Interview with Professor Dorothy Kelly

Abstract

This interview was carried out in December 2019, via e-mail, with Dorothy Kelly, Professor of Translation at the University of Granada, Spain, where she is also Vice-President for International Relations and Development Cooperation. She obtained her B.A. in Translating and Interpreting at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh (Scotland), and her doctoral degree from the University of Granada. Her main research interests are translator training, directionality in translation and intercultural competence. She is the founding editor of Interpreter and Translator Trainer (Taylor & Francis publishing house), the only indexed journal devoted specifically to translator education, and consultant editor of the Translation Practices Explained series (Taylor & Francis). She was a member of the European Group of Translation Experts appointed by the European Commission. Among her main works is A Handbook for Translator Trainers (2005), a book specially dedicated to translation teaching, with special emphasis on translation teachers. Professor Dorothy Kelly provides several important contributions in the following interview on the topic "evaluation of translations".