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 Personal web site: www.silvia-rodriguez.com |
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 research focuses on localisation practices and web accessibility, and examines the role of the localiser within the web development cycle as regards the implementation of the Web Accessibility Guidelines. 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.
If you want to see a complete list of references and upcoming conferences related to my topic of research, please visit the corresponding sections at www.silvia-rodriguez.com (currently under construction).
Conference Talks
I have presented at the following conferences:- 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).
- 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).
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:- 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).
Teaching Activities
As a teaching assistant, I am involved in the following courses at the FTI:- Localisation et Gestion de Projet (Spring 2012)
Publications
- 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]
Other Interesting Links
- A complete web site for information on Academic Conferences Worldwide.
- List of all the thesis projects which are being carried out at the FTI.