“IMIA: Medical Interpreter Certification Goes Global”
Effrossyni (Effie) Fragkou has a BA in French Language and Literature (University of Athens; Greece), a Master’s Degree in Professional Trilingual Translation (Université Marc Bloch; France), and a Master’s Degree in Translation Studies (York University; Canada). In 2012, she received her PhD in Translation Studies from the University of Ottawa. She has been working as a translator for over 15 years and a community interpreter for over 6 years. She developed and continuous to enrich the curriculum for Glendon’s Master’s Program in Interpretation, Course INT5730 – Interpreting in the Healthcare Sector (English into French), while working as a part-time instructor for York University, teaching this course online, and as a FSL teacher for the Greek government. She is also working in educating the educators and in developing teaching material for high-school students. Her academic interests include the following topics: retranslation theory, community interpreting, discourse analysis, the social aspects of localization and translation, professionalization, training and accreditation of community interpreters. She attends several international conferences in Translation and Interpretation Studies, where she presents her work on the topics of retranslation and interpreting in the medical sector and has several academic publications.