Dr Maria Fernandez Parra

Athro Cyswllt

Modern Languages

+44 (0) 1792 602956

m.a.fernandezparra@abertawe.ac.uk

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Mae Maria Fernandez-Parra yn Athro Cysylltiol mewn Cyfieithu a Chyfieithu ar y Pryd. Mae hi'n gyfieithydd ac yn gyfieithydd ar y pryd cymwysedig o’r Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Sbaen. Cwblhaodd MA hefyd mewn Cyfieithu gyda Thechnoleg Iaith a doethuriaeth mewn Cyfieithu â Chymorth Cyfrifiadur ym Mhrifysgol Abertawe ac mae ganddi gymhwyster addysgu TAR. Mae wedi cyhoeddi'n eang mewn pynciau sy'n ymwneud â chyfieithu, yn enwedig technolegau cyfieithu, theori cyfieithu, cyfieithu technegol ac arbenigol, cyfieithu â chymorth cyfrifiadur a chyfieithu sefydliadol. Ar hyn o bryd hi yw Cyfarwyddwr yr MA Cyfieithu a Chyfathrebu Rhyngddiwylliannol, a chyfarwyddwr STING, sef Grŵp Ymchwil Cyfieithu a Chyfieithu ar y Pryd Abertawe. Mae hi'n gyn-ysgrifennydd y Ganolfan Ymchwil Iaith ym Mhrifysgol Abertawe ac yn gyn-drysorydd APTIS (Cymdeithas Rhaglenni Cyfieithu a Chyfieithu ar y Pryd yn y DU ac Iwerddon). Ochr yn ochr â'i dyletswyddau addysgu ac ymchwil, mae'n parhau i fod yn gyfieithydd ac yn gyfieithydd ar y pryd llawrydd, rôl y mae wedi'i chynnal yn barhaus ers 1994. Mae hi wedi cymhwyso yn RWS Trados Studio ers 2008, yn Aelod o Sefydliad Siartredig Ieithyddion (CIOL) ers 1997, yn Aelod Academaidd o'r Sefydliad Cyfieithwyr a Chyfieithwyr ar y Pryd (ITI) ers 2015 ac yn Uwch-gymrawd yr Academi Addysg Uwch (SFHEA) ers 2016.

Meysydd Arbenigedd

Technoleg Cyfieithu
Cyfieithu gyda Chymorth Cyfrifiadur
Rheoli Terminoleg
Swyddfa Gyfieithu wedi'i Hefelychu
Cyfieithu Technegol ac Arbenigol
Astudiaethau Cyfieithu

Uchafbwyntiau Gyrfa

Diddordebau Addysgu

Technoleg Cyfieithu
Cyfieithu gyda Chymorth Cyfrifiadur
Rheoli Terminoleg
Swyddfa Gyfieithu wedi'i Hefelychu
Cyfieithu Technegol ac Arbenigol
Astudiaethau Cyfieithu

Ymchwil Prif Wobrau Cydweithrediadau

Cyhoeddiadau

Uchafbwyntiau Ymchwil

Fernandez Parra, M. (2025). Terminology Management for Translators Routledge.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003302636, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa69149
Penet, J. & Fernandez Parra, M. (2023). Dealing with students’ emotions: exploring trait EI theory in translator education. The Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 17(3), 1-21.
https://doi.org/10.1080/1750399x.2023.2237327, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61547
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1750399x.2023.2237327
Fernandez Parra, M., Rothwell, A., Moorkens, J., Drugan, J., & Austermuehl, F. (2023). Translation Tools and Technologies (1st ed.). Routledge.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003160793, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61376
https://www.routledge.com/Translation-Tools-and-Technologies/Rothwell-Moorkens-Fernandez-Parra-Drugan-Austermuehl/p/book/9780367750329
Fernandez Parra, M. (2020). Every Second Counts: A Study of Translation Practices in the European Commission's DGT. In Fernando Prieto Ramos (Ed.), Institutional Translation and Interpreting: Assessing Practices and Managing for Quality (pp. 111-127). Routledge
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54584
Egdom, G., Konttinen, K., Vandepitte,, S., Fernandez Parra, M., Loock, R., & Bindels, J. (2020). Empowering Translators through Entrepreneurship in Simulated Translation Bureaus. HERMES - Journal of Language and Communication in Business, 60, 81-95.
https://doi.org/10.7146/hjlcb.v60i0.121312, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54585

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Erthyglau Cylchgronau

Penet, J. & Fernandez Parra, M. (2023). Dealing with students’ emotions: exploring trait EI theory in translator education. The Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 17(3), 1-21.
https://doi.org/10.1080/1750399x.2023.2237327, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61547
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1750399x.2023.2237327
Egdom, G., Konttinen, K., Vandepitte,, S., Fernandez Parra, M., Loock, R., & Bindels, J. (2020). Empowering Translators through Entrepreneurship in Simulated Translation Bureaus. HERMES - Journal of Language and Communication in Business, 60, 81-95.
https://doi.org/10.7146/hjlcb.v60i0.121312, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54585
Buysschaert, J., Fernández-Parra, M., Kerremans, K., Koponen, M., Egdom, G., & Fernandez Parra, M. (2018). Embracing digital disruption in translator training: technology immersion in simulated translation bureaus. Tradumàtica: tecnologies de la traducció(16), 125-133.
https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/tradumatica.209, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa40272
http://revistes.uab.cat/tradumatica/issue/archive
Aldhahi, M., Fernández-Parra, M., Davies, L., & Fernandez Parra, M. (2018). Exploring the Typology of Challenges and Strategies in Translating Culture-Bound Items for Professional Purposes. International Journal of English Linguistics, 8(3), 1
https://doi.org/10.5539/ijel.v8n3p1, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38409
Buysschaert, J., Egdom, G., & Fernandez Parra, M. (2017). Professionalising the Curriculum and Increasing Employability through Authentic Experiential Learning: The cases of INSTB. Current Trends in Translation Teaching and Learning-E, 4, 78-111.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38410
http://www.cttl.org/
Leedham, M. & Fernandez Parra, M. (2017). Recounting and reflecting: The use of first person pronouns in Chinese, Greek and British students' assignments in engineering. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 26, 66-77.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2017.02.001, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa31771
Aldhahi, M., Fernandez Parra, M., & Davies, L. (2016). Investigating the Relationship between Vocabulary Size and Cultural Competence in English-Arabic Translation. Athens Journal of Philology
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa31770
hacken, P., Parra, M., Ten Hacken, P., & Fernandez Parra, M. (2008). Terminology and Formulaic Language in Computer-Assisted Translation. SKASE Journal of Translation and Interpretation, 3, 1-16.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa12162
Fernandez Parra, M., Caroline, R., & Wenjie, H. (n.d.) Rehabilitating Translation in the Language Classroom. Bulletin suisse de linguistique appliquée, 114, 49-68.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61375
https://hal.science/hal-03737374/document

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Fernandez Parra, M. (2025). Terminology Management for Translators Routledge.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003302636, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa69149
Fernandez Parra, M., Rothwell, A., Moorkens, J., Drugan, J., & Austermuehl, F. (2023). Translation Tools and Technologies (1st ed.). Routledge.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003160793, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61376
https://www.routledge.com/Translation-Tools-and-Technologies/Rothwell-Moorkens-Fernandez-Parra-Drugan-Austermuehl/p/book/9780367750329
Fernandez Parra, M. (2014). Formulaic Expressions in Computer-Assisted Translation Scholars' Press.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18303
https://www.morebooks.de/store/gb/book/recht-auf-trauer-denn-trauer-ist-liebe/isbn/978-3-639-71045-8

Penodau Llyfrau

Fernandez Parra, M. (2020). Every Second Counts: A Study of Translation Practices in the European Commission's DGT. In Fernando Prieto Ramos (Ed.), Institutional Translation and Interpreting: Assessing Practices and Managing for Quality (pp. 111-127). Routledge
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54584
Alshaikhi, T., Rothwell, A., & Fernandez Parra, M. (2018). Two sides of the coin: mapping translators’ competence criteria onto the market requirements: The case of Saudi Arabia. In E. Poirier and D. Gallego-Hernandez (eds). Business and Institutional Translation: New Insights and Reflections (pp. 203-218). Cambridge Scholars Publishing
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa32905
http://www.brownsbfs.co.uk/Product/Poirier-Eric/Business-and-Institutional-Translation--New-Insights-and-Reflections/9781527507609
Fernandez Parra, M. (2016). Integrating Computer-Assisted Translation Tools into Language Learning. New perspectives on teaching and working with languages in the digital era (pp. 385-396). Research-Publishing.net
https://doi.org/10.14705/rpnet.2016.tislid2014.9781908416353, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa32904
https://doi.org/10.14705/rpnet.2016.tislid2014.9781908416353
Fernandez Parra, M. (2015). Formulaicity in the English-Spanish Translation of Specialized Texts. Perspectives on Translation (pp. 29-49). Cambridge Scholars
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18304
http://www.cambridgescholars.com/perspectives-on-translation
Patton, N., Fernandez Parra, M., & Perez-Tattam, R. (2015). Transparency of Nominal Compounds in Medical English: Problems in their Translation into Spanish and Slovak. Word Formation and Transparency in Medical English (pp. 97-132). Cambridge Scholars
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa29268
http://www.cambridgescholars.com/word-formation-and-transparency-in-medical-english
Fernandez Parra, M. (2008). Selecting Criteria to Define Formulaic Language. Linguistics in the Making (pp. 77-96). Novus Press
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13680
http://www.uib.no/en/rs/lingphil/21522/linguistics-making

Cyfraniadau Cynadleddau

Fernandez Parra, M. (2012). Language Technology Tools and the Phrasal Lexicon. In Proceedings of ExLing, International Conference on Experimental Linguistics (pp. 49-52). August 2012.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18302
Fernandez Parra, M. & Hacken, P. (2010). Identifying Fixed Expressions: A Comparison of SDL MultiTerm Extract and Déjà Vu's Lexicon. In Proceedings of Translating and the Computer 32ASLIB.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13644
http://www.mt-archive.info/Aslib-2010-Fernandez-Parra.pdf
Fernandez Parra, M. (2010). The Workflow of Computer-Assisted Translation Tools in Specialised Translation. In Reconceptualizing LSP: Online proceedings of the XVII European LSP Symposium 2009
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13679
http://bcom.au.dk/fileadmin/www.asb.dk/isek/fernandez-parra.pdf
Fernandez Parra, M. (2009). A Typology for the Translation of Formulaic Expressions. In Proceedings of the 4th Athens Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics (pp. 141-148). National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18301
, . & Fernandez Parra, M. (2009). A Typology for the Translation of Formulaic Expressions.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa27217
Fernandez Parra, M. & ten Hacken, P. (2008). Beyond Terms: Multi-Word Units in MultiTerm Extract. In Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Translating and the ComputerASLIB.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18300
Fernandez Parra, M. (2008). Formulaic Expressions in Language Technology. In Proceedings of the ISCA Tutorial and Research Workshop on Experimental Linguistics (pp. 93-96).
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18299
Fernandez Parra, M. (2007). Towards a Definition and Classification of Formulaic Language for its Translation in Specialized Texts. In Collocations and Idioms 1: Papers from the First Nordic Conference on Syntactic Freezes (pp. 113-127). University of Joensuu.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18297

Cynnyrch Ymchwil Arall

Fernandez Parra, M. (2008). Newcastle Working Papers in Linguistics14
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18298

Goruchwyliaeth

A Diachronic Study of the Portrayal of Culturally Specific Items in the (Re)translations of Rodoreda's La Plaça del Diamant (1962) (dyfarnwyd 2024)

PhD

Goruchwyliwr arall: Dr Federico Lopez-Terra
Translation Technology Training In Saudi Arabia: Aligning BA Programmes With Industry Requirements (dyfarnwyd 2025)

PhD

Goruchwyliwr arall: Dr Jun Yang
Metaphor translation and translator training: a mixed-methods study of translation processes, proficiency and machine translation usage (dyfarnwyd 2024)

PhD

Goruchwyliwr arall: Dr Geraldine Lublin
The impact of the 'Technological Turn' on professional translation workflows in the public sector in Wales. (dyfarnwyd 2023)

PhD

Goruchwyliwr arall: Dr Kathryn Jones

Modiwlau a Addysgir

MLC233 Iberian Language (Catalan/Portuguese) for Starters

Learning a foreign language can boost your career prospects and make you stand out in the job market. This course is for you if you have no knowledge of either Catalan or Portuguese. You will be able to gain basic speaking, listening, reading and writing skills, while engaging in meaning-focused communicative and task-based activities. You will familiarise yourself with and systematically review a range of simple morphosyntactic structures (grammar) and vocabulary (words). Via the use of authentic materials, videos and graded readings, you will learn about Catalan or Portuguese people, language and culture.
MLC333 Iberian Language (Catalan/Portuguese) for Starters

Learning a foreign language can boost your career prospects and make you stand out in the job market. This course is for you if you have no knowledge of either Catalan or Portuguese. You will be able to gain basic speaking, listening, reading and writing skills, while engaging in meaning-focused communicative and task-based activities. You will familiarise yourself with and systematically review a range of simple morphosyntactic structures (grammar) and vocabulary (words). Via the use of authentic materials, videos and graded readings, you will learn about Catalan or Portuguese people, language and culture.
MLT317 Simulated Translation Bureau

As a student of translation, you tend to work with much precision on the solution of individual translation problems. This is of course an essential component of the work of professional translators. However, when you make the step from being a translation student to working as a professional translator, there are other factors that play a role in your day-to-day work. This module is intended to provide you with the knowledge and skills you need to make this step successfully.
MLT318 Terminology Management

Terminology management is one of the most time-consuming aspects of professional translation. Many dedicated tools have been developed to reduce the time translators have to spend on terminology. The proper use of these tools requires a good understanding of the theoretical background of terminology as well as some practice. In this module, we will consider different types of terms and the proper treatment of each of them. We will also work with some of the state-of-the-art termbase software.
MLTM03 Technology-enhanced Translation

This module provides hands-on training in key computer-assisted translation (CAT) tools, machine translation (MT) and post-editing (PE) techniques required by the modern translation profession. The bulk of the module is devoted to hands-on use of two leading CAT tools (typically RWS Trados Studio and Phrase TMS) to a professional standard, including the use of MT within them. Assessment is by one group-based practical assignment (60% of the module mark) in which students translate English-language files into several languages, working in teams and each then writing an individual report, and one MT quality evaluation project (40% of the module mark). In the practical assignment, the group¿s data files and the quality of the terminological database account for 40% of the mark and the individual report accounts for 60%.
MLTM05 Foundations of Translation and Interpreting

This module introduces key concepts in translation studies and contemporary ethical viewpoints relevant to translators and interpreters in the current digital age. You will learn about the content and development of these concepts and viewpoints, and develop your own critical thinking of these issues in contexts. Typical topics include the functionalist approach to translation practice, equivalence theory, polysystem theory, descriptive translation studies, translator¿s visibility, cognitive translation theories, etc. The ethical issues raised by the practice of translation and interpreting in a range of different contexts will be discussed in light of religious, political, cultural and social value-systems.
MLTM17 Simulated Translation Bureau

As a student of translation, you tend to work with much precision on the solution of individual translation problems. This is of course an essential component of the work of professional translators. However, when you make the step from being a translation student to working as a professional translator, there are other factors that play a role in your day-to-day work. This module is intended to provide you with the knowledge and skills you need to make this step successfully
MLTM21 Dissertation (Translations and Analysis)

This is a dissertation module, designed as a professional alternative to the traditional Part 2 Dissertation, to give students the opportunity to demonstrate in combination all the skills they have acquired in Part 1 of their MA, in one or two language pairs, as well as to start to build up one or two translation specialisms which will subsequently assist them in gaining employment. This module consists of two extended translations, each of 5,500 words, one of which must be of a technical text, the other either of a technical or non-technical text. Technical translations must be carried out using computer-assisted translation tools and terminology management software, as explained in the module guide, and must be accompanied by submission of appropriate data files and a commentary of 2,200 words. Non-technical translations must be accompanied by a commentary of 4,000 words. All commentaries must include evidence of analysis to the satisfaction of the examiners.
MLTM36 Iberian Language (Catalan/Portuguese) for Starters

Learning a foreign language can boost your career prospects and make you stand out in the job market. This course is for you if you have no knowledge of Catalan/ Portuguese. You will be able to gain basic speaking, listening, reading and writing skills, while engaging in meaning-focused communicative and task-based activities. You will familiarise yourself with and systematically review a range of simple morphosyntactic structures (grammar) and vocabulary (words). Via the use of authentic materials, videos and graded readings, you will learn about Catalan/ Portuguese, its people and culture, and the Catalonian/Portuguese way of life.

Rolau Eraill

Trysorydd APTIS, Association of Programmes in T&I in the UK and Ireland

2017 - 2022
Ysgrifennydd, Canolfan Ymchwil Iaith, Prifysgol Abertawe

2012 - 2024

Cyflwyniadau, Darlithoedd a Chynadleddau a wahoddwyd

Simulated Translation Bureaus as a Springboard to Internationalisation

2023

Gyda Koen Kerremans, Gys-Walt van Egdom, Sonia Vandepitte a Leena Salmi, APTIS webinar, 9 Mai 2023.
Corpora for Terminology Purposes: From Specificity Measures to Correspondence Analysis

2022

Gyda Caroline Rossi, Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid, 27 Hydref 2022.
Let's Talk about it! Emotions in Collaborative Translation Projects

2022

Gyda JC Penet, APTIS Conference, Leeds, 18 Tachwedd 2022.
Simulated Translation Bureaus: A Holistic Bridge between Market and Training

2019

Gyda Koen Kerremans, Gys-Walt van Egdom a Joss Moorkens, eTransFair Conference, Vienna, 12 Gorffenaf 2019.
From Vicious Circle to Virtuous Circle: Simulated Translation Bureaus in Translator Training

2018

Gyda Joost Buysschaert a Gys-Walt van Egdom. First APTIS conference, Aston, Birmingham, Tachwedd 2018.
Cyfieithu Testunau Arbenigol

2018

Darlith ar-lein ar gyfer y Brifysgol Agored
The Architecture and Functionality of Computer-Assisted Translation Tools

2016

New Technologies and Translation Conference, Algiers.

Dr Maria Fernandez Parra

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Holl Ymchwil

A Diachronic Study of the Portrayal of Culturally Specific Items in the (Re)translations of Rodoreda's La Plaça del Diamant (1962) (dyfarnwyd 2024)

Translation Technology Training In Saudi Arabia: Aligning BA Programmes With Industry Requirements (dyfarnwyd 2025)

Metaphor translation and translator training: a mixed-methods study of translation processes, proficiency and machine translation usage (dyfarnwyd 2024)

The impact of the 'Technological Turn' on professional translation workflows in the public sector in Wales. (dyfarnwyd 2023)

MLC233 Iberian Language (Catalan/Portuguese) for Starters

MLC333 Iberian Language (Catalan/Portuguese) for Starters

MLT317 Simulated Translation Bureau

MLT318 Terminology Management

MLTM03 Technology-enhanced Translation

MLTM05 Foundations of Translation and Interpreting

MLTM17 Simulated Translation Bureau

MLTM21 Dissertation (Translations and Analysis)

MLTM36 Iberian Language (Catalan/Portuguese) for Starters

Trysorydd APTIS, Association of Programmes in T&I in the UK and Ireland

Ysgrifennydd, Canolfan Ymchwil Iaith, Prifysgol Abertawe

Simulated Translation Bureaus as a Springboard to Internationalisation

Corpora for Terminology Purposes: From Specificity Measures to Correspondence Analysis

Let's Talk about it! Emotions in Collaborative Translation Projects

Simulated Translation Bureaus: A Holistic Bridge between Market and Training

From Vicious Circle to Virtuous Circle: Simulated Translation Bureaus in Translator Training

Cyfieithu Testunau Arbenigol

The Architecture and Functionality of Computer-Assisted Translation Tools