Dr. Olgierda Furmanek

Associate Professor of Spanish

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Office: Greene [544]

Phone: (336) 758-3924

E-mail: furmano@wfu.edu

www.wfu.edu/~furmano

Curriculum vitae

Education

• Ph.D., Spanish, Translation Theory, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 1997
• M.A., Spanish Linguistics, Jagiełło University , Cracow, Poland, 1992
• M.A., French Linguistics, Jagiełło University , Cracow, Poland, 1992

Research Interests

• Interpreting and Translation Studies
• Sociolinguistics
• Psycholinguistics
• Philosophy of Language

Courses Taught

• Spanish 213: Introduction to Hispanic Literature
• Spanish 352: Love, Death, and Poetry
• Spanish 381: Spanish Translation
• Spanish 382: Spanish Interpreting

Departmental Activities

• Certificates in Spanish Translation/Localization and Interpreting
• Spanish Translation/Localization and Interpreting Internships
• Careers in Languages Advisor
• Interpreting in the Community: http://lrc.wfu.edu/community_interpreting/

Representative Publications

• Introduction to Ana María Fagundo’s En Isla: Antología Poética 1965-2003, Tenerife: Ediciones Baile del Sol, 2003
• “ Psychological aspects in the teaching of dialogue interpreting,” Studies in English Language and Literature, National Taiwan University of Science, February 2003
• “ Educating future leaders,” The ATA Chronicle, Number 2, February 2002
• ‘’ Polglish: A Valid Sublanguage or a Horryfying Unacceptable Deviation?,” The ATA Chronicle, Number 7, July 2