Pau Bertomeu Pi, B.A. in Translation and Interlinguistic Mediation, M.A. in Secondary Education and PhD in Languages, Literatures and Cultures, and their Applications (2021) from the University of Valencia. He also holds a M.A. in Translation Studies from the University of Heidelberg (Germany). Since 2021 he has been Lecturer at the Department of English and German Philology at the University of Valencia. He is a member of the research group "Contrastive Linguistics of German and the Ibero-Romance" (CLiGIR). His research fields include contrastive linguistics (German-Spanish/Catalan), translation and German as a foreign language. He is the author of the book "Peticiones en alemán y español. Un estudio contrastivo a partir de Gran Hermano" (2022, Peter Lang) and has published in journals and publishers of excellence in Spain and abroad.

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Hang Ferrer-Mora has held a degree since 1991 and a PhD since 1998 in Anglo-Germanic Philology from the Faculty of Philology, Translation, and Communication at the University of Valencia, with English and German as his primary languages. He also graduated in Translation from the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz (Germany) in 1995, at the Fachbereich Angewandte Sprach- und Kulturwissenschaft in Germersheim. He completed a research stay with a scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and obtained a postgraduate specialty (in German, Aufbaustudium) in Methodology and Didactics of German as a Foreign Language at the Faculty of Humanities of the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz (Germany) in 1996. In 2022, he earned the title of Doctor of Philosophy from UNED.

Passionate about world languages, he has studied several, including German (Kleines Deutsches Sprachdiplom from the Goethe Institute, 1991; Official School of Languages of Valencia, 1994); English (Certificate of Proficiency from the ICC - International Certificate Conference, German People's University, 1986; Escuela Oficial de Idiomas de Valencia, 1987); Valencian (Certificate "Superior" from the Qualification Board, Ministry of Education and Science of the Generalitat of Valencia, 1991); Estonian (Elementary Degree from the University of Münster, Germany, in collaboration with the University of Tartu, Estonia, 1996); Mandarin Chinese (level V from the Confucius Institute of Valencia, 2009); French (training up to university level and EOI); and basic knowledge of other languages such as Italian.

With prior teaching experience in other institutions, he has been teaching at the University of Valencia in the Department of English and German Philology of the Faculty of Philology, Translation, and Communication since 1993, specializing in German Philology. He has been a Full Professor since November 23, 2000. He has also taught German-Spanish translation at the Freie Universität in Berlin (2003).

He has been a member of the Academic Committee of Degrees for the preparation of the Degree in Translation and Interlinguistic Mediation at the University of Valencia and later served as coordinator for the 2nd year of Translation and Interlinguistic Mediation).

The individual described has an extensive and diverse background in academia, research, and teaching, particularly in the fields of linguistics, translation, and foreign language education. Below is a summary of their key contributions and activities:

Academic and Teaching Roles

- Member of the Academic Committee of Degrees for the preparation of the Degree in Translation and Interlinguistic Mediation at the University of Valencia.

- Served as Coordinator for the 2nd year of Translation and Interlinguistic Mediation from 2009 to 2015, overseeing the implementation of the Educational Innovation Programme (PIE) in the German Philology Area.

Research Focus

- Specializes in modality and pragmatics, with a particular interest in German modal particles.

- Engages in research on:

  - Translation of humor and comics.

  - Literature in music.

- Participated in research stays at the University of Bremen and at the Johannes Gutenberg University (Germany), at Savitri Bhavan (Auroville, India) and SACAR (Pondicherry, India).

Research Group Involvement

- Directed the UV 0389 research group on German-Spanish Contrastive Linguistics** from 1999 to 2007.

- Member of the UV-0388 research group focused on contrastive linguistics and the development of teaching materials.

- Participated in various funded projects, such as designing a database for German verbs with preverbs and documenting translations of German literature published in Spain.

- Currently a member of the SILVA research group supporting linguistic variation analysis since its inception in 2013.

Educational Innovation Projects

- Involved in six educational innovation projects (PIE) (in four of them as the main researcher), with significant contributions to creating a multimedia work environment for translation and promoting student employment with a focus on disability and functional diversity.

Additional Activities

- Active musician, teaching opera courses at the University of Valencia and presenting them in a multidisciplinary context.

- Conducted courses and conferences on the Integral Yoga of Sri Aurobindo and Mother, in collaboration with the UNED and the Sri Aurobindo Center in Barcelona.

This individual's multifaceted career showcases a commitment to advancing the fields of translation, linguistics, and cultural studies, alongside a passion for music and philosophy.

Cecilia López Roig holds a degree in Philology (Anglo-Germanic Section) from the Universitat de València (1992) and a Ph.D. in Philology from the same university (2001). Her doctoral thesis, Aspectos de fraseología contrastiva (alemán-español) en el sistema y en el texto, supervised by Dr. Herbert J. Holzinger and Dr. Carlos Hernández Sacristán, received the grade of Outstanding cum laude unanimously and was published in 2002 by Peter Lang. Among other predoctoral scholarships, she received a scholarship from the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), allowing her to undertake a research stay at the Universität Leipzig (1999). She has also completed research stays at the following universities: Universität Bremen (1993), Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (1994, 1996), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (2006), Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (2009), and the Universität Wien (2010, 2013, 2023).

She began her teaching career in 1995 at the University of Valencia. Since 2003, she has been a Senior Lecturer in German Philology at the UV. Over more than twenty years of teaching, she has taught courses in German linguistics, including German Lexicology and Lexicography, German Word Formation, German Morphology, and a German Language Monographic Course where she taught German Phraseology. She has also taught courses geared toward German-Spanish Translation, as well as German language courses from levels A1 to C1 for Philology and Translation students. In the field of German for Specific Purposes, she has taught the course Business German for students in Economics and Business Administration for several years. From 1999 to 2021, she was a lecturer in the Master's in Secondary Education Teacher Training (German Specialty) at the University of Valencia, where she has supervised over thirty Master's Theses. Her recent contributions to the university community include the following: (1) Coordinator of the German Philology Area from 2009 to 2012; (2) Member of the Academic Degree Committee for the Bachelor's in Modern Languages and Literatures from 2018 to 2021; (3) Supervisor of external internships in German Philology from 2002 to 2012; (4) Specialist Professor for the German section of the University Entrance Exams (PAU) at the Universitat de València from 2016 to 2021; (5) Instructor of the University Extension Courses at the Universittat de València (Nau Gran) German for Traveling I and German for Traveling II from 2017 to 2021.

She began her primary line of research, German-Spanish Contrastive Phraseology, during her doctoral studies. This research line continues to this day. Her interest in German Language and Linguistics also led her to explore another research area related to German Lexicology, specifically German Word Formation. Her interest in bridging German language and literature motivated her to participate in research projects focused on the Study and Translation of Postdramatic German-speaking Women Playwrights. Due to her dedication to teaching and her efforts to integrate teaching and research, she also devotes part of her research to Methodology and Didactics of German as a Foreign Language.

She is the author of the following book chapters related to corpus linguistics: (1) López Roig, Cecilia; Holzinger, Herbert J. (2016): Sobre los compuestos adjetivos de tipo coordinativo. Un estudio contrastivo alemán-español. In: Angewandte Linguistik Iberoromanisch – Deutsch. Gunter Narr Verlag, 57-71. (ISBN: 978-3-8233-6941-7); (2) Holzinger, Herbert J.; López Roig, Cecilia (2017): En un plis plas/im Handumdrehen. Un estudio contrastivo español-alemán de las palabras ligadas fraseológicamente. In: Discurso repetido y fraseología textual (español y español-alemán). Iberoamericana / Vervuert, 93-112 (ISBN: 978-84-16922-11-6).

Among her journal publications, the following stand out: (1) López Roig, Cecilia (2010): Buscando un nuevo lenguaje femenino: Elfriede Jelinek y Marlene Streeruwitz. Revista de Filología Alemana. Anejo III (ISSN: 2171-2093), 161-170. Listed in: ESCI, Scopus (Q3 in 2017), ERIH+, Latindex. Quality Seal from FECYT; (2) Holzinger, Herbert J.; López Roig, Cecilia (2018): El foro virtual como herramienta didáctica en asignaturas de Filología Alemana. Consideraciones teóricas y experiencias prácticas. Tonos Digital (ISSN: 1577-6921). <https://www.um.es/tonosdigital/znum35/corpora.htm> Listed in: Scopus (Q4 in 2017), ERIH+, Latindex; (3) López Roig, Cecilia (2021): Ni a toda virolla ni tumbados a la bartola. Las palabras ligadas fraseológicamente del español a partir de un análisis de corpus. Revista de Lingüística y Lengua Aplicadas. Volumen 16 (e-ISSN:1886-6298) <https://doi.org/10.4995/rlyla.2021.14063>. Listed in: Scopus, ERIH+, Latindex.

Her recent contributions to international conferences include the following, two of which focus on German-Spanish Corpus Linguistics and Contrastive Linguistics, and the third on the Didactics of German Phraseology: (1) Cecilia López Roig/Herbert J. Holzinger. Sobre los compuestos adjetivos de tipo coordinativo. Un estudio contrastivo alemán-español. Contrastivica 2014: Deutsch-Iberische Tagung zur kontrastiven Linguistik, organized by the Interuniversity Institute of Applied Modern Languages - University of Valencia; (2) Herbert J. Holzinger/Cecilia López Roig. Palabras Diacríticas/Unikale Elemente. Un estudio comparativo alemán-español. Deutscher Hispanistentag, held in 2015 and organized by the University of Heidelberg.; (3) Herbert J. Holzinger/Cecilia López Roig. Formelhafte Sprache in DaF. III Jornada INNOVA-TEA. Innovating in the Classroom, Innovating in Research. Latest Trends Applied to the Teaching of German Language and Culture, held in 2019 and organized by the University of Valencia.

In recent years, she has participated as a researcher in the following projects: (1) Estudio y traducción de dramaturgas posdramáticas en lengua alemana (FI2008-02015 -MICINN), from 2009 to 2011 and funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation; Principal Investigator: Dr. Brigitte Jirku; (2) Aplicación de técnicas dramáticas en el aula. (UV-SFPIE_GER16-417540), from 2016 to 2017 and funded by the Permanent Training Service. Innovation Unit of the University of Valencia; Principal Investigator: Dr. Ana R. Calero Valera; (3) INNOVA-TEA (UV-SFPIE_GER17-587130), from 2017 to 2018 and funded by the Permanent Training Service. Innovation Unit of the University of Valencia; Principal Investigator: Dr. Ana Rosa Calero Valera; (4) INNOVA-TEA (UV-SFPIE_GER18-847340), from 2018 to 2019 and funded by the Permanent Training Service. Innovation Unit of the Universitat de València; Principal Investigator: Dr. Ana Rosa Calero Valera; (5) Gramática de Construcciones y Fraseología. Las construcciones fraseológicas del alemán y el español en contraste a través de los corpus. PID2019-108783RB-I00. Since September 2020 to present. Entity: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación. Funded with FEDER funds. Principal Investigator: Dr. Carmen Mellado Blanco.

She was a member of the Scientific Committee of the international congress Contrastivica 2014: Deutsch-iberische Tagung zur kontrastiven Linguistik and has served as a scientific reviewer for several publications: (1) Übersetzen und Performanz, published in 2012 by LIT-Verlag (ISBN 978-3643504517); (2) Cadernos de Fraseoloxía Galega number 15/2013 (ISSN 1698-7861); (3) Anejo nº 82 of the Quaderns de Filologia series, titled Estudio contrastivo gramatical de campo en español como lengua extranjera, published in 2016 (ISBN 9788437099286); (4) Quaderns de Filologia, vol. 22. Estudis Lingüístics 2017 (ISSN 1135-416X), titled Words, Corpus and Back to Words.

She is a member of the Interuniversity Institute of Applied Modern Languages (IULMA) and has been recognized with one research six-year term (1996-2002) and five five-year teaching terms (1995-2020).

Ferran Robles Sabater, B.A. in English Philology (2001) and German Philology (2002) at the Universitat de València, M.A. in Translation at the Universidad de Sevilla (2007) and Ph.D. in Philology at the Universitat de València (2006). He is full professor of German Linguistics (since 2024) at the English and German Studies Department of the Universitat de València. He has been director of the research group Contrastive Linguistics German-Iberoromance (CLiGIR) and is director of the Inter-University Institute for Applied Modern Languages (IULMA). His research focuses on discourse analysis, text grammar, contrastive linguistics (German vs. Spanish/Catalan) and didactic lexicography. He is chief editor of the international journal MonTI. Monographies on Translation and Interpreting (ISSN 1889-4178, e-ISSN 1989-9335). He has chaired six international conferences on lexicography and contrastive linguistics: Die Wörterbücher des Deutschen (2013), Contrastivica III: Deutsch-iberische Tagung zur kontrastiven Linguistik (2014), ¿Sin orden ni concierto? La estructura informativa en alemán, español y catalán (2017), I Simposio internacional de lingüística contrastiva de la lengua alemana (2019), II Simposio internacional de lingüística contrastiva de la lengua alemana (2020), Nuevas perspectivas de la investigación en lingüística: la traducción del y al alemán (2022).

Raquel Vicente Diaz holds a degree in German Philology from the University of Valencia.

In 2000, she completed the first three years of her teaching degree, specializing in German and Sociology at the Johan Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt.

In 2009, she obtained the degree of University Expert in Secondary Education and the CAP from the Catholic University of Valencia.

Since 2010, she has been working as a German teacher and peer tutor at the Deutsches Kulturzentrum (Centro Aleman de Valencia).

Since 2010, she has also been working as a German and Spanish teacher in different language academies and international schools in Valencia. (Caxton College, IES Cervantes, María de Iciar, Campus Lenguajes etc.).

Since 2017, she has been teaching German language as an associate professor in the Department of English and German Philology at the University of Valencia.
 

Since 2020, she has been also tutor for external internships at the University of Valencia.
 

Currently she is also certified as trainer of trainers and as an official examiner of the Goethe Institut (A1-C1).