Prof.
Nike Kocijančič Pokorn
Nike Kocijančič Pokorn
Task 4.2
Translation and interpreting
Its Department of Translation was founded in 1997, and has rapidly established a reputation of excellence, reflected in its membership of the CIUTI (Conférence internationale permanente d’instituts universitaires de traducteurs et interprètes) (2004), the Consortium of European Masters in Conference Interpreting (2005), and EMT (European Master’s in Translation) network (2009), a partnership project between higher education institutions and the European Commission.
Task in the project
As second Deputy coordinator, University of Ljubljana will assist partners Université de Genève and Universiteit van Amsterdam in the overall project coordination. At the research level, Univerza v Ljubljani will lead task 4.2 on “Translation and interpreting” and also contribute to other MIME tasks, in particular in work packages 2, 5 and 6.
Staff
- Prof. Nike K. Pokorn
- Jaka Čibej
Experience
The task leader has been the local coordinator of several EU-funded research projects, among them TEMCU Teacher Training for the Multicultural Classroom at University, MedInt - Development of a curriculum for medical interpreters. She was the local coordinator and the member of the steering committee of the project OPTIMALE (Optimising Professional Translator Training In A Multilingual Europe), and the coordinator of a bilateral research project with the Boğaziçi University, Istanbul on the role of translation in the process of globalisation in Slovenia and Turkey (2008-2010). Within the project TEMPUS (Traduction et interprétation au Kosovo) she helped set up the translation and interpreting programme in Kosovo. At local level she is involved in the research project Health-Care Interpreting in Slovenia (2010-2013).