Bio

Dr Desrine R. Bogle is an interdisciplinary scholar. La traduction intraculturelle (2014), her translation theory for comparative Caribbean Creole paremiology, demonstrated in her seminal work The Transatlantic Culture Trade: Caribbean Creole Proverbs from Africa, Europe, and the Caribbean, highlighted the paremiological similarities in the Caribbean. Her analysis of the translation of Trinidadian Bhojpuri into French by ChatGPT highlighted the inadequacies of GenAI in translating Caribbean culture. Her review of psychological trauma in the Francophone Caribbean addressed the knowledge gap in English in psychotrauma prevention, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, training, research, and support/awareness in Martinique, Guadeloupe, and French Guiana.

Qualifications

Degrees

• Doctorat,Translation Studies, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, France
• MSc, Applied Neuroscience, King’s College London, UK
• Master de recherche, Translation & Contrastive Analysis, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, France
• Maîtrise, Translation & Neurolinguistics, Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, Martinique
• BA, French with Spanish, The UWI, Mona, Jamaica

 

Other Qualifications

• Cambridge Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA), International House, London, England
• Certificate in University Teaching & Learning, The UWI, Cave Hill, Barbados

Research Areas

• Translating Caribbean culture in the AI era (Francophone and Anglophone)
• Comparative Caribbean Creole Paremiology (Francophone and Anglophone)
• Applied Neuroscience/Mental health in the Francophone Caribbean

Teaching Areas

• French Translation
• French Language
• French for Tourism

Publications

BOOKS

Bogle, D. The Transatlantic Culture Trade: Caribbean Creole Proverbs from Africa, Europe, and the Caribbean, Peter Lang, 2020.

Bogle, D. Mes Premiers Pas: An Introductory French Course for Children, Northern Caribbean University Press, 2009.

 

BOOK CHAPTERS

Bogle, D. “The Brown’s from St. Ann: Cross-Generational Oral Narratives, Collective Memory And Identity In San Andrés Island, Colombia”, In Blayer, I., Ferreira J., Scott, D., Connecting Worlds: Ibero-Caribbean Narratives and Cross-Cultural Diasporas, Peter Lang International Academic Publishers, (Oxford, Bern, New York) September 2025.

 

SELECTED ARTICLES

Bogle, D. Literary self-translation in the Postcolonial Francophone Caribbean – Self-translators Frankétienne and Raphaël Confiant, AALITRA, vol. 22, 2026.

Bogle, D. “Translating the Indo-Caribbean in the AI Era: The Case of Trinidad Bhojpuri”, Archipélies 19, no. 19, 2025.

Bogle, D. “Psychological Trauma in the Francophone Caribbean: A State-of-the-Art Review”, Caribbean Journal of Psychology, 17, Volume 1, 128-174, 2025.

Bogle, D. “Translation in the Anglophone and Francophone Caribbean: Facts and Figures”, Translation & Difference, Sargasso: Journal of Caribbean Literature, Language & Culture, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, vol. 2015-16, I & II, p. 49-57, 2019.

Bogle, D. “Traduire la créolisation: traduction intraculturelle, proverbialité et littérature antillaise”, Translation and Translanguaging in Multilingual Contexts, special issue, vol. 2, no. 2, John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 181-194, December 2016.

Bogle, D. “La traduction intraculturelle: défense et illustration”, Minor Translating Major/Major Translating Minor/Minor Translating Minor (MTM Journal), vol. 6, p. 131–148, 2014.

Bogle, D. “Traduire la culture créole”, Atelier de traduction, no. 21, Universitatea Stefan cel Mare din Suceava, p. 77-92, 2014.

Bogle, D. “Traduire l’écriture diglossique de la Caraïbe”, Minor Translating Major/Major Translating Minor/Minor Translating Minor (MTM Journal), vol. 2, p. 54 – 69, 2010.

Additional Info

• Coordinator: BTMI-UWI Language Volunteer Programme; French Study Abroad; Programme d’Assistanat to France