Марија Тодорова

Marija TODOROVA completed a PhD in English Language and Literature at the Hong Kong Baptist University’s Translation Program, as well as a PhD in Peace and Development Studies at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje. She published several research monographs and edited volumes, as well as a number of articles in refereed academic journals, on topics related to interpreters’ role in conflict zones, intercultural encounter, and translating for children.

She has worked for several major international organizations including UNHCR, UNDP, OSCE, DfID, etc.

She has translated over a dozen works of literature, including books by J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Philip K. Dick, Eoin Colfer, and Dick King-Smith, and received the National Translation Prize in 2007. As part of a collaborative team she has translated Macedonia, Bosnian and Serbian poetry into Chinese.

Native in Macedonian, she works with English, Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin and Serbian. She also has a basic command of Albanian, Spanish, German, French and spoken Cantonese.

Todorova has been an Executive Council member of IATIS since 2010, and Chair of the IATIS Outreach Comittee since 2020. She is also an editor at New Voices in Translation Studies.

1. Crises communication

2. Translation and interpreting in conflict and conflict-related settings

3. Translation and interpreting for asylum seekers and refugees

4. Children's and young adult literature