Terje Loogus

Terje Loogus is Associate Professor of Translation Studies at the University of Tartu. Her main research interests include culture and translation, culture-specific translation problems, translation didactics, translation and imagology, translation and German Studies. She has been teaching different translation (theory) courses in Estonian and German since 2007. She is the main representative of the University of Tartu in the Network European Master’s in Translation (EMT) and a member of the European Society for Translation Studies (EST). In collaboration with the University of Göttingen, she also coordinates the DAAD-funded doctoral school ‘Dynamics of Transcultural Semiosis’ at the University of Tartu. She is also a freelance translator of literature. 

Selected publications:

• van Doorslaer, Luc; Loogus, Terje (2020). The Cautiously Pragmatic Translation Policy in Estonia. Translation & Interpreting, 12 (2), 63−75. 
• Loogus, Terje (2020). Mit Deutsch auf dem estnischen Arbeitsmarkt. Haß, Ulrike; Žeimantienė, Vaiva; Kontutytė, Eglė (Hrsg.). Germanistik für den Beruf. Berlin, et al.: Peter Lang. (Forum Angewandte Linguistik; 64), 149−164.
• Loogus, Terje (2019). Zur Entwicklung der Translationslehre und -wissenschaft in Estland. Dreijers, Guntars; Dubova, Agnese; Veckrācis, Jānis (eds.). Bridging Languages and Cultures. Linguistics, Translation Studies and Intercultural Communication. Berlin: Frank & Timme Verlag für wissenschafliche Literatur, 153−164.
• Pasewalk, Silke; Neidlinger, Dieter; Loogus, Terje (Hrgs.) (2014). Interkulturalität und (literarisches) Übersetzen. Wechselwirkungen zwischen Literaturwissenschaft und Translatologie. Tübingen: Stauffenburg Verlag. 
• Loogus, Terje (2008). Kultur im Spannungsfeld translatorischer Entscheidungen: Probleme und Konflikte. Berlin: SAXA Verlag.

Recent projects:

• Student peer-feedback as a method in Translation Didactics, University of Tartu (2018-20)
• The imagological importance of translation policy, University of Tartu (2019-21)

More publications and information in the Estonian Research Information System.

Research clusters: 

• Intercultural and Sociological Approaches in Translation Studies

Contact: terje.loogus@ut.ee

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