Cynthia Kellett is Associate Professor of English Language and Translation (since 1987), at the Advanced School of Modern Languages for Interpreters and Translators (SSLMIT), University of Trieste.
- Head of the English Section from 2003-2007;
- Coordinator of Italian Sign Language (LIS) courses, since 2000;
- Member of the Doctorate Board of the PhD. programme in Interpreting and Translation Studies from 2009;
- Member of the C.I.U.T.I. working group on sign languages since 2011;
- Member of the Italian Anglistics Association since 2001;
- Member of the European Society for the Study of English since 2001.
Main interests: lexicography, interpretation quality assessment, interpreting strategies between voice and sign, audiovisual translation of films and TV programmes for the deaf.
She was member of a research unit at the University of Turin in three national research projects: COFIN project 2002104353 “Intercultural Discourse in Domain-specific English”; PRIN project 2005109911 “Identity and Culture in English Domain-specific Discourse”; PRIN project 2007JCY9Y9 “Tension and Change in English Domain-specific Genres”.
She has published over 40 articles, presented numerous papers at international conferences, edited volumes, contributed to national and international journals and co-organized international conferences.
Editorial experience:
General Editor of The Interpreters’ Newsletter (Edizioni Università di Trieste), since 2010.
In 2001-2005 she collaborated with the S.I.S.S.A. (Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati / International School for Advanced Studies) of Trieste, as supervisor of translations into English by SSLMIT students, for the on-line international journal Jekyll.com on science communication.
See the other members of the University of Trieste Research Unit.