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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
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Projects 2005 2019
Bridging the communication gap between primary care providers and aged care residents to minimise preventable ED admissions
Haines, T., Srikanth, V., Sundram, S., Macindoe, R., Enticott, J., Hlavac, J. & Vasi, S.
The Department of Health (Comm)
1/01/19 → 31/12/19
Project: Research
PD T&I: Professional Development Short Course Program for Interpreters and Translators
Wilson, R., Orlando, M. & Hlavac, J.
Department of Premier and Cabinet (VIC)
1/06/17 → 30/06/19
Project: Consultancy
Assessment of language use and needs of bi- and multi-lingual staff in local government
Hlavac, J., Orlando, M., Wilson, R. & Avella Archila, A.
1/06/18 → 31/07/18
Project: Research
AIMH: Practice-informed research for Auslan and deaf interpreters working in mental health settings
19/02/18 → 31/12/18
Project: Research
Research Output 1991 2018
Applications of policy and the advancement of patients’ health outcomes through interpreting services: data and viewpoints from a major public healthcare provider
Hlavac, J., Beagley, J. A. & Zucchi, E., 2018, In : Translation and Interpreting. 10, 1, p. 111-136 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Translation as a sub-set of public and social policy and a consequence of multiculturalism: the provision of translation and interpreting services in Australia
Hlavac, J., Gentile, A., Orlando, M., Zucchi, E. & Pappas, A., 12 Apr 2018, In : International Journal of the Sociology of Language. 251, p. 55-88 34 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Brokers, dual-role mediators and professional interpreters: A discourse-based examination of mediated speech and the roles that linguistic mediators enact
Hlavac, J., 2017, In : Translator. 23, 2, p. 197-216 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Professional Ethics and Professional Conduct
Hebenstreit, G., Marics, A. & Hlavac, J., 2017, UNHCR Handbook for Interpreters in Asylum Procedures. Pöllabauer, S. & Topolovec, I. (eds.). Vienna Austria: Frank & Timme, p. 70-84 15 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Other › peer-review
Open Access
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Sight Translating Interview Transcripts
Spitzl, K. & Hlavac, J., 2017, UNHCR: Handbook for Interpreters in Asylum Procedures. Pöllabauer, S. & Topolovec, I. (eds.). Vienna Austria: Frank & Timme, p. 121-136 16 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Other › peer-review
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Prizes
Faculty of Arts Dean's Award for Research Impact.
Rita Wilson (Recipient), Marc Orlando (Recipient) & Jim Hlavac (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Other distinction