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Amy Olen

  • Assistant Professor, Translation & Interpreting

Education

  • PhD, University of Texas at Austin
  • MA, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
  • BA, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Teaching Schedule

Course Num Title Meets
TRNSLTN 422-201 Advanced Interpreting No Meeting Pattern
TRNSLTN 722-001 Advanced Interpreting No Meeting Pattern
TRNSLTN 722-202 Advanced Interpreting No Meeting Pattern
TRNSLTN 730-102 Internship in Translation/Interpreting No Meeting Pattern
TRNSLTN 730-206 Internship in Translation/Interpreting No Meeting Pattern

Courses Taught

  • COMPLIT 230 – Literature and Society
  • SPANISH 225 – Understanding the Hispanic World
  • SPANISH 308 – Advanced Writing and Reading
  • SPANISH 350 – Introduction to Literary Analysis
  • SPANISH 461 – Topics in Hispanic Culture
  • SPANISH 347 – Introduction to Translation: Spanish to English
  • SPANISH 371 – Introduction to Latino Literature in English
  • SPANISH 373 – Topics in Latino Literature in English
  • SPANISH 447 – Advanced Translation: Spanish to English
  • SPANISH 720 – Approaches to Hispanic Literary Theory & Criticism
  • TRNSLTN 700 – Consecutive Interpreting
  • TRNSLTN 707 – Introduction to Translation: Spanish to English
  • TRNSLTN 709 – Seminar in Literary & Cultural Translation
  • TRNSLTN 710 – Comparative Systems in Translation
  • TRNSLTN 711 – Ethics and Procedures in Interpreting
  • TRNSLTN 717 – Advanced Translation: Spanish to English
  • TRNSLTN 722 – Simultaneous Interpreting
  • TRNSLTN 750 – Advanced Modes of Interpreting
  • TRNSLTN 820 – Translation Theory

Research Interests

  • Translator and Interpreter Training
  • Ethics in Community Interpreting
  • Latin American Narrative in Translation
  • Indigenous and Oral Textuality in Translation
  • Central American and Andean Narrative

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