Main Scientific Areas of Research: Translation Studies, English Studies, English Linguistics, Discourse Analysis
2016-... Adviser of the IndirecTrans Network CEAUL/ULICES
2020-2023. External member of the Effort Project: Torwards a European Framework of Reference for Translation. Coord. Amparo Hurtado Albir and Patricia Rodríguez-Inés, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain. Start: 01-09-2020 - End: 31-08-2023. Project Reference: 2020-1-ES01-KA203-082579
2016-2023. Adviser of the Portuguese Group of the MUST - Multilingual Student Translation Research Project. Coord. Sylvianne Granger and Marie-Aude Lefer (Centre for English Corpus Linguistics), Univ. of Louvain, Belgium.
2015-2018. Adviser of the Research Project “IndirecTrans2,” CEAUL/ULICES
2013-2014. Coordinator of Research Project “IndirecTrans1: Indirect Translations of English Literature in Portugal (1901-1950),” CEAUL/ULICES.
2013-2018. Researcher of the EST Glossary of Translation and Interpreting Terms, European Society for Translation Studies.
2011-2018. External member of the Research Project Literatura Mundo: Perspectivas em Português. Coord: Helena Carvalhão Buescu. External Member. (CEComparatistas, IWL, Harvard U, project ELiCa).
2010-2016. External Member of the National Research Group “Transmedia Portugal”
2010-2017. External Member of the International Research Group “Voice in Translation”. Coord. Cecilia Alvstad, University of Oslo, Norway.
2008. RG7 awarded the 2008 Translation Studies Literature Grant by the European Society for Translation Studies.
2007-2018. Coordinator of the CEAUL/ULICES team within the research project “Intercultural Literature (1930-2000): A Critical Bibliography”. CECC and CEAUL/ULICES.
2025
Invited Lecture. On Cultural References. 101st “Belt and Road” Graduate Academic Salon, Macao, Org. Institute of Portuguese-speaking Countries of the City University of Macau and the Macau “Belt and Road” Research Center. City University of Macao, Jinlong Campus, Macao, China. 25 February 2025.
2024
Keynote Lecture. On English, today: facts, figures, attitudes. 44the Conference of the Portuguese Association for Anglo-American Studies (APEAA). ULisboa, Portugal, 24-27June 2024.
2023
Invited Lecture. Translation matters, Org. Centre for Ibsen Studies, University of Oslo, Norway, 10 Nov 2023.
2022
Keynote Lecture. 10th International Congress of the Iberian Association of Translation and Interpreting Studies. UMinho, Braga, Portugal, 15-17 June 2022 (postponed from 2020).
Keynote Lecture. “Retranslating Theory and Canonical Texts”. Retranslations in Theory and in Practice, KU-Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, 21-23 March 2022 (postponed from 2020).
2021
Keynote Lecyture. IV Simpósio LINCOG (Simpósio Internacional de Linguagem e Cognição) e 2.º Encontro com as Ciências Humanas. Org.Instituto Politécnico de Macau, China (ESLT IPM) and Universidade de São Paulo (USP), in partnership with UFF, UFRPE and IFSP, Brazil. 29 Nov-1Dec 2021. Online.
Keynote Lecture. “Indirect Translation: Main Theoretical Issues.” Conference La Mediazione Differita. Traduzione Indirette in Italia. Istituto Italiano di Studi Germanici and Academia Danimarca, Rome, Italy. Convenors: Bruno Berni, Catia De Marco (Istituto Italiano di Studi Germanici) Anna Wegener (Academia Danimarca and University of Florence). 27-28 May 2021 (postponed from 2020). Online.
2020
Invited Lecture. "Charles Dickens: o homem, o autor e a obra (também em Portugal)." Dickens 150. Org. Rogério Puga, CETAPS, UNL. Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, 9December2020.
Invited Lecture. "Intersections between the UNITE! Support Services and UNITE! Virtual Campus: Issues, Challenges, Solutions." UNITE! Bootcamp1, org. Aalto University, Aalto, Finland, 8June 2020. Online - Zoom.
Invited Lecture. 2020. “Audiovisual Translation and Research.” Leiden Translation Talks, Leiden University, The Netherlands, 2 April 2020. Online - Zoom.
Invited Lecture. "Culture 360 Degrees in the UNITE! European University Project." UNITE! Dialog1, Aalto University, Aalto, Finland, 12 February 2020.
Keynote Lecture. “Estudos de Tradução.” Inaugural Session of the Doctorate in Portuguese, Polytechnic Institute of Macau, China, 15 January 2020.
2018
“Theoretical and methodological issues of descriptive and applied research on translation and translating: methods, strategies, tactics, procedures, techniques.” Beyond History: the radiance of the Short Story, 15th International Congress, School of Arts and Humanities, ULisboa, 27-30 June 2018.
2017
“O inglês como língua internacional: motivos e efeitos (posição relativa do inglês e do português no mundo contemporâneo).” (com Rita Queiroz de Barros). Encontro Ciência 2017, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Ciência Viva - Agência Nacional para a Cultura Científica e Tecnológica, Academia das Ciências de Lisboa e Comissão Parlamentar de Educação e Ciência. Lisboa, 3-5 Julho 2017.
2016
“Línguas da comunicação académica em Portugal: a hegemonia do inglês.” (com Rita Queiroz de Barros). Encontro Ciência 2016, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Ciência Viva - Agência Nacional para a Cultura Científica e Tecnológica, Academia das Ciências de Lisboa e Comissão Parlamentar de Educação e Ciência. Lisboa, 4-6 Julho 2016.
2024
Member of the Scientific Committee of the 11th EST Congress. The Changing Faces of Translation and Interpreting Studies. Centre for Translation Studies, University of Leeds, UK, 30 June–4 July 2025 .
2023
Member of the Scientific Committee of the international conference 11th EST Congress “The Changing Faces of Translation and Interpreting Studies," Centre for Translation Studies, University of Leeds, UK, 30 June-4 July, 2025.
Member of the Scientific Committee of the international conference "Retranslation in Context VI," Ege University, Izmir, 2-3 November 2024.
Member of the Scientific Committee of the international conference “Paralell Corpora across Disciplines: New Challenges Ahead" 4th International Symposium PaCor2023, University of León, Spain, 22-24 November 2023.
2022
Member of the Scientific Committee of the international conference “Retranslation in Context V." Károli Gáspár University, Budapest, Hungary, 21-22 April 2022.
2021
Convenor for Panel "Translation and Cognition" of IV Simpósio LINCOG (Simpósio Internacional de Linguagem e Cognição) e 2.º Encontro com as Ciências Humanas. Org.Instituto Politécnico de Macau, China (ESLT IPM) and Universidade de São Paulo (USP), in partnership with UFF, UFRPE and IFSP, Brazil. 28 Nov-1Dec 2021.
Member of the Scientific Committee of IV Simpósio LINCOG (Simpósio Internacional de Linguagem e Cognição) e 2.º Encontro com as Ciências Humanas. Org.Instituto Politécnico de Macau, China (ESLT IPM) and Universidade de São Paulo (USP), in partnership with UFF, UFRPE and IFSP, Brazil. 28 Nov-1Dec 2021.
Member of the Scientific Committee of 10th EST Congress Advancing Translation Studies. Oslo, Norway, 22-24 June 2022.
2020
Member of the Advisory Board of IATIS Conference for 2021, Barcelona, Spain, New dates: 14-17 September 2021.
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