Svenja Wurm — Heriot-Watt University

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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Research Output 2007 2017

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

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

research

stakeholder

people

measurement method

interpreter

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

interpreter

training

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

language

practice

text

interview

All framed: Media perceptions of signed language interpreting on Chinese television

Zhao, X., Wurm, S. & Turner, G. H. 28 Mar 2014

Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

Deconstructing translation and interpreting prototypes: A case of written-to-signed-language translation

Wurm, S. 2014 In : Translation and Interpreting Studies. 7, 3, p. 249-266 18 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

translation

practice

research

data

information and communication technology

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)