Xavier Bihan

Xavier Bihan is a part-time Lecturer at the Institut für Romanistik of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, specializing in French and audiovisual translation. His academic focus includes Translation and Interpreting, Community Interpreting, and Digital Media in Education.

• Co-founder of the CREDOL research center (1994)
• Coordinator of EU-funded projects like Speech Repository and Linguapolis.net

His recent projects include the Kurzfilmfestival der Romanischen Sprachen and the Human vs AI – Filmtranslation in the 21st Century initiative. He has received multiple awards, including the Europäisches Sprachensiegel (2004, 2012) and the HU-Preis für gute Lehre (2014).

• Active in organizing Science Week events and Stadtradeln team leadership
• Contributor to interlingual subtitling and video tutorials for language learning

Bihan’s work bridges academic research with public engagement, emphasizing multimedia tools and interdisciplinary collaborations.