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Department of Business Communication  
Copenhagen Business School, Dalgas Have 15, DK-2000 Frederiksberg
E-mail:  gydehansen@mail.dk

Areas of research

• Empirical translation process research
• Translation criticism, text revision
• Pre-editing and post-editing
• Machine translation
• Translator training
• Research methods
• Comparative linguistics
• Textual analysis / stylistics
• Language policy

Academic qualifications

• Dr. habil. Empirical Translation Studies, Copenhagen Business School, 2005
• Lic.ling.merc. (PhD.) Comparative Linguistics, Handelshøjskolen i København, 1985
• MA German and English, Copenhagen University, 1977

Awards

• DOCTOR HONORIS CAUSA from the Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara, Romania, 2018
• Anniversary Diploma from the organization of the Professional Communication and Translation Studies (PCTS) conference series at the Polytehnica University of Timisoara, Romania, 2017
• Hedorfs Fondation's Award for research in LSP, 2006
• CF Tietgen's Award: gold medal for research, 1983

Consultancy work (international)

• Consultant of IATI (International Academy for Translation and Interpreting)
• Consultant of NAATI (National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters, Australia)
• Consultant of EST (European Society for Translation Studies)
• Expert referee for the Research Council of Norway
• Expert referee for SNSF (Swiss National Fund for the Promotion of Scientific Research), Switzerland
• Member of the accrediting committee: Interpreting Studies, University of Heidelberg, Germany
• Member of the accrediting committee: Translation research, University of Innsbruck, Austria
• Contact person for the European Commission's Directorate-General for Translation (DGT) regarding the European Master of Translation (EMT)

Board memberships

• Member of IATI (International Academy for Translation and Interpreting) 2014-
• General Secretary of DGÜD, 2011-
• President of DGÜD: German Society for Translation and Interpretation Research, Germany, 2009-2011
• Honorary member of EST 2010-
• Vice-president of EST, 2004-2010
• Board Member of EST (European Society for Translation Studies), 1998-2004

Membership of editorial boards

• Advisory board of: IJLTIC (International Journal for Language, Translation and Intercultural Communication). Department of Applied Foreign Languages ​​in Management and Communication. Epirus, Greece, 2013- 
• Advisory board of the journal: Studia Translatorica, University of Wroclaw, 2011-
• Advisory board of Professional Communication and Translation Studies (PCTS), Polytehnica University of Timisoara, Romania, 2009-
• Reviewer at the conference series: Professional Communication and Translation Studies (PCTS), Polytehnica University of Timisoara, 2009-
• Advisory board of the journal: “redit” (Revista Digital de la Didáctica de la Traducción e Interpretación), Spain, 2007-
• Advisory board for Gunter Narr Verlag, Translationswissenschaft. Tübingen, Germany, 2004-
• ARK and Cebal, CBS, 1986-1998

Editorships

• Co-Editor with Daniel Dejica, Peter Sandrini and Julia Para: Language in the Digital Era. Challenges and Perspectives. De Gruyter, 2017.
• Co-Editor with Daniel Gile and Nike Pokorn: Why Translation Studies Matters. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2010.
• Co-Editor with Heidrun Gerzymisch-Arbogast and Andrew Chesterman:Efforts and Models in Interpreting and Translation Research. John Benjamins Translation Studies Series, 2008.
• Co-Editor with Daniel Gile and Kirsten Malmkjær: Claims, Changes and Challenges in Translation Studies. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2004.
• Editor of Copenhagen Working Papers in LSP, CBS, 1998.
• Editor and main editor of Copenhagen Studies in Language (CSL), 1998-2007

Projects/project management

• Longitudinal Study: From Student to Expert (1996-2010) financed by the Danish Research Council and CBS, 2006
• Copenhagen Retrospection Project (2004), financed by the Hedorf Foundation and CBS
• Project manager of the empirical project in translation studies, TRAP-projekt. Oversættelsesprocessen: Fra kildetext til måltext (TRAP-project. The translation process: from source text to target text), CBS, 1996-2002

Joint projects/agreements

• Bilateral agreement of cooperation between Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia (St. Petersburg) and CBS, 2009
• Cooperation between MuTra, International PhD School, University of Saarbrücken and CBS, 2009
• Cooperation with Mainz University/Germersheim about Translation process research and time pressure

International speeches, research seminars and work-shops

2022 

• ATRC Symposium Heidelberg. Prof. Heidrun Gerzymisch, Prof. Thomas Tinnefeld & Dr. Edmond Kembou. Hybridity: Text - Translation - Teaching. 6.-7. May. Paper: Hybridität bei maschineller Übersetzung von Diakritika.

2021

• Politehnica University of Timisoara. Department of Communication and Foreign Languages: 12. International Conference on Professional Communication and Translation Studies. Department of Communication and Foreign Languages. 26.-27. March. Paper: Maschinenübersetzung und rumänische Sonderzeichen. 
• European Commission. Translating Europe Forum (TEF) 2021. 1.-3. November.

2019

• Politehnica University of Timisoara. Department of Communication and Foreign Languages: 11. International Conference on Professional Communication and Translation Studies. Language and Communication in the Digital Era: Challenges, for Researchers, Teachers and Practioners: Paper: Neuronale Machinenübersetzung - und was nun? Workshop: Neuronal Machine Translation - Errors and Post-Editing.
• University of Innsbruck: Summertrans VIII (July). IATI International Translation Summer School: Keynote: Translation im digitalen Zeitalter. Workshop: Machine Translation: Curse or Blessing?/Maschinenübersetzung: Fluch oder Segen?

2018

• 11. Jahrestagung des Südosteuropäischen Germanistenverbandes (SOEGV) in Skopje: Mensch und Maschine. Humane, technische und virtuelle Welt in Sprache, Literatur und Kultur: Gebrauchstauglichkeit oder Qualität maschineller Übersetzungen
• Politehnica University of Timisoara. Professional Communication and Translation Studies: Honoris Causa, 15. November: The State of Translation Studies in the World: Trends, Changes, Perspectives

2017

• Politehnica University of Timisoara. Professional Communication and Translation Studies: International Conference on Language and Communication: The Digital Challenge: Vor und nach der digitalen Wende
• Università di Bologna (Forli). Translating Europe Workshop. The Process of Revision & Post-Editing in Translation: Quality and revision competence in Human Translation – and targeted pre-editing and post-editing of Machine Translation
• Universität von Maribor: TRANS. Translation unnd Migration: Plenarvortrag: Translation, Toleranz und gegenseitigiges Kulturverständnis als Schlüssel zu einer gelungenen Integration
• Universität von Maribor: TRANS. Workshop: Übersetzungsqualität durch gezieltes Pre- und Postediting

2016

• University of Innsbruck: Summertrans VII (11.-13. July): Quality and Competence in Translation: Pre-Editing und Post-Editing als Determinanten von Translationsqualität und Translationskompetenz

2015

• Politehnica University of Timisoara: International conference: Language and Communication in the Digital Era: Was kommt, was bleibt? Was verschwindet? „Verba volant, translatores manent“? 
• St. Petersborg. Herzen University: Guest lecture: Comparative linguistics and Pre- and Post-editing of Machine- and Human Translation
• University of Wroclaw: Internationale Konferenz: Mehrsprachigkeit und Multikulturalität im translatorischen und glottodidaktischen Paradigma. Plenary speech: Mentale Prozesse, Mehrsprachigkeit, Multikulturalität und Maschinenübersetzungen 

2014

• L.N. Gumilov Eurasian National University Astana, Republic of Kazakhstan: Guest professor: Comparative Linguistics, Stylistics and Translation Studies
• L.N. Gumilov Eurasian National University Astana, Republic of Kazakhstan: International Symposium of German scholars: Plenary lecture: Germanic Languages and Translation Issues in the Multi-Lingual World
• St. Petersborg. Herzen University: Guest lecture: Competences and Trends in Translation Studies
• Berlin. 20. FIT- World Congress 2014: Mensch und Maschine in Übersetzungsprozessen
• University Innsbruck. Translata II: Conference on Translation Studies and Translation Practice: Veränderungen und interdisziplinäre Verbündete der Translation

2013

• Universität Innsbruck: Innsbrucker Ringvorlesung: Translationskompetenz - woher kommt sie und was ist das?  
• Politehnica University of Timisoara: From translation to revision
• MGIMO University Moscva: Moving from Human Translation and Revision to Human Machine Interaction
• University of Vaasa: Kurztexte, Komprimierung und Translationskompetenz 

2011

• University of Wroclaw: Empirische Erforschung von Übersetzungsprozessen: Die Vernetzung von Beobachtungen aus Prozessen, Produkten und Übersetzerprofilen
• Maribor/Rijeka/Zagreb: Kompetenz des Übersetzens und Revidierens
• Universtiät Innsbruck: Die Erforschung und integrative Beschreibung von kognitiven Prozessen beim Übersetzen
• University of Zürich (Winterthur): Vom Nutzen der Übersetzungsprozessforschung
• Universität Saarbrücken: Der gläserne Übersetzer? Translationsforschung zwischen "Humanities" - "Science" - "Business"

2010

• University of Helsinki: A theory of description of translation and translation processes
• St. Petersburg. Herzen University: Vernetzte Methoden zur Erforschung von Übersetzungsprozessen im Unterricht

2009

• Génève (UNOG): Professional translation and revision
• Århus Business School: Quality management in translation and revision; Students and professional translators; Methods and research designs; Handling data
• Politehnica University of Timisoara: Translation processes and pragmatic awareness
• Copenhagen Business School: Methods in translation process research
• Saarland Universität Saarbrücken: Translationswissenschaft oder Translation Studies

2008

• Génève (UNOG): Revision of the translation products of professional translators for the UN
• Génève (UNOG): Classification of errors
• Granada: Recent trends in research within cognitive processes in translatology
• Paris (ESIT): Research assessment in Translation Studies
• München (Bavarian Broadcasting): Translation concepts/paradigms
• Saarland Universität Saarbrücken (MuTra): Longitudinal Translation Studies

2007

• Ljubljana, 5. International EST Congress: Übersetzungsprozesse im Studium und in der Praxis von Experten
• Humboldt Universität Berlin: Translation zwischen Texten und Welten - zwischen Studium und Beruf
• ESIT, Paris: The speck in your brother's eye - the plank in your own, Revision and Self-revision
• St. Petersburg, Herzen University: Serving the TS community. The European Society for Translation Studies
• St. Petersburg, Herzen University: Translation processes and competences

2006  

• Tarragona: Using a plurality of methods in empirical translation research

2005

• Magdeburg Universität: Bilinguale Übersetzerinnen und Störquellen in Übersetzungsprozessen

2004

• University of Lisbon: Qualitative and quantitative research, methods and data: Combinations and triangulations
• Universität Graz: Übersetzungsprozessforschung
• Technical University of Istanbul: Time pressure in translation teaching and translation studies

2001  

• Saarland Universität Saarbrücken (Euroconference):  Änderungen von Gewohnheiten im Übersetzungsprozess durch Selbstkontrolle
• Districthøjskole i Halden, Norway: Der Paralleltext als Richtschnur im Übersetzungsprozess für Strukturen und Gebrauchsmuster in Kommunikationssituationen
• Belo Horizonte, Brazil International Translation Forum: Controlling the process. Theoretical and methodological background for research in translation processes
• 3rd International EST congress, Copenhagen: breaks in the translation process
• Leipzig, Lictra VII International conference on basic questions of translatology: The description of translation processes

 1999

• Districthøjskole i Halden, Norway: Parallelteksters betydning i oversættelsesprocessen

1997

• University of Mainz / Germersheim: Translating "completely different" texts
• Beijing Language and Culture University: Success in translation

1996

• Leipzig: Translation into the foreign language German

 

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