ABOUT HS4TS
The Hellenic Society for Translation Studies (HS4TS) is a non-profit - non-governmental association aiming to promote scientific research in the fields of translation and interpretation.
Ιστορικό
The Hellenic Society for Translation Studies was founded in 2011 by 21 leading academics, during the 2nd Meeting of Greek-speaking Translation Scholars, held at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. The Society's official language is Greek.
Aim
The aim of the Society is to serve as a platform for Greek-speaking trainers, researchers, and professionals in translation, interpreting, and localization, fostering exchange of ideas and promoting the importance of translation in contemporary societies.
Objectives
The Society promotes research, collaboration, and education in translation, interpreting, and localization. It aims to enhance the understanding and application of these fields at both national and international levels.
Activities
The Society monitors the work of Greek-spaking TS scholars and gathers the relevant bibliographical references in a database created for this purpose. It coordinates the Translation Festival in the framework of the International Book Fair of Thessaloniki and organizes a series of events and actions on relevant topics.
You can read the Statutes of the Hellenic Society for Translation Studies here (in Greek):
The Board of the Hellenic Society for Translation Studies is composed of academics and professional translators and translatologists.
Lambrina Ioannou
Job position and employer:
Medical translator at MedNet Greece Education: Bachelor's degree in Translation, Ionian University (Working languages: English, French), Master's degree in Translation and Translation Studies (French specialization), National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Research interests: Language and culture issues in contemporary French and Spanish literature.
Valentini Kalfadopoulou
Job position and employer:
Senior Language Specialist, Oracle
Education: PhD candidate, Ionian University.
Research interests: Terminology, Terminography, Inclusive language, Feminist linguistics, Machine translation, Natural language processing, Terminology extraction, Translation and ideology, Political discourse.
Despina Lamprou
Job position and employer: Adjunct Lecturer, AUTH / Translation and Interpretation Pedagogy, University of Macedonia.
Education: PhD in Translation Pedagogy, Department of German Language and Literature, AUTH. Research interests: Translation pedagogy, lexicography, sociology of translation.
Panagiotis Kelandrias
Job position and employer:
Professor, Department of Foreign Languages, Translation, and Interpretation, Ionian University. Education: Degree from TEI Larissa, School of Agricultural Technology, Bachelor's and PhD from Ionian University. Research interests: Translation pedagogy, Sociology of translation, History of translation, Music and translation.
Evangelos Kourdis
Job position and employer: Professor, Department of French Language and Literature, AUTH. Education: Sociolinguistics, Semiotics. Research interests: Translation semiotics, iconicity, semiotic landscape, sociolinguistics.
Emmanouela Patiniotaki
Job position and employer: Researcher-Academic. Education: PhD. Research interests: Audiovisual Translation, Accessibility, Translation Technologies, Translation in Humanitarian Crisis Situations, Translation Technologies.
Haris Ghinos
Job position and employer: Founder and CEO of ELIT Language Services, Vice President of AIIC. Education: BSc, MA, Maitrise. Research interests: Conference interpreting, Remote interpreting.
Alexandros Kypriotis
Job position and employer: Translator (Freelancer) - Publisher (Valitsa / Ekdotiki).
Education: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of German Language and Literature.
Research interests: Classical and contemporary German literature, contemporary Persian literature.
Parthena Haralampidou
Job position and employer:
Specialized and Laboratory Teaching Staff, Department of French Language and Literature, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
Education: Translation and Localization. Research interests: Localization, Text Corpora, Critical analysis of persuasive discourse, Semantic approaches to Translation.
Argyro Moustaki
Job position and employer: Associate Professor, Department of French Language and Literature, University of Athens, Greece.
Studies: Department of French Language and Literature, Universités Paris 4, Paris 8.
Research interests: Linguistics, French language teaching, multilingualism.
Σοφία Πολυκρέτη
Job position and employer:
Translator.
Studies: Master's Degree in Translation and Translation Studies, Bachelor's Degree in English Language and Literature, Diploma in Geodesy and Surveying Engineering, National Technical University of Athens.
Research interests:
Translation in language teaching and learning, gender and translation issues in the Victorian novel, cross-cultural differences and translation strategies.
Ευλαμπία Αγγέλου
Job position and employer: Translator.
Research interests: Accessibility, Sign Languages.
