in beauty advertising between Malaysia and Spain, or examining localisation in geopolitical narratives, her work reveals how translation practices shape power, identity, and public trust. Her scholarship is marked by methodological rigour, often combining corpus analysis, qualitative inquiry, and digital tools, while remaining firmly grounded in real-world impact.

Associate Professor Dr. Nor Shahila Mansor is equally recognised for her work in Spanish language promotion in Malaysia. Through innovative teaching modules, translation training, and intercultural communication courses, she has strengthened Spanish as a foreign language within the Malaysian context. Her publications and forthcoming books, including works on translation from a Malaysian perspective and on the rise of Spanish in Malaysia, reflect her long-term commitment to cultivating multilingual competence in Southeast Asia.

Beyond academia, her research agenda aligns with the national and global frameworks, including sustainable development, gender equity, and inclusive access to information. She has led and collaborated on grant-funded projects that address language barriers in poverty alleviation, multilingual sustainability education, and cross-cultural communication in diverse communities. Her approach integrates scholarly depth with societal relevance.

An accomplished keynote speaker and research supervisor, Associate Professor Dr. Nor Shahila Mansor continues to mentor postgraduate scholars while publishing in high-impact venues. Her intellectual trajectory reflects both ambition and clarity of purpose: to position multilingualism and translation not as peripheral skills, but as foundational infrastructures for equitable global communication.

Through scholarship, teaching, and leadership, she stands as a transformative voice in contemporary translation and multilingual studies, advancing not only academic knowledge but also the ethical and technological futures of language in society.