Como lo decimos? Gramática y teoría de la traduccion

María Antonia Anderson de la Torre attended Los Andes University where she studied Literature with a focus in Latin. She then worked as an editorialist and editor of opinion at El Tiempo (Bogotá) until she moved to Madrid in 2010 to earn a Master’s degree in Journalism at CEU San Pablo University. In 2012 she moved to the United States after being accepted at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where she earned her Ph.D. in Spanish Language and Literature. She has also taken her passion for translation into her classes to prepare students as future translators and medical interpreters. Her research focuses on how the production and reception of art is affected by war, specifically during the Spanish Civil War and she is interested in the linguistic challenges presented to translators and interpreters in the Hispanic world. Since 2012, she has been an opinion columnist at El Tiempo (Bogotá) where she writes about women’s rights, Latinos and the peace process in her home country, Colombia.

Dr. Ivelisse Santiago-Stommes is a professor of Spanish at Creighton University. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Spanish and English from the University of Puerto Rico and her Doctorate from the University of Nebraska – Lincoln where she specialized in Spanish and Contemporary Latin American Literature. She teaches at every level of the curriculum, including Spanish for the professions (Business Spanish, Medical Spanish, and Beginning/Advanced Spanish translation) and literature courses focusing on the contributions of Latina Women and Caribbean women writers. She has presented at regional, national and international conferences and has published a variety of book chapters and articles in academic journals.

In addition to her work as a professor and scholar, she has more than ten years of experience as a free-lance translator in the medical and business field and she co-directs a summer study abroad program to Madrid, Spain.