Franz Pöchhacker
Franz Pöchhacker (* 1962 in Rosenau, Lower Austria ) is an Austrian interpreter and associate professor for interpreting at the Center for Translation Studies at the University of Vienna .
Life
Pöchhacker studied conference interpreting at the University of Vienna from 1982 to 1987 and at the Monterey Institute of International Studies from 1987 to 1988 , where he also began teaching. He has been working as a freelance conference interpreter since 1988 and as a media interpreter since 1994. After receiving his doctorate in 1993 on the subject of simultaneous interpreting , Pöchhacker dealt with other issues relating to the science of interpreting, especially in the area of community interpreting . As part of his academic work, Pöchhacker published several monographs and numerous essays on various aspects of the science of interpreting.
Publications (selection)
- Simultaneous interpreting as a complex act. Gunter Narr, Tübingen 1994. ISBN 3-8233-4079-4 .
- With Mary Snell-Hornby and Klaus Kaindl: Translation Studies: An Interdiscipline: Selected papers from the Translation Studies Congress, Vienna, 1992. John Benjamin, Amsterdam 1994. ISBN 978-1-55619-478-8 .
- With Miriam Shlesinger : The Interpreting Studies Reader. Routledge , London 2002. ISBN 978-0-415-22478-9 .
- Introducing Interpreting Studies. Routledge, London 2004. ISBN 978-0-415-26887-5 .
- Interpreting. Conceptual foundations and descriptive research. Stauffenburg, Tübingen 2000. ISBN 978-3-86057-246-7 .
- With Miriam Shlesinger: Healthcare Interpreting: Discourse and Interaction. John Benjamin, Amsterdam 2007. ISBN 978-90-272-2239-8 .
- With Miriam Shlesinger: Doing Justice to Court Interpreting. John Benjamin, Amsterdam 2010. ISBN 978-90-272-2256-5 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Franz Pöchhacker in the catalog of the German National Library
- Video: Developing Interpreting Studies
- Article in UNIVERSITAS: Police interpreting + court interpreting = judicial scandal? (PDF; 118 kB)
- Article: Simultaneous Interpreting: A Functionalist Perspective (PDF file; 58 kB)
- Interview with Pöchhacker about community interpreting
Individual evidence
- ↑ Center for Translation Studies - Dr. Franz Pöchacker ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Amazon.com: Franz Pochhacker: Books
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pöchhacker, Franz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian interpreter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rosenau, Lower Austria |