Sylvi Rennert

Mag. Dr. Sylvi Rennert (u:cris) is a lecturer and researcher at the Centre for Translation Studies of the University of Vienna and has 15 years of experience as a conference, public service and diplomatic interpreter for German, English, Finnish and Spanish.

Her research interests are didactics and quality of interpreting, particularly in dialogic settings. She was a researcher in the FWF project Quality in Simultaneous Interpreting (2008-2010) and most recently postdoctoral researcher and project coordinator for the DG Justice project TransLaw (2018-2019), where she helped develop and implement Transcultural Law Clinics.

Her first monograph, Redeflüssigkeit und Dolmetschqualität. Wirkung und Bewertung, was published in 2019. She has also published a number of papers in journals and publications in the field of Interpreting Studies, including a contribution to the Routledge Encyclopedia of Interpreting Studies, and has been a reviewer for various journals in the field.