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Tiina
Tuominen
Professor, English, Classics and Multilingual Translation Studies
Research Director, English, Classics and Multilingual Translation Studies
School of Languages and Translation Studies
PhD
Translation studies, audiovisual translation, subtitling, reception studies, user-centered translation, translators' workplace studies, multimodality

Contact

+358 29 450 3846
+358 50 358 7351
Arcanuminkuja 1
20500
Turku

Areas of expertise

Audiovisual translation
subtitling
audience reception of audiovisual translations

Biography

I am currently working as a part-time, acting Professor of English with a specialisation in translation and interpreting at the University of Turku. In 2020, I worked as a developer of subtitling and translation for the Finnish public broadcaster Yle and the MeMAD research project (https://memad.eu/). Previously, I have worked as a Lecturer in Translation Studies at the University of Glasgow in Scotland, and in various roles at the University of Tampere, Finland. I also received my PhD in Translation Studies at the University of Tampere. Before my academic career, I worked as a freelance translator and subtitler for several years.

Research

My research interests focus on audiovisual translation and subtitling, particularly reception and audience studies, usability and user-centered translation, translators’ workplace studies, and multimodality.

Publications

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