Effrossyni (Effie) Fragkou

Effrossyni (Effie) Fragkou is an Associate Lecturer with the Faculty of the English Language and Literature of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She holds a BA in French Language and Literature (NKUA), a Master’s Degree in professional translation (Université Marc Bloch de Strasbourg), a Master’s degree in translation theory at York University, (Canada), and a Doctorate degree in translation studies (University of Ottawa). She is a trained community interpreter and a teacher and course developer of the online healthcare interpreting (EN <> FR) course in the Master’s in Conference Interpreting Program of York University, Glendon College (Canada) and the Master in Translation and Interpreting of the Faculty of English Language and Literature at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She is the co-editor of the forthcoming Handbook of Research on Medical Interpreting and appointed National Expert for Greece at the ISO/TC 37/SC 5 for developing and implementing standards in medical interpreting. She participates actively in conferences, in Greece and abroad, and publishes her research on translation, retranslation, and medical interpreting.