Simone Uran, BA MA

University Assistant (predoctoral)

Main research areas

Legal interpreting
Public service interpreting
Interpreting in prison settings
Translation and migration

Simone Uran is a predoctoral University Assistant at the Centre for Translation Studies at the University of Vienna. Her PhD project examines communication and translation in asylum appeal hearings at the Austrian Federal Administrative Court (Bundesverwaltungsgericht) in Vienna. She studied Transcultural Communication (BA) and Translation (MA) at the University of Vienna and the University of Bologna, graduating with an MA in Translation specialising in Conference Interpreting. Her working languages are German, English, and Italian. Alongside her academic work, she is also a freelance interpreter and translator for German, English, and Italian, and delivers workshops on legal interpreting.

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Simone Uran (she/her)

BA MA

Department for Translation Studies, Kolingasse 14-16, 1090 Wien, Room 04.36

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Publications

Kadric M , Uran S, Braunesberger A. Kommunikation in superdiversen Haftanstalten: Verständigung im Zusammenspiel von Bediensteten, Inhaftierten und technischen Hilfsmitteln. In Viljanmaa A, Kivilehto M, editors, Typographie, Translation und vieles mehr: Festschrift zum 80. Geburtstag von Jürgen F. Schopp. Tampere. 2026. p. 231-248

Uran S. Aus der Wissenschaft: Universitas Mitteilungsblatt 1/2024. 2024. 11 p.

Uran S. Aus der Wissenschaft. Sprachliches Handeln und translatorische Didaktik. Universitas Mitteilungsblatt. 2024;Aus der Wissenschaft(2024/1):3.

Uran S. Der Einsatz von automatischer Spracherkennung und Speech-to-Text Software beim Simultandolmetschen. Universitas Mitteilungsblatt. 2023;(3/2023):19-21.

Kadric M , Rennert S , Uran S, Kregsamer S. Memorisierungsstrategien im Dolmetschprozess: Thesen, Techniken, Tools. 1 ed. Wien : Facultas, 2023. 152 p. (Basiswissen Translation).

Activities

Between improvisation and technology: Exploring multimodal prison communication

Simone Uran

7th International Conference on Non-Professional Interpreting & Translation

Conference, Talk or oral contribution

16.5.2026

NPIT in Austria – Young researchers and their commitment to society

Simone Uran

7th International Conference on Non-Professional Interpreting & Translation

Conference, Talk or oral contribution

15.5.2026

Round table: NPIT in Austria – Young researchers and their commitment to society

Ines Buchegger , Azar Najafi Marboyeh , Anna Sourdille , Marie Tschurtschenthaler , Simone Uran , Christina Hochfellner

7th International Conference on Non-Professional Interpreting & Translation

Conference, Talk or oral contribution

15.5.2026

Dolmetschen im Dialog: Perspektiven aus Forschung, Ausbildung und Praxis

Sonja Pöllabauer , Mira Kadric , Simone Uran , Anna Sourdille , Laura Andrea González Figueroa , Jana Corinna Werres , Christina Pritz , Matthias Kerber , Annika Bergunde , Florika Griessner , Wolfgang Salm , Daniela Huber-Henseler , Klaus Hofstätter

Dolmetschen im Dialog: Perspektiven aus Forschung,
Ausbildung und Praxis

Panel discussion, round table, Organisation of ...

2.3.2026