Iberian Studies on Translation and Interpreting

Biographical notes

Isabel García-Izquierdo (Volume editor) Esther Monzó (Volume editor)

Isabel García-Izquierdo is Professor of Translation Studies in the Department of Translation and Communication at the University Jaume I, Spain, where she teaches applied linguistics and Spanish language. Since 2000, she has been head of the GENTT (Géneros Textuales para la Traducción) research team that focuses on the multilingual analysis of textual genres. She is the author of Análisis textual aplicado a la Traducción (2000), Divulgación médica y traducción (2010) and Competencia textual para la traducción (2011); and the editor of El género textual y la traducción (2005). Esther Monzó is Senior Lecturer in Legal Translation in the Department of Translation and Communication at the University Jaume I, Spain. She is also an official certified translator and a temporary translator at the Geneva office of the United Nations and other international organizations. Her research focuses on the sociological aspects of translation.