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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language
Social Sciences
literacy
Social Sciences
interpreter
Social Sciences
community
Social Sciences
research method
Social Sciences
legislation
Social Sciences
multimodality
Social Sciences
event
Social Sciences
Research Output 2007 2018
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.). SageResearch 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
Prototype
Signed Language
Translation Studies
Translation Practice
Historical Context
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
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
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: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Gebärdensprachübersetzung [Sign Language Translation]
Wurm, S. (Invited speaker)12 May 2012
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
EdSign Lecture Series
Wurm, S. (Organiser)Sep 2012 → Sep 2014
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Translation in Flux: Conceptualising sign language translation
Wurm, S. (Invited speaker)9 Mar 2009
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk