connexions l in e na ional p o essional communica ion jou nal
2015, 3(2), 147-166
ISSN 2325-6044
USABILITY AS A FOCUS OF
MULTIPROFESSIONAL COLLABORATION
A eaching case s udy on use -cen e ed ansla ion
Ty i Suojanen
Uni e si y o Tampe e, Finland
Kaisa Koskinen
Uni e si y o Eas e n Finland, Finland
Tiina Tuominen
Uni e si y o Tampe e, Finland
As p o essional communica ion needs a e inc easingly mul ilingual, he me ging o
ansla o and echnical communica o oles has been p edic ed. Howe e , i may be
mo e ad an ageous o hese wo p o essional g oups o inc ease coope a ion. This
means lea ning o iden i y and app ecia e hei dis inc bu mu ually complemen a y co e
compe encies. Since bo h p o essions sha e he ideology o being he use ’s ad oca e,
usabili y is a common denomina o ha can unc ion as a ocal poin o collabo a ion.
While many ansla ion heo ies ocus on he eade and he a ge con ex , usabili y
me hods ha e no adi ionally been a pa o ansla o aining. An inno a ion called
Use -Cen e ed T ansla ion (UCT), which is a model based on usabili y and use -cen e ed
design, is in ended o help ansla o s speak he same language as echnical
communica o s, and i o e s conc e e usabili y ools which ha e been missing om
ansla ion heo ies. In his eaching case s udy, we discuss he eaching o ou UCT
me hods: pe sonas, he implied eade , heu is ic e alua ion, and usabili y es ing. We
desc ibe ou eaching expe iences, analyze s uden eedback on all ou , and epo on
he implemen a ion o a s uden assignmen on heu is ics. This case s udy sugges s ways
in which UCT can o m an impo an nexus o p o essional skills and mul ip o essional
collabo a ion.
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Keywo ds
. Mul ip o essional collabo a ion, Technical communica ion, T ansla o aining,
Usabili y, Use -cen e ed ansla ion.
A con empo a y wo kplaces, ansla o s and echnical communica o s o en wo k
on he same p ojec s, and hey ace simila ypes o challenges du ing he ex
p oduc ion p ocess. These challenges o en en ail so called end-o - he-line
p oblems, e e ing o he ac ha ansla o s and echnical communica o s a e
b ough in o he p oduc de elopmen cycle a a la e s age, when mos key
decisions ha e al eady been made, and hey he e o e end o emain a a dis ance
om co e discussions (Suojanen e al., 2015, p. 17–18). This p oblem was
iden i ied as ea ly as 1989 by Pa icia Sulli an, bu i s ill seems o pe sis in bo h
ansla ion and echnical communica ion. The wo p o essions also sha e common
compe encies, such as he abili ies o analyse sou ce ma e ial and communica e
wi h subjec ma e expe s (Risku, 2004). Bo h p o essions aspi e o high quali y
ex s, and bo h ansla o s and echnical communica o s eel ha hey a e no
always able o op imally ca e o he end use s’ needs. As Minaco i and Veisbla
(2010) no e, bo h in he US and in Eu ope he e is “an unques ionable need o
he wo p o essions o wo k closely oge he ” (p. 763).
As business communica ion needs a e inc easingly mul ilingual by na u e,
he me ging o ansla o and echnical communica o oles has been p edic ed
(e.g., Gnecchi, Mayla h, Mous en, Sca pa, and Vandepi e, 2011). Fu he mo e,
some ansla ion schola s ha e exp essed he need o in oduce new compe encies,
beyond hose ha adi ional ansla ion cu icula ha e o e ed (Gouadec, 2007),
and o encou age c oss- aining p ac ices by including echnical communica ion in
ansla o aining p og ams (By ne, 2006). Likewise, ecen su eys epo ed by
Gnecchi e al. (2011, p. 178) sugges ha p o essional/ echnical/scien i ic
communica ion (PTSC) cu icula con ain ansla ion and localiza ion cou ses as
well as w i ing cou ses ha ocus on plain language, usabili y, and s uc u ed
w i ing. The esul s o hei su eys also indica e ha ansla ion cu icula should
con ain cou ses on managing ansla ion/mul ilingual PTSC p ojec s. We ag ee
wi h Gnecchi e al.’s (2011, p. 179) no ion ha he e is a need o u he s udy
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on he cu en ends and o o ecas ing u u e de elopmen s. We also hink ha ,
a his s age, i is necessa y o y ou di e en app oaches in ansla o aining.
In his pape , we epo on a eaching case whe e cou se con en amilia
om echnical communica ion has been a ge ed speci ically a ansla ion
s uden s. We a e sea ching o ways o he wo p o essions o enhance hei
coope a ion and unde s anding o each o he ’s expe ise. Since bo h p o essions
sha e he ideology o being he use ’s ad oca e, usabili y is a common
denomina o ha can unc ion as a ocal poin o collabo a ion. Howe e , while
echnical communica o s a e adi ionally ained o use di e en me hods o
enhance he usabili y o documen a ion, use -o ien a ion is much mo e di use in
ansla o aining. While many ansla ion heo ies (skopos heo y in pa icula )
also ocus on he eade and he a ge con ex (Suojanen e al., 2015, p. 40–47),
usabili y me hods ha e no adi ionally been a pa o he ansla o ’s compe ence
no ha e hey been included in ansla o aining.
Since 2009, we ha e been in ol ed in designing and conduc ing cou ses
wi h a usabili y ocus o ansla ion s uden s. Ou pedagogical inno a ions a e
based on a no el, usabili y-based app oach o ansla ion called Use -Cen ed
T ansla ion (UCT). Ou aim has been o enhance s uden s’ p o essional skills and
collabo a i e compe encies o wo king in mul ip o essional eams. These cou ses
ha e aken a numbe o shapes and hey ha e been—and a e being—o e ed in
se e al Finnish uni e si ies.
Use -cen ed ansla ion, which is he hea o ou eaching case, is de ined
as ollows: “In use -cen e ed ansla ion, in o ma ion abou use s is ga he ed
i e a i ely h oughou he p ocess and h ough di e en me hods, and his
in o ma ion is used o c ea e a usable ansla ion” (Suojanen e al., 2015, p. 4). An
i e a i e p ocess means ha use s a e analysed and usabili y is e alua ed h ough
ecu si e usabili y esea ch me hods, which can be used a di e en s ages o he
p ocess as needed. A he beginning, a de ailed speci ica ion is d a ed oge he
wi h he commissione . The speci ica ion con ains in o ma ion conce ning he
expec ed usabili y a ge s o he ansla ion (e.g., s yle, e minology, eadabili y),
in ended a ge audience, and UCT me hods o be used. The speci ica ion is
impo an , because he inished ansla ion will be e alua ed agains he
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speci ica ion, no some ideal o a pe ec ma ch be ween he sou ce ex and he
a ge ex . To achie e a usable ou come, he speci ica ion needs o include
in o ma ion abou he a ge ed eade s and he desi ed unc ions o he
ansla ion.
Rubin and Chisnell (2008) o e he ollowing de ini ion o usabili y,
which is he co e concep behind he UCT model: “when a p oduc o se ice is
uly usable, he use can do wha he o she wan s o do he way he o she expec s
o be able o do i , wi hou hind ance, hesi a ion, o ques ions” (p. 4). Du ing he
ansla ion p ocess i sel , a a ie y o usabili y me hods can be used. In ou
publica ions, we ha e, so a , discussed he ollowing usabili y me hods:
• men al models (pe sona, in a ex ual eade posi ions, including he
implied eade , and audience design)
• heu is ic e alua ion
• empi ical usabili y me hods (including usabili y es ing)
• ecep ion esea ch (Suojanen e al., 2015, p. 3–6).
In his eaching case s udy, we will epo on ou expe iences in eaching use -
cen ed ansla ion, wi h pa icula emphasis on discussing how i can enhance
ansla ion s uden s’ p o essional skills and compe encies o mul ip o essional
collabo a ion. The need o collabo a ion ob iously ex ends beyond he
neighbou ing p o ession o echnical communica ion, bu in his a icle we ocus
on he wo p o essions. We sugges ha a use -cen ed app oach o ansla ion
can os e a sha ed amewo k o unde s anding ha acili a es coope a ion
be ween ansla o s and echnical communica o s.
Da a
We ha e augh use -cen ed ansla ion in specialized UCT cou ses, and
indi idual me hods included in he UCT model ha e also been in oduced in o
egula ansla ion cou ses. F om ou expe iences, we ha e selec ed he ollowing
me hods o be discussed in his eaching case s udy: he pe sona and he implied
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eade as examples o men al models, heu is ic e alua ion, and usabili y es ing.
We will sha e ou eaching expe iences om a ious cou ses ha ha e aken place
be ween 2009 and 2015. In addi ion, we will use ecen s uden eedback (n = 18)
ob ained on a cou se en i led Use -Cen e ed T ansla ion held a he Uni e si y o
Tampe e in he sp ing o 2015, and s uden assignmen s (n = 38) om a ious
cou se con ex s du ing he academic yea 2014–2015.1
In he s uden eedback, we asked s uden s o commen on each o he
UCT me hods in oduced in he cou se. The eedback has been used in he
sec ions o his a icle conce ning pe sonas, he implied eade , and usabili y
es ing. The discussion on heu is ics, in u n, epo s on an analysis o he s uden
assignmen s in which he s uden s pe o med a heu is ic e alua ion o a ansla ed
ex and hen e lec ed and ga e eedback on his expe ience. The la e da a se
o igina es om di e en cou se con ex s augh by ou sel es, by o he eache s,
and in di e en uni e si ies.
Usabili y Me hods in T ansla o T aining
Fo each o he me hods p esen ed below, we will i s b ie ly desc ibe he
me hod, hen explain how he me hod has been and can be augh , and sha e bo h
ou main obse a ions as well as he s uden s’ iews. Finally, we will discuss he
bene i s and po en ial isks o each in e e ence o de eloping skills o
mul ip o essional communica ion.
Pe sona
De ining he a ge audience is one o he c ucial poin s o a ansla ion p ocess.
One o he me hods wi h which ansla o s can pinpoin hei eade (s) is he use
o a pe sona. Pe sonas a e ic i e a che ypes o use s: a pe sona has a name,
backg ound, and pe sonali y. A pe sona can be in en ed, bu mo e o en i is
1 In acco dance wi h na ional e hical equi emen s, w i en in o med consen has been ob ained
om all s uden s whose assignmen s and eedback a e used in his eaching case, and he
s uden s’ anonymi y is p o ec ed.

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based on empi ical in o ma ion on eal use s. Some imes i is necessa y o c ea e
se e al pe sonas o mee he demands o a ied a ge audiences (Suojanen e al.,
2015, p. 70).2
When using pe sonas in a class oom con ex , we usually di ide s uden s
in o small g oups and p esen hem wi h a ansla ion scena io o ask hem o
c ea e one hemsel es. We hen ask hem o design a pe sona o he u u e eade
o he ansla ion. Finally, s uden s a e asked o conside wha ansla ion
s a egies would sui his pa icula pe sona bes . The g oup w i es down ea u es
and d aws a pic u e o hei pe sona on a lip cha and p esen s he pe sona o he
whole g oup. We ind ha mos o en he pe sonas a e ealis ic and li e-like, and
only a ely do he s uden s c ea e an unimaginable pe sona, which would no be
use ul in he ac ual ansla ion wo k.
S uden s ha e been able o g asp he idea o pe sonas qui e easily, and
hei gene al eedback on he use o pe sonas has been p edominan ly posi i e. O
he 18 cou se eedback esponses, only h ee exp essed exclusi ely nega i e
a i udes, while se en made a posi i e e alua ion and i e ound bo h posi i e and
nega i e aspec s in he use o pe sonas. One did no commen on hem a all, and
wo desc ibed pe sonas in a neu al ashion. Those s uden s whose e alua ions
we e posi i e ound pe sonas un and handy, ligh and agile, easy o lea n, and
meaning ul. Fo example, one s uden s a ed ha “ he pe sona helps me
unde s and in a somehow mo e conc e e way wha he a ge audience o he
ansla ion will be.”3 Ano he commen ed ha a pe sona is “a un way o cla i ying
he a ge audience, does no eel as hea y and labo ious as many analysis models.”
The pe sona conc e izes he a ge audience and helps o ind ansla ion
solu ions. Many s uden s ound ha he pe sona is pa icula ly sui able o long
p ojec s, o epea ed ansla ions o he same gen e, when ansla ing ex s o he
same clien , and in eams as a good kick-o o a p ojec .
2 Fo an example o pe sonas, see Suojanen e al., 2015, p. 8–10.
3 All ansla ions o he di ec quo a ions om s uden eedback a e by he au ho s.
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Those s uden s whose eedback was nega i e ound he pe sona o be
a i icial, oo limi ing, and s e eo ypical. One s uden commen ed: “I am bo he ed
by he hough ha I am limi ing my w i ing by choosing a s e eo ype o whom I
am w i ing my ex .” One s uden men ioned ha he pe sona is sui able only
when he a ge audience is al eady somewha limi ed. In addi ion, a ansla o
migh make an e o o judgemen and gene alize oo much; wha happens i he
pe sona ails? Ano he s uden men ioned ha he pe sona needs o be
complemen ed wi h some hing else so ha i is no jus he ansla o ’s
imp ession. This commen indica es a po en ially common mispe cep ion ha
needs o be cla i ied in eaching: in he class oom he pe sona may o en be a
igmen o imagina ion, bu in eal li e he pe sona should always be con i med
wi h da a abou eal eade s.
The pe sona seems o be an in ui i e me hod and easy o adop : we ha e
disco e ed ha once in oduced o he idea, s uden s ans e he use o pe sonas
o o he cou ses, oo. The eedback also suppo s his, as se e al s uden s epo ed
ha hey would make use o pe sonas in he u u e. Pe sonas hus appea o be a
good poin o con ac be ween echnical communica o s and ansla o s, as
echnical communica o s a e al eady accus omed o using pe sonas egula ly in
hei wo k. Pe sonas can also be c ea ed in mul ip o essional dialogue, o boos
eam spi i , and bo h p o essional g oups can use he same pe sonas in hei wo k,
hus adding consis ency in ex p oduc ion. In addi ion, he c ea ion o pe sonas
may help highligh he need o ha e new pe sonas o new a ge languages, and
new kinds o ex s o mee hei needs. Technical communica o s may also ha e
access o use da a ha ansla o s can bene i om in c ea ing hei pe sonas.
Implied eade
Ano he me hod o de e mining he a ge audience is he implied eade , which
e e s o eade posi ions buil in o ex s. In o he wo ds, implied eade s a e
assumed eade s o whom w i e s a ge hei ex s (Suojanen e al., 2015, p. 63).
Implied eade s can be disco e ed by analyzing a numbe o ea u es in he ex ,
such as he ways he eade is being add essed, o p esupposi ions which e eal
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some o he eade ’s pe sonal cha ac e is ics and he expec ed le el o he eade ’s
p e ious knowledge. As an example, le us ake a look a he ollowing sho
ex ac o a blog ex : “Ha e you pu on weigh du ing he Ch is mas holidays? I
ha e!” (Walls öm, 2005). In his case, he implied eade comes om a
backg ound whe e Ch is mas is celeb a ed, is a luen enough o ha e
o e indulged o e he holidays, has issues wi h sel -image, and is po en ially mo e
likely o be emale han male. In addi ion, he w i e has c ea ed a sense o
amilia i y and lack o dis ance by e e ing o supposedly sha ed expe iences and
a i udes.
In he class oom con ex , s uden s a e asked o ind a sou ce ex and i s
ansla ion, and analyze he eade posi ions ha he ex s con ain. The s uden s
should examine wha kind o an implied eade he cha ac e is ics o he ex s
sugges and whe he he sou ce ex and he ansla ion exhibi di e ences in
e ms o hei implied eade s, and why ha may be so. Al e na i ely, s uden s can
be asked o selec ei he a ansla ion o a sou ce ex and analyze i s implied
eade (s).
As wi h he pe sona, s uden s’ a i udes owa d he use o he implied
eade ha e been e y posi i e. In he cou se eedback, hi een s uden s exp essed
exclusi ely posi i e a i udes, while wo s a ed bo h posi i e and nega i e iews,
and h ee desc ibed he me hod in a neu al ashion. None o he s uden s
exp essed only nega i e commen s abou he implied eade . The s uden s
desc ibed he me hod as un o use and in e es ing, and hey ound i use ul. One
s uden e lec ed on he su p ises ha he analysis migh p oduce: “I is bo h un
and con using o cons uc an implied eade , because one can ind peculia
eade s wi hin ex s. The implied eade is an e icien aid in ecognizing he
w i e ’s a i udes, s yle, ypical exp essions and ways o handling opics.” The
implied eade was conside ed pa icula ly use ul in cases whe e he speci ica ion
does no p o ide much backg ound abou he a ge audience and when he
eade s in he sou ce and a ge ex s a e assumed o be simila .
Many s uden s el ha hey in ui i ely al eady hink abou he eade , bu
he implied eade exe cise made hem mo e awa e o how he eade is e lec ed
in ex s. Fu he mo e, hey el ha i ac s as a use ul eminde o he po en ial
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di e ence be ween he eade o whom hey hink hey a e ansla ing and he
pe son o whom hey ac ually end up ansla ing. In addi ion o iden i ying he
w i e ’s a i udes, s yle and ypical exp essions, he implied eade was also seen o
be a sui able ool o examining and e alua ing one’s own a i udes and
endencies. While many s uden s epo ed plans o using he me hod in he
u u e, many also said ha hey would no use i sys ema ically bu ha hey
migh u n o i in si ua ions whe e he a ge audience is especially ague.
While pe sonas can be conside ed a me hod mo e amilia o echnical
communica o s bu easily communica ed o ansla o s as well, he implied eade
may be mo e democ a ic in e ms o p e ious exposu e: bo h ansla ion s udies
and echnical communica ion li e a u e ha e employed concep s such as he
implied eade in discussions conce ning in a ex ual eade posi ions (Suojanen
e al., 2015, p. 66–68). This me hod also holds g ea po en ial o enhanced
cul u al usabili y, as discussed by Suojanen, Koskinen and Tuominen (2015,
p. 19–25). Fo example, in mul ilingual p ojec s, ansla o s o all a ge languages
can be asked o analyze he sou ce ma e ial p oduced by echnical communica o s.
This analysis o he sou ce ex ’s implied eade can e eal di e en in e p e a ions
o assumed p e ious knowledge, expec ed a i udes and li es yles, and p ojec ed
socie al hie a chy le els, o name jus a ew in e es ing po en ial esul s. This kind
o de ailed eedback would allow a mu ual lea ning oppo uni y o echnical
communica o s and ansla o s a uned o di e en cul u al con ex s.
Heu is ic E alua ion
In addi ion o men al models such as pe sona and implied eade , ansla o s can
make use o ano he agile me hod, namely heu is ic e alua ion, o e alua e he
usabili y o hei ex s. Heu is ics a e usabili y guidelines o p inciples, basic ules
o humb, and he e alua ion is pe o med by expe s—no he end use s.
Heu is ics a e being used in i e a i e p oduc de elopmen : he p oduc is
e alua ed epea edly, p oblems a e ixed and he ollowing e alua ion ounds a e
used o make su e ha he p oblems no longe exis (Kuu i, 2003, p. 47–49).
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Mo e speci ically, we looked a he in e ace be ween ansla o s and echnical
communica o s.
F om a eache ’s iewpoin , using he me hods o pe sona, implied eade ,
heu is ic e alua ion, and usabili y es ing has been a conc e e and hands-on
expe ience, s imula ing in-dep h discussions wi h s uden s on ansla o s’
compe encies, abili ies, limi a ions, and bounda ies. The s uden s’ o e all esponse
o he me hods has been highly posi i e: he assignmen s we e ound o be
in e es ing and di e en — un e en—and he majo i y el ha hey would be
use ul when examining he a ge audience o a ansla ion and in p oducing an
app op ia e ansla ion o ha audience.
Howe e , he s uden s ended o ocus on he usabili y o hese me hods
om he pe spec i e o he ansla o only, a he han en ision a collabo a i e
con ex in which hey would be wo king side by side wi h o he p o essionals such
as echnical communica o s. They also exp essed some skep icism abou he
use ulness o he me hods, and wi h ega d o heu is ic e alua ion, he heu is ics
had some usabili y p oblems. Abo e all, he skep icism add essed he
oppo uni ies o ansla o s o ac ually ake ad an age o hese me hods in he
hec ic ansla ion indus y. I may well be he case ha he s uden s’ ision o hei
u u e ole as subcon ac o s in he ansla ion indus y p e en ed hem om
seeing po en ial collabo a i e wo k con ex s, whe e usabili y is no an add-on bu
a he an in eg al pa o he se -up. Bu s uden s may also al eady ha e accep ed
he end-o - he-line p oblem as he unques ioned s a us quo.
One eason o hese p oblems migh be ha he pe spec i e o
mul ip o essional collabo a ion and ue eam membe ship has emained oo
implici in he eaching sessions. Al hough he imp o emen o ansla o s’
p o essional collabo a ion skills has been one d i ing o ce behind he
de elopmen o he UCT model, he need o ocus on he p ac ical applica ion o
hese new me hods has led o a lack o anspa ency o i s mo e me a-le el
objec i es. In he u u e, we need o be mo e explici in communica ing and
discussing he aims o he UCT model wi h ega d o i s in e aces o o he
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So a , he UCT model and some o he me hods ha e been es ed
p ima ily in academic se ings, al hough some indus y cases exis (see O a a,
2013), and we ha e also ecei ed some indus y eedback. The nex s ep is o
sc u inize he model and i s me hods in eal-li e scena ios, o de elop hem
i e a i ely o i di e en ypes o indus y si ua ions, and o b ing ha knowledge
back in o he class oom. P ima y indus y conce ns include he cos s and bene i s
o in oducing UCT in o a business en i onmen . This wo y is also echoed by
s uden s. Howe e , a leas in use -in e ace design, usabili y me hods ha e been
shown o gi e posi i e e u ns on in es men (Ma cus, 2004). We expec simila
esul s when usabili y me hods a e applied in ansla ion.
F om he iewpoin o in e na ional p o essional communica ion, UCT
and i s me hods help ansla o s speak he same language as echnical
communica o s, de elope s, and enginee s, and i o e s conc e e ools ha ha e
been missing om ansla ion heo ies. We belie e ha once ansla o s adop
hese ools, hey will be be e p epa ed o ne wo k, ake hei expe posi ion
alongside o he p o essions in in e na ional communica ion con ex s, and p o ide
a aluable con ibu ion. ■
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Abou he au ho s
Ty i Suojanen is senio lec u e and head o he Technical Communica ions
P og amme a he Uni e si y o Tampe e, Finland. She is he coau ho o Use -
Cen e ed T ansla ion (Rou ledge 2015) oge he wi h Kaisa Koskinen and Tiina
Tuominen. He esea ch in e es s include echnical communica ion his o y, he o ic,
use ins uc ions as gen e and use -cen e ed ansla ion.
Email. y i.suojanen@u a. i
Con ac .
Ty i Suojanen
School o Language, T ansla ion and Li e a y S udies
33014 Uni e si y o Tampe e
Finland
Kaisa Koskinen is p o esso o ansla ion s udies a he Uni e si y o Eas e n Finland
in Joensuu. She is he au ho o se e al monog aphs, including Use -Cen e ed
T ansla ion (Rou ledge 2015) oge he wi h Ty i Suojanen and Tiina Tuominen.
He cu en esea ch in e es s include he concep o ansla o ial ac ion, as well as
ansla ion, use expe ience and a ec .
Email. kai[email p o ec ed]
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Con ac .
Kaisa Koskinen
P o esso o T ansla ion S udies
Uni e si y o Eas e n Finland
PO Box 111
80101 JOENSUU
Finland
Tiina Tuominen is he ac ing p o esso o ansla ion s udies (English–Finnish) a
he Uni e si y o Tampe e, Finland. He PhD hesis (2012) in es iga es he ecep ion
o sub i led ilms. She is he coau ho o Use -Cen e ed T ansla ion (Rou ledge
2015) oge he wi h Ty i Suojanen and Kaisa Koskinen. He esea ch in e es s
include audio isual ansla ion, ecep ion esea ch and use -cen e ed ansla ion.
Email. iina.k. uominen@u a. i
Con ac .
Tiina Tuominen
School o Language, T ansla ion and Li e a y S udies
33014 Uni e si y o Tampe e
Finland
Manusc ip ecei ed Ap il 23, 2015; e ised July 24, 2015; accep ed Sep embe 7,
2015.