Professor Translation & Interpreting
Literature and Languages - Division University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA
Contact details
ORCID 
0000-0001-9559-6211
I hold the Chair of Translation and Interpreting at the University of Stirling. Most of my academic career has centred on the training of translators and interpreters and I have also worked as a freelance translator, interpreter and lexicographer.
My research interests lie in the social and cultural dimensions of translation and interpreting, especially in relation to interpreting in public-service settings that involves minoritised communities and to the translation of multimodal texts. I have published and delivered keynote lectures and presentations on these subjects in Europe, America and Asia.
I was Co-I in an AHRC-financed project (2014-1016) that researched the role of State-trained indigenous translators and interpreters in the legislated mediation of indigenous rights in present day Peru. I am currently the PI in a follow-on project, financed by AHRC/GCRF, that revolves around the role of untrained, female indigenous interpreters in guaranteeing access to public services, such as justice, education and health, for Peruvian indigenous women in the Andean region.
I welcome notes of interest from candidates interested in pursuing doctoral study in all areas of translation and interpreting. I am especially interested in supervising projects that adopt sociological approaches to these disciplines and seek to research the role of linguistic and cultural mediation in the upholding of human rights, the construction, maintenance and repair of trust, and global communication.
Article
Translating rights: The Peruvian Languages Act in Quechua and Aymara
de Pedro Ricoy R, Howard R & Ciudad LA (2018) Translating rights: The Peruvian Languages Act in Quechua and Aymara. Amerindia, 40 (1), pp. 219-245. https://www.vjf.cnrs.fr/sedyl/revues.php?langue=fr&aire=CELIA&revue=Amerindia&volume=&num_rev=40
Article
de Pedro Ricoy R, Ciudad LA & Howard R (2018) Activismo, derechos lingüísticos e ideologías: La traducción e interpretación en lenguas originarias en el Perú [Activism, Language Rights and Ideologies : Translation and interpreting in the indigenous languages of Peru]. INDIANA, 35 (1), pp. 139-163. https://doi.org/10.18441/ind.v35i1.139-163
Article
Walking the tightrope: The role of Peruvian indigenous interpreters in Prior Consultation processes
de Pedro Ricoy R, Howard R & Andrade Ciudad L (2018) Walking the tightrope: The role of Peruvian indigenous interpreters in Prior Consultation processes. Target, 30 (2), pp. 187-211. http://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/target.17009.dep; https://doi.org/10.1075/target.17009.dep
Article
Translation policy and indigenous languages in Hispanic Latin America
Howard R, de Pedro Ricoy R & Ciudad LA (2018) Translation policy and indigenous languages in Hispanic Latin America. International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 2018 (251), pp. 19-36. https://doi.org/10.1515/ijsl-2018-0002
Article
de Pedro Ricoy R, Howard R & Ciudad LA (2018) Translators' perspectives: The construction of the Peruvian Indigenous Languages Act in indigenous languages. Meta, 63 (1), pp. 160-177. https://doi.org/10.7202/1050519ar
Book Chapter
The role of indigenous interpreters in the Peruvian intercultural, bilingual justice system
de Pedro Ricoy R, Ciudad LA & Howard R (2018) The role of indigenous interpreters in the Peruvian intercultural, bilingual justice system. In: Nebot E & Salcedo J (eds.) Translating and Interpreting Justice in a Postmonolingual Age. Vernon Series in Language and Linguistics. Wilmington, DE, USA: Vernon Press, pp. 91-109. https://vernonpress.com/book/368
Book Chapter
Traduciendo culturas en el Perú: Los derechos humanos lingüísticos en la práctica
Howard R, de Pedro Ricoy R & Andrade L (2017) Traduciendo culturas en el Perú: Los derechos humanos lingüísticos en la práctica. In: Lenguas en contacto. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Ecuador (PUCE).
Other
Special issue on research methods in Interpreting Studies
de Pedro Ricoy R (Editor) & Napier J (Editor) (2017) Special issue on research methods in Interpreting Studies. Translation and Interpreting, 9 (1). http://www.trans-int.org/index.php/transint/issue/view/42
Article
Retrospective protocols: Tapping into the minds of interpreting trainees
de Pedro Ricoy R & Shamy M (2017) Retrospective protocols: Tapping into the minds of interpreting trainees. Translation and Interpreting, 9 (1), pp. 51-71. http://www.trans-int.org/index.php/transint/article/view/602
Article
Introduction: Innovations in interpreting research methods
de Pedro Ricoy R & Napier J (2017) Introduction: Innovations in interpreting research methods. Translation and Interpreting, 9 (1), pp. 1-3. http://www.trans-int.org/index.php/transint/article/view/678/270
Article
de Pedro Ricoy R (2017) To interview or not to interview: A critical approach to assessing end-users' perceptions of the role of 21st century indigenous interpreters in Peru. Translation and Interpreting, 9 (1), pp. 36-50. http://www.trans-int.org/index.php/transint/article/view/618/272
Article
Williamson L & de Pedro Ricoy R (2014) The translation of wordplay in interlingual subtitling: A study of 'Bienvenue chez les Ch’tis' and its English subtitles. Babel, 60 (2), pp. 164-192. https://doi.org/10.1075/babel.60.2.03wil
Article
de Pedro Ricoy R (2012) Reading minds: a study of deictic shifts in translated written interaction between mental-health professionals and their readers. Linguistica Antverpiensia New Series, (11), pp. 51-73. https://lans-tts.uantwerpen.be/index.php/LANS-TTS/issue/view/15
Article
Translating the revolution: Otherness in Cuban testimonial literature
de Pedro Ricoy R (2012) Translating the revolution: Otherness in Cuban testimonial literature. Meta, 57 (3), pp. 574-591. https://doi.org/10.7202/1017081ar
Article
Multimodality in translation: Steps towards socially useful research
de Pedro Ricoy R (2012) Multimodality in translation: Steps towards socially useful research. Multimodal Communication, 1 (2), pp. 181-203. https://doi.org/10.1515/mc-2012-0012
Article
Training public service interpreters in the UK: A fine balancing act
de Pedro Ricoy R (2010) Training public service interpreters in the UK: A fine balancing act. The Journal of Specialised Translation, (14), pp. 100-120. http://www.jostrans.org/archive.php?display=14
Edited Book
Interpreting and translating in public service settings: policy, practice, pedagogy
de Pedro Ricoy R, Perez IA & Wilson CWL (eds.) (2009) Interpreting and translating in public service settings: policy, practice, pedagogy. Abingdon: Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Interpreting-and-Translating-in-Public-Service-Settings/De-Pedro-Ricoy-Isabelle-Perez-Wilson/p/book/9781905763160
Article
De Pedro Ricoy R (2007) Borges, the precursor. Babel. Revue internationale de la traduction / International Journal of Translation; Babel, 53 (3), pp. 260-276. https://doi.org/10.1075/babel.53.3.06ped
Article
Internationalization vs. localization: The translation of videogame advertising
de Pedro Ricoy R (2007) Internationalization vs. localization: The translation of videogame advertising. Meta, 52 (2), pp. 260-275. https://doi.org/10.7202/016069ar
Book Review
Joaquín Garcia Palacios – Ma Teresa Fuentes Morán (eds.): Texto, terminología y traducción
De Pedro Ricoy R (2006) Joaquín Garcia Palacios – Ma Teresa Fuentes Morán (eds.): Texto, terminología y traducción. Babel, 52 (4), pp. 404-406. https://doi.org/10.1075/babel.52.4.14ped
Conference Proceeding
Mañana en la batalla piensa en mi: Un producto cultural híbrido?
de Pedro Ricoy R (2004) Mañana en la batalla piensa en mi: Un producto cultural híbrido?. In: de la CJ (ed.) Actas del XIV Congreso de la Asociación Internacional de Hispanistas: Volume 3: Literatura española, siglos XVIII y XX. XIV Congreso de la Asociación Internacional de Hispanistas : New York, 16-21 de Julio de 2001, New York, 16.07.2001-21.07.2001. Newark, DE, USA: Juan de la Cuesta-Hispanic Monographs, pp. 165-170. https://cvc.cervantes.es/literatura/aih/pdf/14/aih_14_3_020.pdf
Article
La influencia del ingles en Tiempo de silencio: Problemas de traduccion
de Pedro Ricoy R (2003) La influencia del ingles en Tiempo de silencio: Problemas de traduccion [The influence of English in Tiempo de silencio: Problems of translation]. Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, 80 (2), pp. 219-232. https://doi.org/10.3828/bhs.80.2.6
Book Chapter
Subversion o tradicion? El postestructuralismo de Suzanne Jill Levine
de Pedro Ricoy R (2001) Subversion o tradicion? El postestructuralismo de Suzanne Jill Levine. In: Barr A, del Rey J & del Rosario MRM (eds.) Ultimas corrientes teóricas en los estudios de traducción y sus aplicaciones. Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca, pp. 147-152.
Book Chapter
Translatability and the Limits of Communication
de Pedro Ricoy R (2001) Translatability and the Limits of Communication. In: Grant C & McLaughlin D (eds.) Language-Meaning-Social Construction: Interdisciplinary Studies. Critical Studies, 16. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill/Rodopi, pp. 107-122. https://brill.com/view/title/28690
Book Chapter
de Pedro Ricoy R (2000) Entries on: "Equivalence: Formal and Dynamic", "Cultural Misrepresentation", "Translation Loss", "Spanish Literary Translation into English" and "Definitions of Translation". In: Classe O (ed.) Encyclopedia of Literary Translation into English. London and Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn.
Research Report
A Bordo: Get ready for Spanish
de Pedro Ricoy R (1999) A Bordo: Get ready for Spanish. United Kingdom: Routledge.
Conference Proceeding
Anuncios televisivos: La traduccion a gusto de todos
de Pedro Ricoy R (1999) Anuncios televisivos: La traduccion a gusto de todos. In: Proceedings of I Congresso Ibero-Americano de Traducao e Interpretacao, Unibero. Congresso Ibero-Americano de Traducao e Interpretacao, Unibero, 31.12.1999-31.01.1999. unpublished, pp. 272-275.
Article
The Translatability of Texts: A Historical Overview
de Pedro Ricoy R (1999) The Translatability of Texts: A Historical Overview. Meta, 44 (4), pp. 546-559. https://doi.org/10.7202/003808ar
Conference Proceeding
Rediscovering the World, Relearning Language: Figurative Meaning in Other People
de Pedro Ricoy R (1997) Rediscovering the World, Relearning Language: Figurative Meaning in Other People. In: Klaudy K & Kohn J (eds.) Transferre Necesse Est: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Current Trends in Studies of Translation and Interpreting, 5- 7 September, 1996 Budapest, Hungary. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Current Trends in Studies of Translation and Interpreting, 5- 7 September, 1996 Budapest, Hungary, Budapest, 05.09.1996-07.09.1996. unpublished: Scholastica, pp. 500-505.
Article
Beyond the Words: The Translation of Television Adverts
de Pedro Ricoy R (1996) Beyond the Words: The Translation of Television Adverts. Babel, 42 (1), pp. 27-45. https://doi.org/10.1075/babel.42.1.04ped
Other
Diccionario: Oxford Escolar para Estudiantes Mexicanos de Ingles: español-inglés / inglés-español
de Pedro Ricoy R (1996) Diccionario: Oxford Escolar para Estudiantes Mexicanos de Ingles: español-inglés / inglés-español. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
Other
Diccionario: Oxford Escolar para Estudiantes de Ingles: Español-Inglés / Inglés-Español
de Pedro Ricoy R (1996) Diccionario: Oxford Escolar para Estudiantes de Ingles: Español-Inglés / Inglés-Español. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
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