Semantic and Pragmatic Aspects of Rendering Diminutives in English Translations of Latvian Prose

Zane Veidenberga was born in 1968 in Riga. She earned a degree in philology (1992) from the Faculty of Foreign Languages and a professional Master’s degree in Educational Management (2011) from the Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology of the University of Latvia. In 2016, she completed the inter-university doctoral study programme in Linguistics at the then Liepaja University and Ventspils University of Applied Sciences, obtaining the status of a PhD candidate. Her professional activity is related to the translation and higher education sectors, involvement in various international projects. Since 2008, she has been working at the EKA University of Applied Sciences, where she is currently an Assistant Professor. In 2014, she participated in the CETRA Doctoral Summer School at the KU Leuven Research Centre for Translation Studies in Belgium. Her research interests are related to translation, addressing the challenges caused by differences between source and target languages and cultures, and aspects of intercultural communication.