Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Cornelia Zwischenberger
Professorship for Transcultural Communication at the Center for Translation Studies
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Curriculum Vitae:
born 1981 in Lienz, Austria
1999-2005 Studied Translation Studies with a focus on interpreting (language combination: German, Italian, English) at the Karl-Franzens-University Graz and the Università degli Studi di Bologna
Master's degree with distinction
2006-2011 Doctorate with distinction at the University of Vienna, Interpreting Studies
2008-2010 Research assistant in the FWF project "Quality in Simultaneous Interpreting (QuaSI)" at the Center for Translation Studies, University of Vienna
2010-2011 Lecturer for Italian and Translation Studies at the Center for Translation Studies, University of Vienna
2011-2016 University Assistant (Postdoc) at the Center for Translation Studies, University of Vienna
2017-2018 Visiting Professor of Translation Studies at the Institute for Theoretical and Applied Translation Studies at the University of Graz
2018-2020 University Professor of Translation Studies at the Institute for Theoretical and Applied Translation Studies at the University of Graz (fixed-term contract)
2019 Offer of a university professorship for Translation Studies (permanent) at the University of Graz (declined)
since March 2020 Professor of Transcultural Communication at the Institute of Translation Studies at the University of Vienna
Research areas:
* (Online) collaborative translation as a specific form of transcultural communication
* Use of the translation concept outside translation studies from a transdisciplinary/transcultural perspective
* Translation and cultural studies (esp. British Cultural Studies)
* Translation and transfer of scientific texts texts
* Translation quality (esp. quality in conference interpreting)
* Translation from a sociological perspective (role, norms, status, ethics and ideology)