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- Lecturer (Teaching) in English to Spanish Audiovisual Translation
- SELCS
- Faculty of Arts & Humanities
I am Lecturer (Teaching) in Audiovisual Translation at University College London, UK. I am a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) and a Member (MCIL) and Chartered Linguist (CL) of the Chartered Institute of Linguists (CIoL).
I teach (audiovisual) translation and Spanish language and culture at both the Centre for Translation Studies (CenTraS) and the Department of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies (SPLAS). I was the Programme Director of the MSc in Translation & Technology at CenTraS between 2020 and 2023.
I hold a joint BA Hons in Translation & Interpreting and Humanities Studies from Pablo de Olavide University (Seville, Spain) and an MA in Literary Translation for the Publishing Industry from the University of Malaga, Spain, as well as an MSc in Audiovisual Translation and a PhD in Translation Studies from University College London, UK.
My research revolves around new technologies in audiovisual translation and the latest innovations in translation education.
My current research roles:
- Next Generation EU ("Margarita Salas") postdoctoral research fellowship (2023–2024) with research group TRAMA (Universitat Jaume I, Spain)
- Co-PI in a project funded by the BAME Awarding Gap Fund at SELCS/CMII (2022–2025).
- International research projects, including TRADILEX (2020–2023) at UNED, Spain, and SL@VT (2023–2025) at Sapienza Roma 1, Italy.
- Co-Founder and Organiser of the E-Expert Seminar Series in Translation & Language Teaching (7 editions since 2018).
- Associate Editor for The Interpreter & Translator Trainer (Taylor & Francis) and Book Reviews Editor for HIKMA (UCOPress).
Module Convenor: ELCS007 Audiovisual Translation at SELCS (2018–to date); CMII0092 Professional Skills for Translators at CenTraS (2018–2019, 2020–2021); CMII0098 Translating for Voiceover and Dubbing at CenTraS (2017–2018).
Tutor: SPAN0001 and SPAN0016 Spanish<>English translation components at UG level (2017–to date); CMII0097 Subtitling and CMII0098 Translating for Voiceover and Dubbing at PG level (2016–2018). I also teach all modules I convene.
01-SEP-2020 | Lecturer (Teaching) | School of European Languages, Culture and Society | UCL, United Kingdom |
01-DEC-2019 – 01-OCT-2020 | Senior Teaching Fellow | School of European Languages, Culture and Society | UCL, United Kingdom |
01-OCT-2017 – 30-NOV-2019 | Teaching Fellow | Department of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies | UCL, United Kingdom |
01-OCT-2016 – 30-NOV-2019 | Teaching Fellow | Centre for Translation Studies | UCL, United Kingdom |
2020 | PhD Translation Studies – Translation studies | University College London | |
2016 | MSc Specialised Translation (Audiovisual) | University College London | |
2015 | MA Translation for the Publishing Industry | Universidad de Malaga | |
2014 | BA Hons Translation & Interpreting and Humanities Studies | Universidad Pablo de Olavide (Sevilla) |