Rhetoric as a Framework for Translation Competence Development: Specialised Translation Process Research

Oksana Ivanova was born in 1981 in Gulbene. Oksana obtained professional higher education and qualification as a Technical Translator-Desk Officer at Riga Technical University in 2005. She completed RTU professional Master study programme “Technical Translation”, obtaining a professional Master’s degree in Technical Translation (2009).  Oksana started her career at RTU in 2006 as an LSP (languages for specific purposes) lecturer and coordinator of the professional Bachelor study programme “Technical Translation”. Since 2012, she has been a member of the Steering Committee of the International Scientific Conference “Meaning in Translation: Illusion of Precision”. Over the past three years, she has been actively involved in scientific research activities, participating in such projects as “Language Technology Initiative”, “Development of Efficient Governance of Riga Technical University”, and “Support for RTU International Cooperation Projects in Research and Innovation”. Her research interests include applied linguistics, specialised text translation, computer-assisted translation tools, language technologies, sustainability in higher education, and the design of e-learning environment.