Laura Linares

Ireland Ireland

Galician Lectora | Assistant Director, Irish Centre for Galician Studies at University College Cork, Ireland (UCC)

Writing / Publishing

I am an MRes candidate in Hispanic Studies in University College Cork, Ireland, holding a BA in Translation and Interpreting from the University of Vigo. I currently hold the position of Galician Lectora and Assistant Director of the Irish Centre for Galician Studies at UCC. I combine this with freelance translation, namely in the fields of website, software and videogame localisation. As part of my research, I am currently studying the relationship between translation and the development of cultural identity in the figure of Plácido Castro, prominent Galician intellectual and translator who carried out translations of many works by Irish, Scottish and English writers and expressed his d..