Svenja Wurm

Personal profile

Research interests

My research focus lies in the area of sign language interpreting and translation and, particularly, translation between written and signed texts, combining my interests in multimodal translation, Deaf literacy practices, social approaches to translation and qualitative, ethnographic and participatory methodologies, as well as addressing my more general motivation to encourage exchange between signed and spoken/written language translation, and translation and interpreting scholarship.

Roles & Responsibilities

Heriot-Watt Programme Director of the European Master's in Sign Language Interpreting (EUMASLI)

Biography

PhD in Languages, Heriot-Watt University

MSc in Translation Studies (with Distinction), University of Edinburgh

BA (Hons) British Sign Language / English Interpreting and Linguistics

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language Social Sciences

literacy Social Sciences

interpreter Social Sciences

community Social Sciences

theater Social Sciences

research method Social Sciences

legislation Social Sciences

multimodality Social Sciences

Research Output 2007 2019

11 Paper
6 Article
2 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
1 Book
2 More
- 1 Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
- 1 Doctoral Thesis

Translaboration in the Rehearsal Room: Translanguaging as Collaborative Responsibility in Bilingual Devised Theatre

Pfeiffer, K., Wurm, S. & Richardson, M., 22 Jul 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : Target - International Journal of Translation Studies.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

theater

responsibility

communication

From Writing to Sign: An investigation of the impact of text modalities on translation

Wurm, S., 2018, In : Translation and Interpreting Studies. 13, 1, p. 130-149 20 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

File

literacy

language

multimodality

text analysis

translator

Rebalancing power: Participatory research methods in interpreting studies

Wurm, S. & Napier, J., 2017, In : Translation and Interpreting: the International Journal of Translation and Interpreting Research. 9, 1, p. 102-120 19 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

File

research method

stakeholder

interpreter

public health

methodology

Interpreter Training, University

Wurm, S. & Dean, R. K., 2016, The SAGE Deaf Studies Encyclopedia. Gertz, G. & Boudreault, P. (eds.). Sage

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary

Von der Schriftsprache in die Gebärdensprache: Fallstudie einer Translation jenseits der Prototypen Übersetzen und Dolmetschen (Übersetzung von: Wurm, Svenja (2014) “Deconstructing translation and interpreting prototypes: A case of written-to-signed-language translation”, Translation Studies, 7:3, 249-266.)

Wurm, S. & Bücker, T. (Translator), 2015, In : Das Zeichen. 29, 101, p. 448-462 15 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Translation Studies

Prototype

Signed Language

Translation Practice

Hat

Prizes

Guardian Social & Community Impact Award Winner

Graham H. Turner (Recipient), Gary Quinn (Recipient), Jemina Napier (Recipient), Jordan Fenlon (Recipient), Stacey Webb (Recipient) & Svenja Wurm (Recipient), 29 Mar 2017

Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

legislation

community