Prof. Dr. Michaela Albl-Mikasa

Management role

Head, Responsible for research into conference and public service interpreting

Position at the ZHAW

Professor of Interpreting Studies
Lecturer in Applied Linguistics

https://www.zhaw.ch/de/linguistik/forschung/dolmetschwissenschaft/

Professional development teaching

CAS Kommunizieren und handeln im interkulturellen Kontext

Expertise and research interests

Developing interpreter competence
Cognitive foundations of interpreting
Interpreting, Translation and English as a Lingua Franca (ITELF)
Public service interpreting

Educational background

Dr phil in Applied Linguistics (University of Tübingen)
Dipl.-Dolm. in Conference Interpreting (University of Heidelberg)
MPhil in International Relations (University of Cambridge)
Baden-Württemberg Certificate of Teaching and
Learning at University

Professional milestones

Since 2012
Professor of Interpreting Studies
2009-2011
Lecturer in Interpreting Studies and Applied Linguistics at ZHAW (Zurich University of Applied Sciences)
2008-2011
Lecturer/researcher in Applied English Linguistics at the University of Tübingen
Member of TELF (Tübingen English as a Lingua Franca research project, corpus and database) (http://projects.ael.uni-tuebingen.de/telf)
2001-2007
PhD project on a cognitive linguistic model of consecutive interpreting (dissertation and colloquium: summa cum laude)
German Society of Applied Linguistics (GAL) Award (2006)
Reintegration grant (Hochschul- und Wissenschaftsprogramm des Landes Baden-Württemberg, HWP)
Freelance translating and conference consulting (see below)
1997-2000
Child-rearing break (2 children) and freelancing for Hans Mikasa (aiic) Conference Interpreting - Conference Consulting (www.conference-communications.de)
1993-1996
Lecturer/researcher at the University of Tübingen, Applied English Linguistics (chair: Prof Dr Kurt Kohn)
1990-1994
Researcher at the University of Heidelberg, EU ESPRIT Project TWB I and II - Translator´s Workbench (conceptual design of termbanks for translation purposes)
1990-1996
Freelance conference interpreter

Membership of networks

• Gesellschaft für Angewandte Linguistik (GAL)
• European Society for Translation Studies (EST)
• International Association for Translation and Intercultural Studies (IATIS)
• Kulturwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft (KWG) (Gründungsmitglied)
• English as a Lingua Franca Research Network (ELF-ReN)
• European Network of Public Service Interpreting and Translation (ENPSIT)
• KWG network “Intertraditionale Wissenskonstitution”

• Indo-Swiss Translation and Interpreting Professionalization (ISTIP) / Project leader / 01.09.2018
• CLINT / Project leader / 01.07.2018
• Proposal and Implementation of a Swiss Centre for Barrier-Free Communication / Team member / 01.01.2017
• Writing Interpreting in (Chinese) TNE Environments / Project leader / 01.01.2016
• JUSTISIGNS - Legal interpreting and sign language / Team member / 01.06.2015
• Joint Translation and Interpreting Development Effort inThailand and the ASEAN Region (TIDE) / Project leader / 01.04.2015
• Energiediskurs Messen / Team member / 01.01.2015
• Interpreting in Medical Settings: Roles, Requirements and Responsibility / Team member / 01.06.2010

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• Albl-Mikasa, Michaela,

  2019.

  Acting upon background of understanding rather than role : shifting the focus from the interactional to the inferential dimension of (medical) dialogue interpreting.

  Translation, Cognition & Behavior.

  2(2),

  pp. 241-262.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1075/tcb.00028.alb

• Perrin, Stuart; Albl-Mikasa, Michaela,

  2018.

  English as a working language in a transnational education environment in China : ELF from the angle of situated and cooperative cognition.

  Bulletin suisse de linguistique appliquée.

  107,

  pp. 143-157.

• Albl-Mikasa, Michaela; Eingrieber, Monika,

  2018.

  Training video interpreters for refugee languages in the German-speaking DACH countries : the SAVD initiative.

  FITISPos international journal.

  5(1),

  pp. 33-44.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3756

• Albl-Mikasa, Michaela; Fontana, Giovanna; Fuchs, Laura Maria; Stüdeli, Lena Meret; Zaugg, Aline,

  2017.

  Professional translations of non-native English : ‘before and after’ texts from the European Parliament’s Editing Unit.

  The translator.

  23(4),

  pp. 371-387.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/13556509.2017.1385940

• Albl-Mikasa, Michaela; Glatz, Elisabeth; Hofer, Gertrud; Sleptsova, Marina,

  2015.

  Caution and compliance in medical encounters : non-interpretation of hedges and phatic tokens.

  Translation & Interpreting.

  7(3),

  pp. 76-89.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4060

• Albl-Mikasa, Michaela,

  2014.

  English as a lingua franca in international conferences : current and future developments in interpreting studies.

  Interpreting and Translation Studies (Korea).

  18(3),

  pp. 17-42.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4062

• Albl-Mikasa, Michaela,

  2014.

  The imaginary invalid : conference interpreters and English as a lingua franca.

  International journal of applied linguistics.

  24(3),

  pp. 293-311.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/ijal.12076

• Albl-Mikasa, Michaela,

  2013.

  Express-ability in ELF communication.

  Journal of English as a lingua franca.

  2(1),

  pp. 101-122.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4067

• Albl-Mikasa, Michaela,

  2013.

  Developing and cultivating expert interpreter competence.

  The interpreter's newsletter.

  2013(18),

  pp. 17-34.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4081

• Albl-Mikasa, Michaela,

  2013.

  ELF speakers’ restricted power of expression : implications for interpreters’ processing.

  Translation and interpreting studies.

  8(2),

  pp. 191-210.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1075/tis.8.2.04alb

• Albl-Mikasa, Michaela,

  2013.

  Teaching Globish? : the need for an ELF-pedagogy in interpreter training.

  International journal of interpreter education.

  5(1),

  pp. 3-16.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4072

• Albl-Mikasa, Michaela,

  2010.

  Global English and English as a lingua franca (ELF) : implications for the interpreting profession.

  trans-kom.

  3(2),

  pp. 126-148.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4080

• Albl-Mikasa, Michaela,

  2008.

  (Non-)Sense in note-taking for consecutive interpreting.

  Interpreting.

  10(2),

  pp. 197-231.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4079

• Kohn, Kurt; Albl-Mikasa, Michaela,

  2002.

  Note-taking in consecutive interpreting : on the reconstruction of an individualised language.

  Linguistica Antverpiensia.

  2002(1),

  pp. 257-272.

  Available from: https://lans-tts.uantwerpen.be/index.php/LANS-TTS/article/view/19/18

Books and monographs, peer-reviewed

• Ahrens, Barbara; Albl-Mikasa, Michaela; Sasse, Claudia, eds.,

  2012.

  Dolmetschqualität in Praxis, Lehre und Forschung.

  Tübingen:

  Narr.

  ISBN 978-3-8233-6745-1.

• Albl-Mikasa, Michaela; Braun, Sabine; Kalina, Sylvia, eds.,

  2009.

  Dimensionen der Zweitsprachenforschung.

  Tübingen:

  Narr.

  ISBN 978-3-8233-6536-5.

• Albl-Mikasa, Michaela,

  2007.

  Notationssprache und Notizentext : ein kognitiv-linguistisches Modell für das Konsekutivdolmetschen.

  Tübingen:

  Narr.

  Language in performance ; 35.

  ISBN 978-3-8233-6310-1.

Book parts, peer-reviewed

• Albl-Mikasa, Michaela; Ehrensberger-Dow, Maureen,

  2019.

  ITELF – (E)merging interests in interpreting and translation studies

  .

  In:

  Dal Fovo, Eugenia; Gentile, Paola, eds.,

  Convergence, contact, interactions in translation and interpreting studies.

  Frankfurt am Main:

  Peter Lang.

  pp. 45-62.

• Mohler, Lorenz; Albl-Mikasa, Michaela,

  2017.

  Konferenzdolmetschen@ZHAW : über Kursinhalte, Qualitätssicherung, Praxisnähe und Wissenschaftsbasiertheit

  .

  In:

  Perrin, Daniel; Kleinberger, Ulla, eds.,

  Doing applied linguistics : enabling transdisciplinary communication.

  Berlin:

  De Gruyter.

  pp. 75-82.

  De Gruyter Collection ; 1.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4077

• Albl-Mikasa, Michaela; Hohenstein, Christiane,

  2017.

  Cognition in community interpreting : the influence of interpreter’s knowledge of doctor-patient interaction

  .

  In:

  Perrin, Daniel; Kleinberger, Ulla, eds.,

  Doing applied linguistics : enabling transdisciplinary communication.

  Berlin:

  De Gruyter.

  pp. 130-138.

  De Gruyter Collection ; 1.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4066

• Albl-Mikasa, Michaela,

  2017.

  ELF and translation / interpreting

  .

  In:

  Jenkins, Jennifer; Baker, Will; Dewey, Martin, eds.,

  The Routledge handbook of English as a lingua franca.

  London:

  Routledge.

  pp. 369-383.

  Routledge handbooks in applied linguistics.

• Albl-Mikasa, Michaela; Bartels, Livia; Mohler, Lorenz; Wick, Bernd,

  2017.

  World Englishes and English as a lingua franca in interpreter training

  .

  In:

  Hagemann, Susanne; Walter, Stephan; Kempa, Thomas; Neu, Julia, eds.,

  Translationslehre und Bologna-Prozess : unterwegs zwischen Einheit und Vielfalt.

  Berlin:

  Frank und Timme.

  pp. 217-240.

• Albl-Mikasa, Michaela,

  2016.

  Notation language and notation text : a cognitive-linguistic model of consecutive interpreting

  .

  In:

  Someya, Yasumasa, ed.,

  Consecutive notetaking and interpreter training.

  London:

  Routledge.

  pp. 71-117.

  Routledge Advances in translation and interpreting studies.

• Albl-Mikasa, Michaela,

  2015.

  ELF speakers’ restricted power of expression : implications for interpreters’ processing

  .

  In:

  Ehrensberger-Dow, Maureen; Englund Dimitrova, Birgitta; Hubscher-Davidson, Séverine; Norberg, Ulf, eds.,

  Describing cognitive processes in translation : acts and events.

  Amsterdam:

  John Benjamins.

  pp. 43-62.

  Benjamins Current Topics ; 77.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1075/bct.77

• Albl-Mikasa, Michaela,

  2015.

  English as a lingua franca

  .

  In:

  Pöchhacker, Franz, ed.,

  Routledge encyclopedia of interpreting studies.

  London:

  Routledge.

  pp. 140-142.

• Albl-Mikasa, Michaela,

  2015.

  Lingua franca

  .

  In:

  Pöchhacker, Franz, ed.,

  Routledge encyclopedia of interpreting studies.

  London:

  Routledge.

  pp. 235.

• Albl-Mikasa, Michaela,

  2012.

  The importance of being not too earnest : a process- and experience-based model of interpreter competence

  .

  In:

  Ahrens, Barbara; Albl-Mikasa, Michaela; Sasse, Claudia, eds.,

  Dolmetschqualität in Praxis, Lehre und Forschung : Festschrift für Sylvia Kalina.

  Tübingen:

  Narr.

  pp. 59-92.

• Albl-Mikasa, Michaela,

  2009.

  Who's afraid of ELF : 'failed' natives or non-native speakers struggeling to express themselves?

  .

  In:

  Albl-Mikasa, Michaela; Kalina, Sylvia; Braun, Sabine, eds.,

  Dimensionen der Zweitsprachenforschung - Dimensions of Second Language Research : Festschrift für Kurt Kohn.

  Tübingen:

  Narr.

  pp. 109-129.

• Albl-Mikasa, Michaela,

  2006.

  Reduction and expansion in notation texts

  .

  In:

  Gerzymisch-Arbogast, Heidrun; Heine, Carmen; Schubert, Klaus, eds.,

  Text and translation, theory and methodology of translation.

  Tübingen:

  Narr.

  pp. 195-214.

  Jahrbuch Übersetzen und Dolmetschen ; 6.

Other publications

• Albl-Mikasa, Michaela,

  2018.

  Cognition in community interpreting.

  EST newsletter.

  52,

  pp. 7-8.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3772

• Albl-Mikasa, Michaela,

  2018.

  Rachele Antonini, Letizia Cirillo, Linda Rossato and Ira Torresi (Eds.) Non-professional interpreting and translation

  [review of Antonini, Rachele, Letizia Cirillo, Linda Rossato & Ira Torresi (Eds.). Non-professional interpreting and translation. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2017. 415 pp. ISBN 978 90 272 5875 5.].

  Interpreting.

  20(2),

  pp. 309-316.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1075/intp.00014.alb

• Albl-Mikasa, Michaela; Guggisberg, Sandra; Talirz, Fenja Luise,

  2017.

  (Source)texting ELF - native and non-native English speaker discourse production and conference interpreters' preference for the native speaker [paper].

  In:

  Zybatow, Lew; Stauder, Andy; Ustaszewski, Michael, eds.,

  Translation Studies and Translation Practice : proceedings of the 2nd International TRANSLATA Conference, 2014 - Part 1.

  TRANSLATA II, 2nd International Conference on Translation and Interpreting Studies "Translation Studies and Translation Practice", Innsbruck, 30th October - 1st November 2014.

  Frankfurt am Main:

  Peter Lang.

  pp. 267-275.

  Forum Translationswissenschaft.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3726/b10842

• Albl-Mikasa, Michaela,

  2015.

  „Don’t take the interpreters to your room, lay them on the table“ : von den Tücken des Übersetzens in englischen Zeiten.

  Sprachspiegel.

  71(5),

  pp. 140-149.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4059

• Albl-Mikasa, Michaela; Hofer, Gertrud; Sleptsova, Marina,

  2014.

  (Non-)salience of 'culture' in interpreted medical encounters [paper].

  In:

  Valero Garcés, Carmen, ed.,

  Conference Proceedings 5th PSI Conference Alcalá.

  (Re)visiting ethics and ideology in situations of conflict, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares.

  pp. 108-113.

  Available from: http://www3.uah.es/master-tisp-uah/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Valero2014-Reconsiderando-etica-conflicto.pdf

• Albl-Mikasa, Michaela,

  2014.

  Conference interpreting in times of English as a lingua franca (ELF) : changing variables and requirements [paper].

  In:

  Conference Proceedings of the 14th GSIT-ITRI International Conference.

  East and West Communication in the Era of Lingua Franca, Graduate School of Interpretation & Translation (GSIT) at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, June 2-3, 2014.

  pp. 53-62.

• Albl-Mikasa, Michaela,

  2014.

  Interpreting versus English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) : future developments for conference interpreters in a globalizing world [paper].

  In:

  Proceedings of the XXth FIT World Congress.

  "Man vs. Machine?" - XXth FIT World Congress, Berlin, 4-6 August 2014.

  Bundesverband der Dolmetscher und Übersetzer.

  pp. 809-817.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4061

• Albl-Mikasa, Michaela,

  2014.

  Receptivism : an intertraditional approach to intuition in interpreter and translator competence

  .

  In:

  Bausteine translatorischer Kompetenz «oder» Was macht Übersetzer und Dolmetscher zu Profis? : Innsbrucker Ringvorlesungen zur Translationswissenschaft VII.

  Frankfurt am Main:

  Peter Lang.

  pp. 51-81.

  Forum Translationswissenschaft ; 18.

• Albl-Mikasa, Michaela; Hofer, Gertrud; Sleptsova, Marina,

  2013.

  Die Unterbewertung phatischer und Überbewertung kulturspezifischer Ausdrücke in der gedolmetschten Arzt-Patienten-Kommunikation [paper].

  In:

  Proceedings of the InDialog Conference 2013.

  Mapping the Field of Community Interpreting - Community Interpreting Heute, InDialog Conference, Berlin, 15.-16. November 2013.

  pp. 42-44.

• Albl-Mikasa, Michaela,

  2012.

  Raus aus dem Elfenbeinturm, rein in die globalisierte Welt : Dolmetschqualität unter veränderten Vorzeichen.

  Bulletin der Schweizerischen Dolmetscher- und Übersetzervereinigung DÜV.

  2012(2),

  pp. 24-27.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4078

• Albl-Mikasa, Michaela,

  2012.

  Interpreting quality in times of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) : new variables and requirements [paper].

  In:

  Zybatow, Lew; Ustaszewski, Michael; Petrova, Alena, eds.,

  Translation Studies - interdisciplinary issues in theory and didactics : proceedings of the 1st International Conference TRANSLATA.

  1st International Conference TRANSLATA «Translation and Interpreting Research», Innsbruck, 12-14 May 2011.

  Frankfurt am Main:

  Peter Lang.

  pp. 267-273.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4076

• Albl-Mikasa, Michaela,

  2011.

  Das integrative Potenzial des kognitiv-konstruktivistischen Forschungsparadigmas für die Translationswissenschaft

  .

  In:

  Pöckl, Wolfgang; Ohnheiser, Ingeborg; Sandrini, Peter, eds.,

  Translation - Sprachvariation - Mehrsprachigkeit : Festschrift für Lew Zybatow.

  Frankfurt am Main:

  Peter Lang.

  pp. 41-67.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4070

• Albl-Mikasa, Michaela; Glass, Anthony; Hofer, Gertrud;

  2011.

  Professionalisierung des Gerichtsdolmetschens im Kanton Zürich: empirische Studie zur Umsetzung der Dolmetscherverordnung.

  Working Papers in Applied Linguistics

  ; 2.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  ISBN 978-3-905745-50-4.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-57

• Albl-Mikasa, Michaela,

  1995.

  Zum Lebenszyklus fachsprachlicher Ausdrücke

  .

  In:

  Beyer, Manfred, ed.,

  Realities of translating.

  Heidelberg:

  Universitätsverlag Winter.

  pp. 163-195.

  Anglistik und Englischunterricht ; 55/56.

• Braun, Sabine; Kohn, Kurt; Albl-Mikasa, Michaela;

  1994.

  Towards a translator's termbank.

  Heidelberg:

  University of Heidelberg.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4074

• Braun, Sabine; Kohn, Kurt; Albl-Mikasa, Michaela;

  1993.

  The role of terminology work in current translation practice.

  Heidelberg:

  University of Heidelberg.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4071

• Kohn, Kurt; Mikasa, Hans; Albl-Mikasa, Michaela;

  1992.

  Translational evaluation of the termbank.

  Heidelberg:

  University of Heidelberg.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4063

• Albl, Michaela; Kohn, Kurt; Mikasa, Hans;

  1991.

  Conceptual design of termbanks for translation purposes.

  Heidelberg:

  University of Heidelberg.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4064

• Albl-Mikasa, Michaela; Kohn, Kurt; Pooth, Stefan;

  1990.

  Specification of terminological knowledge for translation purposes.

  Heidelberg:

  University of Heidelberg.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4075

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

• Albl-Mikasa, Michaela,

  2018.

  Thematic panel 13 interpreting, translation and English as a lingua franca (ITELF).

  In:

  6th IATIS International Conference: Translation and Cultural Mobility, Hong Kong, 3-6 July 2018.

• Albl-Mikasa, Michaela,

  2018.

  Challenges in studying interpreting, translation and English as a lingua franca (ITELF).

  In:

  6th IATIS (International Association of Translation and Interpreting Studies) Conference, Hong Kong, 03-06 July 2018.

• Albl-Mikasa, Michaela,

  2018.

  Knowledge and context in community interpreting : a situated cognition perspective.

  In:

  First Conference of the Association for Translation Studies in Africa STIAS, Translation and context: Perspectives on and from Africa, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 25-26 May 2018.

• Albl-Mikasa, Michaela,

  2018.

  Training video-interpreters for refugee languages in German-speaking countries.

  In:

  The Second WITTA Congress, London, United Kingdom, 13-14 October 2018.

• Albl-Mikasa, Michaela,

  2018.

  Training video-interpreters for refugee languages in German-speaking countries.

  In:

  NPIT4 Fourth International Conference on Non-Professional Interpreting and Translation, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 22 May 2018.

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