METM14 keynote speaker30-04-2014Dr. Christiane Nord trained as a translator for Spanish and English at Heidelberg University (B.A. Honours). She obtained a PhD in Romance Studies and qualified for a full professorship in Applied Translation Studies and Translation Pedagogy. From 1967 she was involved in translator training at the universities of Heidelberg, Vienna, Hildesheim, Innsbruck and Magdeburg. She has been invited for short-time teaching appointments by universities and translator training institutions in Europe, Middle East, America, Asia and Africa. She has about 200 publications about theoretical, methodological and pedagogical aspects of "functionalism" in translation. Since 2007, she has been a research associate and professor extraordinary of the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa. |
