Research Output per year
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
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
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Interpreter Training, University
Wurm, S. & Dean, R. K. 2016 The SAGE Deaf Studies Encyclopedia. Gertz, G. & Boudreault, P. (eds.). SageResearch 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
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All framed: Media perceptions of signed language interpreting on Chinese television
Zhao, X., Wurm, S. & Turner, G. H. 28 Mar 2014Research 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
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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)
Activities 2007 2013
Title 2, Take 4’: An Exploration of the Concept “Translation” in a Sign Language Context
Wurm, S. (Invited speaker)13 Mar 2013
Activity: Invited talk
EdSign Lecture Series
Wurm, S. (Organiser)Sep 2012 → Sep 2014
Activity: Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Gebärdensprachübersetzung [Sign Language Translation]
Wurm, S. (Invited speaker)12 May 2012
Activity: Invited talk
Finding the Bones for the Skeleton: A Case of Developing Sign Language Translation Practices
Wurm, S. (Invited speaker)10 Feb 2011 → 11 Feb 2011
Activity: Invited talk
Sign Language Translation: Insights into a new field
Wurm, S. (Invited speaker)21 Jan 2009
Activity: Invited talk