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Raluca Tanasescu is a researcher in Translation and Global Media at the University of Galway, affiliated with Prof. Anne O’Connor’s PIETRA project. She holds a PhD in Translation Studies from the University of Ottawa’s School of Translation and Interpretation, supported by prestigious awards including the Ontario Trillium Award and Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (2013–2018). Currently, she serves as Chair of the Multilingualism and Multiculturalism Committee for the Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations.
Her research focuses on interepistemic translation (knowledge exchange across cultural/disciplinary frameworks) and intersemiotic translation (meaning adaptation across sign systems). She analyzes multilingual institutional communication via digital platforms (social media, news websites), emphasizing technology’s role in global multilingual discourse. Recent work explores sonic perspectives in literary translation and computational assemblages in translation anthologies.
- Awards: Ontario Trillium Award, Vanier CGS
- Professional Roles: PIETRA researcher, ADCOM Chair
Her interdisciplinary framework bridges digital humanities, media studies, and translation theory to examine how new media shapes knowledge transmission across linguistic and cultural boundaries.
