Mattia Turra
Mattia Turra
ZHAW
School of Applied Linguistics
Institute of Translation and Interpreting
Theaterstrasse 15c
8400 Winterthur
Work at ZHAW
Position at the ZHAW
Research assistant in the Human-Machine Communication professorship
www.zhaw.ch/de/linguistik/forschung/mensch-maschine-kommunikation/
Education and Continuing education
Expertise and research interests
Multimodal communication, machine translation, easy language, accessible communication, Python, Coding
Professional milestones
2014-2018: Federal Diploma of Vocational Education and Training in Software Development at the Zurich University of Teacher Education
2019-today: Several civilian service assignments (allrounder in a public school and a retirement home, IT support, bat caregiver)
Educational background
2014-2018: Federal Vocational Baccalaureate at the Berufsbildungsschule Winterthur
2019-2022: Bachelor of Arts in Applied Languages (Specialisation Multimodal Communication & Translation) at ZHAW
from 2023: Master of Arts in Computational Linguistics und Language Technology at UZH
Membership of networks
Projects
- Digital Literacy Skills in University Contexts (DigLit) / Team member / Project ongoing
- Machine translation for crisis communication / Team member / Project completed
Publications
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Delorme Benites, Alice; Schaub-Torsello, Romina; Sager, Daniela; Turra, Mattia; Eser Davolio, Miryam,
2023.
Machine translation for crisis communication.
In:
VALS-ASLA Studientag: Angewandte Linguistik in Krisenzeiten, Zürich, Schweiz, 27. Januar 2023.