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Staff Profile

Noelia or Lia Cacheiro Quintas

Lecturer in Spanish, Translation and Interpreting

Background

 

After graduating from the University of Oral Roberts, OK, US in 2010 with Cum Laude, I went on to complete a MA in Translation Studies at the University of Durham, UK where I graduated with a Merit. Following this I went on to complete a BA in Translation and Interpreting at the University of Vigo, Spain, with English, Spanish, Galician and French as my working Languages.

To continue my academic career as an educator I completed a Master Degree in Education. Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, UNED, Spain. Before completing my PhD, I received training on research methods by completing a PG Certificate in Research & Innovative Learning at the University of Newcastle, UK, where I graduated with honours: Distinction. To complete my education, I have fulfilled the requirements to become a Doctor of Philosophy at the School of ECLS at Newcastle University.

I am interested in research around students’ attrition, interpreting, and language around and used in sport.

Additional work I conduct includes translations (ES, EN, IT, FR, PT & GZ) and conference interpreting (EN-ES).

Research

 

MA Dissertation Supervisions and Marked Work:

- Research of the impact of Spanish-accented English on Simultaneous Interpreting

- Anticipation: The difference between two directions of a language pair in Simultaneous Interpreting

- Learning Modes of Simultaneous Interpreting in the Post-Graduate Course

- Evaluating the interpreting quality of machine interpretation devices and apps in the context of travel and tourism

- Impact of working memory on trainee interpreters' performance in Consecutive Interpreting

 

Translation projects:

- Translating a constitutional law article without legal knowledge - a case study

- Spanish > English translation of 'Tengo Que Morir Todas Las Noches' by Guillermo Osorno: Translating queer concepts in era-specific colloquial Mexican Spanish

- Spanish > English translation of 'Los Crimenes de Alicia' by Guillermo Martinez: Translating the sequel of a translated novel showing England from a Spanish perspective into English

- E>S translation of chapters 24-26 of 'Notes From a Small Island' by Bill Bryson

 

Conference Presentations, Posters and Communications

- LTDS (2017), Newcastle University. Poster presentation & Poster award - "Expectations, inclusion and assessment: A series of extended induction workshops for MA (Education): International Perspectives students".

- APTIS (2018) Conference, Aston University: “Challenges and Opportunities in Teaching Translation & Interpreting".

- BERA (2018) Conference, Northumbria University. Chair of Students experience session, & paper presentation: Students' Experience: Promoting internationalization, diversity and academic excellence through an extended induction programme focusing on expectations, inclusion, assessment and academic writing. 

- LTDS (2018), Newcastle University. Conference attendance and poster award. Education for life: Celebrating partnership, encouraging innovation.

- Advance HE Teaching & Learning Conference (2018): Teaching in the Spotlight: Learning from Global Communities. Paper presentation: 'Empowering Students for Success'. 

 

Other Research Collaborations & Award: 

- Research Assistant in the MAEIP Research project: 2016-2019 - 300h. School of ECLS at Newcastle University.

- Miro Translate collaborator (2019). Université de Perpignan, France.

- HE: Good Practice Grant Award 2020 (1,000 pounds): https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/knowledge-hub/extended-induction-expectations-inclusion-and-assessment 

 

Teaching

Module Leader for:

- SPA4083 - Level D (HE Further Advanced) Spanish: Translation and Interpreting

- SPA3052 - Spanish Writing Skills - Translation (Exchange)

- TRI2001 - Interpreting Theory and Practice 2

- TRI4001 - Interpreting Theory and Practice 3

Collaborator in UG Modules:

- TRI1001: Interpreting Theory and Practice 1

Collaborator in PG Modules: 

- SML8012 - Translation Practice and Principles

- SML7001 - Translation Studies I