Lenka Poľaková

Mgr. Lenka Poľaková, PhD. is an Assistant Professor at the Department of German Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Prešov. Her academic journey includes a PhD in Translation and Interpreting (2016–2019), focusing on legal interpreting practices, particularly the use of block language in criminal law contexts. She holds a Master's degree in Translation and Interpreting (2011–2016) from the same institution.

Her research emphasizes legal interpreting methodologies, translation of legal and medical texts, and experimental poetry translation. Key projects include corpus-based translation studies and dictionary development for conference interpreting. She has conducted doctoral fellowships and study stays in Austria (Graz) and Germany (Germersheim, Sankelmark), and participated in international conferences like Quo vadis, Legal Translation (2017) and PRAGESTT (2018).

Her publications span legal terminology analysis, rhetorical aspects of court interpreting, and corpus linguistics applications in translation. Current research continues exploring the intersection of language, law, and cross-cultural communication.

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