multilingual information processing department
Silvia Rodríguez Vázquez
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Contact information: ISSCO/TIM/FTI, University of Geneva 40 bd. du Pont-d'Arve CH-1211 Geneva 4 Switzerland |
Tel: +41 762 699 442 Office number: 6339 Email: Silvia.Rodriguez@unige.ch Linked-in: Educational and Professional Background |
New! Call for participation
At present, we are carrying out a study in collaboration with the Access for All Foundation in order to understand how multilingual websites are assessed for accessibility by web accessibility experts. To this purpose, we have designed an online questionnaire. We would be grateful to receive feedback from web accessibility evaluators or experts in the field, both users and non-users of screen readers or any other assistive technology. The questionnaire is anonymous and will be open for 6 weeks, until May, 28th 2013.Background and Research Interests
I am currently pursuing a Joint Doctoral Degree between the University of Salamanca (Spain) and the University of Geneva (Switzerland). My PhD aims at providing a new localization strategy based on the use of linguistic software to help improving the transfer of textual accessibility during the localization process. I am member of TIM/ISSCO Research Group since March 2010, initially as a research intern (March 2010-September 2010), and currently as a predoctoral researcher (since April 2011).
Teaching Activities
As a lecturer assistant, I am involved in the following courses:
At the FTI/UNIGE (Université de Genève):
- Localisation et Gestion de Projet (Localisation and Project Management, Spring 2012/2013)
At the FTI/USAL (Universidad de Salamanca):
- Localización (Localisation, Autumn 2012)
- Gestión terminológica y de projectos (Terminology and project management, Autumn 2012)
Conference Talks
I have presented my research at the following international conferences:- Rodríguez Vázquez, S. (2012). Making Web Localisation Accessible between Communities. Doctoral Consortium, ASSETS 2012. The 14th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. 21st-24th October 2012, Boulder, Colorado (USA).
- Rodríguez Vázquez, S., Bouillon, P. (2011). Enabling Digital Inclusion through Controlled Content Simplification. An approach to a New Multilingual Simple Wikipedia. III Action Week for Global Information Sharing (AGIS '11). 1st-2nd December 2011, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia).
- Rodríguez Vázquez, S., Torres del Rey, J. (2011). Making digital content accessible: a collaborative task between the web developer and the localiser. The coming of age of Translation Technologies in Translation Studies. First International T3L Conference: Tradumatica, Translation Technologies & Localization. Tradumatica Research Group, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. 21st & 22nd June, Barcelona (Spain).
- Rodríguez Vázquez, S. (2011). La localización web como traducción intercomunitaria: accesibilidad, lenguaje y sociedad. II International Symposium for Young Researchers in Translation, Interpreting and Intercultural Studies. Tradumatica Research Group, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. 20th June, Barcelona (Spain).
Invited Talks
- Rodríguez Vázquez, S. Translation Workflows: A classification of Project Management Software according to the Work Environment. In the University of Salamanca, 8th November 2012, Salamanca (Spain).
- Rodríguez Vázquez, S. Consulting on Computer Assisted Translation and Project Management Tools for the United Nations. In the University of Salamanca, 15th November 2012, Salamanca (Spain).
Publications
- Rodríguez Vázquez, S. (under review) "Making localised web content accessible: a pilot study". In The Coming of Age of Translation Technologies in Translation Studies. New Trends in Translation Studies Series (Peter Lang).
- Torres del Rey, J., Rodríguez Vázquez, S. (2013). "Traducción y accesibilización de discurso público en formato web". In África Vidal Claramonte, Rosario Martín Ruano (eds.) Traducción, política(s), conflicto: legados y retos para la era del multiculturalismo. Granada: Comares, pp. 121-142.
- Rodríguez Vázquez, S. (2013). "Wordbee Translator". In Multilingual Magazine (134), Volume 24/2, 12-17.
- Rodríguez Vázquez, S. (2013). "Localizing Accessibility of Textual Alternatives for Visual Content in Multilingual Websites". In Newsletter ACM SIGACCESS Accessibility and Computing. January, Issue 105, 34-37.
- Rodríguez Vázquez, S., Torres del Rey, J. (2012). "A communicative approach to evaluate web accessibility localisation using a controlled language checker: the case of text alternatives for images". In Localisation Focus. The International Journal of Localisation. Volume 11/1, 27-39.
- Wolff, F. (2011). La localización al servicio de un cambio sostenible, translated by Morado Vázquez, L. and Rodríguez Vázquez, S., Pretoria:Translate.org.za. [EN version / FR version]
Attended Conferences, Talks and Forums
I normally attend New Technologies, Translation & Localization conferences worldwide. In the following list, you will find some of the main ones I have been to:- ASSETS 2012. The 14th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. 22-24th October 2012.
- 3rd Online Accessibility Summit. 25th September 2012.
- Conférence Romande sur l'Accessibilité du Web. 26th April 2012, Geneva (Switzerland).
- 16th Annual LRC Internationalisation & Localisation Conference. 22nd & 23rd September 2011, Limerick (Ireland).
- A local focus for the Multilingual Web. 21st & 22nd September 2011, Limerick (Ireland).
- Swiss Translation Unconference. 24th June 2011, Nêuchatel, (Switzerland).
- The coming of age of Translation Technologies in Translation Studies. First Internacional T3L Conference: Tradumatica, Translation Technologies & Localization. Tradumatica Research Group, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. 21st & 22nd June 2011, Barcelona (Spain).
- II International Symposium for Young Researchers in Translation, Interpreting and Intercultural Studies. Tradumatica Research Group, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. 20th June, Barcelona (Spain).
- First UN-Universities MoU Conference. 3rd-4th May 2011, Salamanca (Spain).
- L'avenir du Web. Un outil pour le développement? Conversation entre Tim Berners-Lee et Gordon Brown. University of Geneva, Switzerlnad. 6th April 2011, Geneva (Switzerland).
- Geneva Forum on Social Change. University of Geneva, Switzerland. 1st & 2nd April, 2011, Geneva (Switzerland).
- II Action week for Global Information Sharing. (AGIS '10). 6th-7th December 2010, New Delhi (India).
- LRC XIV Localisation in the Cloud. 24th & 25th September 2009, Limerick (Ireland).
- I Action week for Global Information Sharing (AGIS '09). 21st-23rd September 2009, Limerick (Ireland).
- Translating in the next quinquennium. ASETRAD (Spanish association of translators and interpreters). November 2008, Salamanca (Spain).