Areas of academic interest
- Process Management
- Localization
- Technical Documentation
- Translation Technology
Project work done with students at the FTSK
SS 2016 | Modeling of a Translation Agency Simulator. Goal of the simulator is to let students experience all aspects of a real translation project in the classroom. |
SS 2016 | Cooperation with the department Business Education of the University of Mainz. Localization of the scenario "Stadium Building", the fictional creation of an American Football stadium including all potential problems and difficulties. |
WS 2015/16 | Project seminar on cognitive language processing in translation. Students examined the effects of cognates using various methods such as eye tracking, EEG and electronic text corpora. |
SS 2015 | Research of translation processes. Students developed a process that could be used for their own translation work. |
WS 2012/13 - WS 2014/15 | Creation of questionnaires to measure translator competence and subsequent creation of a model based on the results of the survey. |
WS2013/14 | Two translation projects that were published in the "Handbook of Translation Studies" and "Translation Studies Abstracts." |
SS 2012 | Creation of a model for translator competences and determination of ways to measure them. |