mgrMaria Kuczek

Maria Kuczek
Doktorantka (PhD student)

Websites/Profiles

Degrees

  • B.A. in English Philology, Translation Specialisation, AMU Faculty of English 2021
  • M.A. in English Philology, Translation Specialisation, AMU Faculty of English 2023

Research interests

  • Translation studies
  • Translation reception
  • Reading research
  • Eye-tracking in translation studies
  • Eye-tracking in reading research
  • Audiovisual translation
  • Psycholinguistics
  • Bilingualism

Professional experience

  • Audiovisual translation – subtitling and voice-over
  • Audiodescription
  • Written translation
  • Proofreading and QC

Papers read at international conferences and congresses

  • 8th Young Linguists’ Meeting in Poznań (poster created together with the Read Me Project Team)
  • 52nd Poznań Linguistic Meeting (PLM), Poznań, 13–15 September 2023 (together with the Read Me Project Team)
  • 21st International Congress of Linguists, Poznań, September 2024 (together with the Read Me Project Team)

Other talks

  • Noc Anglistów, presentation delivered with the Read Me Project Team, November 2022
  • Poznański Festiwal Nauki i Sztuki, presentation delivered with the Read Me Project Team, June 2022
  • Research Day at the AMU Faculty of English, poster presentation with Agata Kucharska in cooperation with the Read Me Project Team, May 2023
  • Found in Translation Reading Group: Jestem Tłumaczką: Sesja Q&A z absolwentkami naszych studiów tłumaczeniowych, AMU Faculty of English, June 2024
  • Translation presentation and workshop: Za kulisami pracy w AVT, Publiczne Salezjańskie Liceum Ogólnokształcące w Poznaniu, October 2024
  • PsychLing Reading Group: How do we read translated language?, AMU Faculty of English, December 2024

Research Projects

  • Reading and Reception of Mediated (translated) Text: The Read Me Project (2021-2025) financed by the National Science Centre (UMO – 2020/39/B/HS2/00697) – research assistant (Principal Investigator – Prof. Bogusława Whyatt)
  • The influence of the readers’ linguistic background on the pleasure of reading translated literature – an eye-tracking study, ID-UB Grant (049/34/UAM/0014) – Principal Investigator

Organisational work

  • Noc Naukowców at the AMU Faculty of English 2019 – student helper
  • 49th Poznań Linguistic Meeting 2019 – student helper
  • 7th Young Linguists’ Meeting in Poznań 2021 – student helper
  • 51st Poznań Linguistic Meeting 2022 – student helper

Scholarships

  • Adam Mickiewicz Rector’s scholarship for academic achievements: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022