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Dr. Isabelle Heyerick

Assistant Professor (C.L.C.S.)
Assistant Professor (Centre for Deaf Studies)
 (3531896) 4371
      
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Dr. Isabelle Heyerick

Assistant Professor (C.L.C.S.)

 ISABELLE.HEYERICK@tcd.ie

 

Assistant Professor (Centre for Deaf Studies)

 (3531896) 4371


Isabelle Heyerick is Assistant Professor in Applied Sign Linguistics at the Centre for Deaf Studies at Trinity College Dublin. She holds a PhD in Linguistics from KU Leuven (Belgium) where she is member of the research group on Multimodality, Interaction & Discourse. She is an Honorary Research Fellow with the Institute of Advanced Study at the University of Warwick (UK) where she was a postdoctoral Marie Curie WIRL-COFUND Fellow (2018 - 2020). Her areas of expertise are Interpreting Studies and Linguistics, with a specific focus on signed language interpreting and sign linguistics. She is mainly interested in the cognitive aspects of simultaneous interpreting and how these translate into linguistic decisions interpreters make in their practice. Her doctoral work was the first to explore Dutch - Flemish Sign Language interpreting. It describes the strategic behaviour of interpreters as reflected in their linguistic actions. The study examines which linguistic interpreting strategies interpreters (can) use and why they do so. Her research is interdisciplinary in nature since she approaches interpreting as a situated, cognitive, linguistic and societal activity. It is also intrinsically applied, and nurtures her commitment as an academic to the signed language interpreting profession. She is the secretary of the World Association of Sign Language Interpreters and the founder and vice-president of Tenuto, an organisation offering professional development for Flemish Sign Language interpreters. Isabelle is also a qualified spoken and signed language interpreter with a MA in Interpreting (English - Dutch - Flemish Sign Language) from KU Leuven and a graduate degree in Dutch >< Flemish Sign Language interpreting. Additionally, she obtained a MA in Literature and Linguistics from Ghent University (Belgium).
  Deaf interpreters   Deaf Studies   IDEOLOGY   INTERACTION   INTERPRETATION   Irish Sign Language   Irish Sign Language Interpreting   LANGUAGE   LANGUAGES   LINGUISTICS   Minority languages   Multilingualism   Multimodality   sign language interpreter education   Sign Language Interpreting Training   sign language policy   SIGN LANGUAGE TRANSLATION   sign language translation studies   sign languages   sign linguistics   Signed Language Interpreting   SOCIOLINGUISTICS   TRANSLATION
Project Title
 Sustainability of the signed language interpreting profession
From
Sept 2023
To
Sept 2024
Summary

Details Date
ISO TC37/SC5 Translation, interpreting and related technology 2023
Language Skill Reading Skill Writing Skill Speaking
Belgian-Flemish Sign Language Fluent Fluent Fluent
Dutch Fluent Fluent Fluent
English Fluent Fluent Fluent
French Fluent Basic Medium
Irish Sign Language Medium Basic Basic
Details Date From Date To
Honourary member of the World Association of Sign Language Interpreters July 2023
Individual member of the Professional Association of Flemish Sign Language interpreters 2006
Isabelle Heyerick, Simultaneous Interpreting from a Signed into a Spoken Language: Quality, Cognitive Overload, and Strategies, Review of Simultaneous Interpreting from a Signed into a Spoken Language: Quality, Cognitive Overload, and Strategies, by Wang Jihong , Interpreting and Society: An Interdisciplinary Journal, Online first, (Online first), 2024, Review, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  DOI  URL
Isabelle Heyerick, Barrier-free and interpreter-free Deaf signers and hearing sign language interpreters" perspectives on an ideal world (Belgium, Flanders), Translation and Interpreting Studies , 2023, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  DOI
Isabelle Heyerick, Split-second decisions, The Linguist, 60, (5), 2021, p11 - 12, Notes: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-n-nA0nam3OHMCbzzybrfdXi-s-Ee71V/view], Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Isabelle Heyerick, Hoe tolken keuzes maken., The Linguist, 60, (5), 2021, 11 - 12, 48-49, Notes: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eSeRA5hhzbSx_sQH6P1OjtSt3VPIjK4B/view ], Miscellaneous, PUBLISHED
Isabelle Heyerick, A descriptive study of linguistic interpreting strategies in Dutch - Flemish Sign Language interpreting. Exploring interpreters{', KU Leuven, 2021, Notes: [https://limo.libis.be/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=LIRIAS1989719&context=L&vid=Lirias&search_scope=Lirias&tab=default_tab&lang=en_US], Thesis, PUBLISHED
The importance of video recordings in signed language interpreting research. in, editor(s) Heidi Salaets Geert Brône , Linking up with Video: Perspectives on Interpreting Practice and Research, Amsterdam/Philadelphia, John Benjamins Publishing Company , 2020, pp127 - 150, [Isabelle Heyerick], Notes: [https://benjamins.com/catalog/btl.149.06hey], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED  DOI
Isabelle Heyerick, Is there an I in Impact? Considering the two-way process of public engagement., Exchanges: The Interdisciplinary Research Journal, 7, (1), 2019, p82--93 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Isabelle Heyerick, "Are interpreters in, out, between or in-between? Exploring the influence of seemingly conflicting ideologies on interpreters' practice." , EFSLI 2019 European Forum of Sign Language Interpreters Conference, Malmö, Sweden, 2019, Oral Presentation, PRESENTED
Isabelle Heyerick, "Think Aloud Processes and Retrospective Interviews in (Signed Language) Interpreting Studies: Implications for Researchers, Educators and Practitioner." , ICIT 2019, Denmark, 2019, Oral Presentation, PRESENTED
Isabelle Heyerick; Suzanne Ehrlich, WASLI 2015 Conference Proceedings "Human rights: where do interpreters fit in?", 2017, Book, PUBLISHED
  

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Ine Van Oudenhove, From Word to Sign - Research Feature, 2021, -, Notes: [https://stories.kuleuven.be/en/stories/from-word-to-sign], Miscellaneous, PUBLISHED
Gareth Johnson, 'A Conversation with Isabelle Heyerick', The Exchanges Discourse - A podcast about early career publishing in academia, 2020, -, Notes: [https://anchor.fm/exchangesias/episodes/A-Conversation-withIsabelle-Heyerick-eo42dq/a-a46j35e], Broadcast, PUBLISHED
Isabelle Heyerick, The strategic nature of interpreting , 2019, -, Notes: [https://strategicinterpreting.blog/], Miscellaneous, PUBLISHED

  


Award Date
Marie Curie WIRL-COFUND Fellowship 2018 - 2020