Ingrid Kurz

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Ingrid Kurz (* 1944 ) is an Austrian conference and TV interpreter . She teaches as a professor at the Center for Translation Studies at the University of Vienna .

Life

Ingrid Kurz completed a translation / interpreting and psychology degree at the University of Vienna. She wrote her dissertation on The Influence of Exercise and Concentration on Simultaneous Speaking and Listening . She has been working as a freelance conference interpreter since 1965. She had her first public job in the US presidential election in 1968. Since then she has been working regularly as a TV interpreter for live broadcasts on ORF . She completed her habilitation in 1992 (Venia docendi: Applied Interpreting Science and Interpreting Didactics) and has been teaching at the Institute for Translator and Interpreter Training and at the Institute for Psychology at the University of Vienna since 1976.

In 1969 she interpreted on the moon landing of the Apollo 11 space shuttle , which she nicknamed “Mrs. Apollo "or" moon woman "brought in. Since 1998 she has been an associate professor at the Center for Translation Studies at the University of Vienna with a focus on conference and media interpreting, cognitive-psychological aspects of interpreting and the history of interpreting.

In one of her studies, she paid particular attention to the stress that interpreters experience in their daily work.

“A good interpreter must perform better under stress. [...] Interpreting requires that you can deal with stress in a positive way. "

- Ingrid Kurz at a Friday conference at the University of Mainz

Others

Ingrid Kurz is a member of the Research Committee of the international interpreters' association AIIC and of the Austrian interpreters association Universitas. Furthermore, together with Eva Fürthauer, Elisabeth Schwarz and Birgit Strolz, she runs the company Conference Consulting Dolmetschdienste & Kongressberatung OG in Vienna.

She taught internationally and has been a visiting professor in countries such as Thailand and Poland.

“Good television interpreting can help improve the interpreter's reputation. [...] Conversely, of course, poor performance can also have negative effects. "

- Ingrid Kurz

Publications (selection)

  • Simultaneous interpreting as a subject of interdisciplinary research . WUV University Press, Vienna 1996.
  • with Angela Moisl: Job profiles for translators and interpreters. WUV University Press, Vienna 2002.
  • Physiological stress responses during media and conference interpreting. In: Interpreting in the 21st Century: Challenges and opportunities. Garzone, Giuliana and Maurizio Viezzi (eds.), 195-202, 2002.
  • with Klaus Kaindl: word stealers, misunderstandings, bridge builders? Interpreters and translators as literary creatures. LIT Verlag, Vienna 2005.
  • with Klaus Kaindl: helpers, traitors, jugglers? The role of translators in the mirror of literature. LIT Verlag, Vienna 2008.
  • with Klaus Kaindl: Powerless, selfless, lacking in opinion? Interdisciplinary analyzes by translators and interpreters in works of fiction. LIT Verlag, Vienna 2010.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Website of the Center for Translation Studies at the University of Vienna ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , last accessed on September 17, 2013  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / transvienna.univie.ac.at
  2. ↑ ÜPO , accessed September 17, 2013
  3. ↑ Physiological stress during simultaneous interpreting: A comparison of experts and novices (PDF file), last accessed on September 16, 2013
  4. ↑ AIIC website , last accessed on September 16, 2013
  5. ↑ Video recording of the Friday conference of the University of Mainz, last accessed on September 16, 2013
  6. ↑ Conference Consulting website ( Memento of the original from April 13, 2012 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. , last accessed on September 16, 2013  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.conference-consulting.com
personal data
SURNAME In short, Ingrid
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian conference and TV interpreter
DATE OF BIRTH 1944