Claudia Alsdorf
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Email
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Telephone
+44 (0) 1206 872212
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Location
4.315, Colchester Campus
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Academic support hours
By arrangement - email me for a Zoom or in person meeting.
Profile
Biography
I joined the University of Essex in 2004. Originally I am from the Lake Constance area in the South of Germany, close to the Swiss, Austrian and French border. My university education included Germanistik and Theologie in Tübingen (Germany), and Linguistics and English Language with Computer Science in Edinburgh (UK). Before joining the University of Essex, I worked as a free-lance translator for ten years (business and technical/scientific translation, editing translations). I have been teaching translation and interpreting on mastery level at Essex since 2010, and on our MA programmes in translation / interpreting / subtitling since 2012. I can offer MA supervision in the areas of - translation - subtitling - interpreting Dissertations I have supervised in the past include the following areas: - subtitling musicals and films, subtitling sports documentaries and medical documentaries, - literary translation focusing on humour, cultural transfer, dialect and slang, nature descriptions, psychogeography, emotions in bereavement and relationships - translating historical and autobiographical novels - translating influencer blogs - work-based dissertations reporting on placements within a translation agency Further information: Member of the Deutscher Germanistenverband DAAD Germany Member of the Association for German Studies AGS in Great Britain and Ireland
Qualifications
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MA Edinburgh
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Diploma inTranslation (Chartered Institute of Linguists)
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Full member of the Chartered Institute of Linguists
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Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education Practice
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Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Appointments
University of Essex
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Lecturer in German, University of Essex (2004 - 2016)
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Senior Lecturer in German, University of Essex (2016 - present)
Other academic
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External Examiner for German, University of York (2015 - 2019)
Research and professional activities
Research interests
the use of poetry in language teaching
using portfolio assessment to develop transferable skills for the job market
intensive language learning strategies including multisensory language training
German ab-initio intensive route for beginners leading to mastery level
poetry translation
condensation in subtitling and poetry
Conferences and presentations
Conference organiser for the Essex Language Conference for Teachers ELCT
Colchester, United Kingdom, 2010
Member of HOG UK conference (Heads of German)
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Translation, Interpreting and Subtitling Skills (LA067)
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Work Placement Abroad Year (LA078)
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Careers and Employability Skills for Languages and Linguistics (LA099)
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German for Success 1 (LA217)
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Intensive Initial German 1 (LA221)
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Intensive Initial German 2 (LA222)
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Higher Intermediate German (LA230)
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Translation Portfolio II (French) (LA812)
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Interpreting Practice I (French) (LA813)
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Interpreting Practice II (French) (LA814)
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Translation Portfolio I (German) (LA821)
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Translation Portfolio II (German) (LA822)
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Interpreting Practice I (German) (LA823)
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Interpreting Practice II (German) (LA824)
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Interpreting Practice I (Portuguese) (LA833)
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Translation Portfolio II (Spanish) (LA842)
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Interpreting Practice I (Spanish) (LA843)
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Interpreting Practice II (Spanish) (LA844)
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Translation Portfolio II (Arabic) (LA852)
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Interpreting Practice I (Arabic) (LA853)
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Interpreting Practice II (Arabic) (LA854)
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Translation Portfolio II (Italian) (LA862)
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Interpreting Practice I (Italian) (LA863)
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Interpreting Practice II (Italian) (LA864)
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Linguistics Work Placement Year (LG088)
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Mastery Level German (LA260)
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Language Expert 1 (LA041)
Contact
Academic support hours:
By arrangement - email me for a Zoom or in person meeting.
