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Mariel Lettier

Teaching Fellow

School of Languages and Cultures

  • Teaching Fellow
    School of Languages and Cultures
  • +6448865697 (Work)

BIO

Mariel Lettier is a researcher in Literary Translation, a Teaching Fellow in Spanish and Intercultural Communication and a professional translator.

Her research focuses on cultural diversity in children’s and young adult literature in translation, aiming to raise awareness of the lack of cultural representation in translated YAL and the need for more diversity in translation overall. As a translator, she has worked extensively in the patent, legal and literary fields.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Teaching Fellow
    Victoria University of Wellington, School of Languages and Cultures, Wellington, New Zealand26 Feb 2024 - 22 Feb 2027

DEGREES

  • PhD in Literary Translation Studies
    Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand1 Nov 2021 - 11 Nov 2025
  • Master's in Translation and New Technologies,
    Instituto Superior de Estudios Lingüísticos y Traducción, Spain1 Sep 2019 - 18 Jun 2020
  • MSc in Literary Translation as Creative Practice
    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom1 Sep 2013 - 31 Aug 2014
  • Traductora Pública de Inglés
    Universidad de la República de Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay1 Apr 2007 - 30 Nov 2010

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Associate Fellow (AFHEA)
    Te Arawai Ako/Advance HE10 Oct 2024 - present

LANGUAGES

  • Spanish - Latin American
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Spanish; Castilian
    Can read, write, speak and understand
  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review

FIELDS OF RESEARCH