Miriam Shlesinger
Miriam Shlesinger (born May 20, 1947 in Miami Beach , † November 10, 2012 ) was an American - Israeli linguist and interpreter .
Life
Shlesinger was born in Florida in 1947 . In 1964 she emigrated to Israel to study there. She received her bachelor's degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in musicology and linguistics of the English language. In the early 1970s, Shlesinger studied translatology at the Bar Ilan University in Ramat Gan . From 1978 she worked as a teacher at the Institute for Translatology there. She received her master's degree in literature from Tel Aviv University in 1990 . She received her doctorate from Bar Ilan University, whose Institute of Translatology she headed from 2003 to 2007.
Shlesinger who conducted Language Policy Research Center (Research Center for Language Policy ) of Bar-Ilan University. There she developed the course Translation in the Community at the Language Policy Research Center , to give students who speak a minority language ( Arabic , Russian or Amharic ) basic knowledge for use as interpreters in everyday contexts (e.g. in hospitals , with authorities etc.) to convey.
On November 10, 2012, Shlesinger died of lung cancer .
Research priorities
- cognitive processes in translation and interpreting
- Community interpreting (communal interpreting )
- corpus-based translational approaches
- the interpretation of sign language
- Language policy
Awards
The Copenhagen Business School awarded Shlesinger an honorary doctorate in 2001 . In 2007 she served as CETRA professor at the University of Leuven in Belgium and received the Danica Seleskovitch Prize in 2010 . In 2011 the Association of Israeli Translators honored Shlesinger for her life's work.
Editorships (selection)
- With Franz Pöchhacker (Ed.): The Interpreting Studies Reader . Routledge, London 2002.
- With Anthony Pym and Zuzana Jettmarova (eds.): Sociocultural aspects of translating and interpreting . John Benjamin, Amsterdam / Philadelphia 2006.
- With Franz Pöchhacker (Ed.): Healthcare Interpreting: Discourse and Interaction . John Benjamin, Amsterdam / Philadelphia 2007.
- With Anthony Pym and Daniel Simeoni (eds.). Descriptive translation studies and beyond: Investigations in homage to Gideon Toury . John Benjamin, Amsterdam / Philadelphia 2008.
- With Rodica Dimitriu (ed.): Translators and their readers - in homage to Eugene A. Nida . Les Éditions du Hasard, Brussels 2009.
- With Franz Pöchhacker (Ed.): Doing justice to court interpreting . Benjamin's Current Topics, Volume 26. John Benjamin, Amsterdam / Philadelphia, 2010.
- Publication of the journal Interpreting: International journal of research and practice in interpreting . Amsterdam, John Benjamin, from 2003.
literature
- Franz Pöchhacker, Arnt L. Jakobsen, Inger Mees (Eds.): Interpreting Studies and Beyond: A Tribute to Miriam Shlesinger . Samfundslitteratur Press, Copenhagen 2007.
Web links
- Article about Miriam Shlesinger on the homepage of the European Society for Translation Studies (English), accessed on August 22, 2013
- Article about Miriam Shlesinger in the Haaretz newspaper, accessed on September 26, 2013
- Miriam Shlesinger on the Words Without Borders homepage, accessed on August 22, 2013
Individual evidence
- ^ International Who's Who in Translation & Terminology . Paris, Nottingham, Bonn and Vienna: Union Latine, Praetorius Limited, International Where + How and Infoterm, 1995. p. 341. ISBN 0-9516572-5-9 .
- ↑ How do you say 'firgun' in English? in Haaretz
- ^ Professor Miriam Shlesinger died on November 10, 2012, European Society for Translation Studies
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Shlesinger, Miriam |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American-Israeli linguist and interpreter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 20, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Miami Beach |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 10, 2012 |