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Personal profile
Biography
Dr Jim Hlavac is a senior lecturer in Translation and Interpreting Studies in the School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics. He is a certified and practising professional interpreter and translator for Croatian, English and German. He has published widely in the field of Translation and Interpreting Studies and also in the related disciplines of multilingualism, contact linguistics, intercultural communication, pragmatics and language maintenance/shift.
His research interests lie in the following areas:
Translation and Interpreting:
- Pedagogy of interpreting
- Lay and non-professional interpreting
- Incidence of interpreting and translation amongst multilinguals and multilingual societies
- Standards and benchmarks of interpreting and translation
Linguistics
- Contact linguistics
- Bilingualism
- Morpho-syntactic and lexical innovation in migrant languages
- Language attitudes
Research area keywords
- Interpreting Studies
- Translation Studies
- Multilingualism
- Sociolinguistics
- Contact Linguistics
Network
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Improving interpreting for dementia assessments: The MINDSET Study
Brijnath, B., LoGiudice, D., Gonzalez Garcia, E., Low, L., Woodward-Kron, R. E., Hlavac, J., Enticott, J., Antoniades, J., Gilbert, A., Lin, X., White, J. & Hwang, Q. J. K.
30/04/21 → 29/04/24
Project: Research
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Effectiveness of tailored COVID-19 message for vulnerable Australians
Haines, T., Russell, G., Hill, K., Williams, C., Callaway, E., Hlavac, J., Willoughby, L., Long, K. & Lennon, R.
1/02/21 → 30/09/22
Project: Research
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Deafblind communication: Building professional competencies
Willoughby, L., Manns, H., Iwasaki, S., Hlavac, J., Prain, M. & Raanes, E.
17/08/20 → 16/08/23
Project: Research
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Identification of current gaps in professional development opportunities for translators and interpreters in Australia
Hlavac, J., Tobias, S. & Archilla, A.
1/10/19 → 31/03/20
Project: Research
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Croatian dialect speakers from Dalmatia and their linguistic contact with English and Māori in New Zealand
Stoffel, H-P. & Hlavac, J., 2021, Diaspora Language Contact: The Speech of Croatian Speakers Abroad. Hlavac, J. & Stolac, D. (eds.). 1st ed. Berlin Germany: De Gruyter Mouton, p. 553-591 39 p. (Language Contact and Bilingualism; vol. 17).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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ED visits by aged care residents with limited English proficiency
Long, K. M., Haines, T. P., Clifford, S., Sundram, S., Srikanth, V. K., Macindoe, R., Leung, W., Hlavac, J. & Enticott, J. C., 12 Nov 2021, p. 157. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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Features in the Croatian speech of three generations of Croatian-Australians
Hlavac, J. & Stolac, D., 2021, Diaspora Language Contact: The Speech of Croatian Speakers Abroad. Hlavac, J. & D. S. (eds.). 1st ed. Berlin Germany: De Gruyter Mouton, p. 493-549 57 p. (Language Contact and Bilingualism; vol. 17).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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Features of the speech of Croatian-speakers in Italy
Županović Filipin, N., Hlavac, J. & Piasevoli, V., 2021, Diaspora Language Contact: The Speech of Croatian Speakers Abroad. Hlavac, J. & Stolac, D. (eds.). 1st ed. Berlin Germany: De Gruyter Mouton, p. 319-359 41 p. (Language Contact and Bilingualism; vol. 17).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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Innovations in Language Services in Aged Care: Invited Panel
Freyne, J., Hlavac, J., Long, K. M. & Zucchi, E., 17 Jun 2021.Research output: Contribution to conference › Other
Prizes
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Faculty of Arts Dean's Award for Research Impact.
Wilson, Rita (Recipient), Orlando, M. (Recipient) & Hlavac, Jim (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Other distinction