From professional translator to lecturer and researcher

Abstract

This testimony begins with an account of my academic training at the graduate and postgraduate levels in Europe, highlighting my PhD dissertation on the notion of adaptation, which emerged from my adaptation of Delisle’s Handbook (1980) into the French–Spanish working languages. It then offers a brief overview of my first con-ference presentations, which proved formative and inspirational for my subsequent research. My years of teaching in Venezuela and Canada were guided by two core principles—teaching by example and valuing success—as well as by a personal con-viction: the defense and promotion of high-quality French language use. Special at-tention is given to my supervisory activities and my involvement in a Montréal-based research group (www.histal.net), as well as to my experience as editor-in-chief of the journal Meta and my presidency of ACT-CATS and ACET. I then seek to illustrate the significance of my major research contributions. The testimony concludes with an overview of the theoretical and methodological models that have guided my work.