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  ILIESCU GHEORGHIU, CATALINA ANCA

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Iliescu Gheorghiu, Catalina Anca

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Current professional activity

Position:
CATEDRATICO/A DE UNIVERSIDAD
Dept.
TRADUCCION E INTERPRETACION
Institutes:
I.INTERUNIV. LENGUAS MODERNAS APLICADAS
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Academic background

  • Doctor en Filología Inglesa
    Centro de Estudios de Doctorado y Posgrado (29/05/2002)
  • Doble Licenciatura Filología Hispánica e Inglesa
    UNIVERSIDAD DE BUCAREST (30/06/1989)

Full Professor of T&I (English) at the University of Alicante with 5 sexenios. Principal Investigator of a PROMETEO project. She has supervised 5 doctoral theses and 4 international translation projects. Highlights include TRAUTOROM, the world's first RO-ES open architecture machine translator. She has 8 single-authored monographs (3 in Q1, 3 in Q2); 55 single-authored articles (of which: 14 Q1, 6 Q2, 3 JCR-ESCI) and 67 single-authored chapters, of which a dozen in Q1 and Q2. Sole editor of 6 volumes, with publishers such as Routledge and Peter Lang. Co-editor of 7 collective books: with JM Ortega Special Issue MonTI, with José Lambert in Santa Catarina, with C. Botella and J. Franco, two volumes in COMARES. Co-editor of the 17th issue of MonTI (Q1) (2025) with Susan Bassnett, coordinator of the Casa de Comèdies collection and its AKADEMOS and AGON series. He directs the INCOGNITO research group (2018).

Of some 65 interventions at conferences: 7 keynote: CITEI-Peru 2024 (Interpretation and mental health); UNIV. DUESSELDORF 2018 (translation and migration); UNIV. TRANSILVANIA BRASOV, 2016 (diplomatic interpretation); UNIV. WASHINGTON AND LEE, LEXINGTON 2015 (translation/theatrical adaptation); CHICAGO (MLA) 2014 (literature and diaspora), ROMANIAN ACADEMY 2012 (translation of children's literature), UNIV. ALICANTE, 2006 (applied languages and interculturality).

She has been guest lecturer for: European Parliament, European Commission Representation Madrid, Romanian Embassy, Instituto Cervantes, Madrid Book Fair (5 editions), Bookfest Book Fair, FILIT, Soria Book Fair. She has been director of 6 International Congresses: ESTIDIA 2022; AIETI 2019, LUCENTINO 2012, TID Translation and Diasporic Identity, 2009 and TID 2010; UNIVERSE-CITIES 2008 and the EYE OF POLYSTEM III, 2011.

Sworn translator MAEC (1995) and conference interpreter (3+2 languages) and diplomatic interpreter (Royal House, Moncloa, Congress of Deputies) with 35 years of experience, for: Their Majesties the King and Queen, PM Zapatero, Rajoy, Sánchez, Stratan, Ciuca, Presidents Basescu and Iohannis, Ministers Moratinos and Escrivá. Interpreter for the bilateral government summit (Spain-Romania), Guardia Civil, the National Police, the Ministry of the Interior, the National Cybersecurity Centre, the IGAE and the Romanian Court of Audit, among others.

He has published over 30 volumes of literary translations (poetry, novels, children's stories and theatre). It is worth highlighting the anthologies Miniaturas de tiempos venideros (Vaso Roto, 2013, 650 pages); Sombras, incendios y desvanes (Vaso Roto, 2021, 450 pages); Primavera en Praga (Visor, 2022), Antología de Luis García Montero, Antología Raúl Zurita (2025) and the novel Punto y aparte (Huso, 2022).

He directs the MIHAI EMINESCU Portal of the Miguel de Cervantes Virtual Library: https://www.cervantesvirtual.com/portales/mihai_eminescu/presentacion/

During the pandemic he created https://cuentacuarentenas.es/ and coordinated the pro bono work of 40 volunteers in the ‘Contigo +UA’ programme.

She has received: Diploma of Recognition from the Romanian Government (2008); Ambassador of Honour Award for Romanian Literature in the European Space, FICT 2015; OPERA OMNIA Award from the Romanian Writers' Union (2022). Honorary Member of the Union of Romanian Writers.

She has been Vice-Rector for Culture, Sport and University Extension since 2020. Previously, she has directed the Summer Courses ‘Rafael Altamira’ (2012-2017) and the Headquarters ‘Ciutat d'Alacant’ (2006-2012).