Dr Enora Lessinger
Senior Lecturer in Modern Languages and Translation
School of Education, Humanities and Languages
Role
Enora Lessinger is a Senior Lecturer in Modern Languages and Translation at Oxford Brookes University. Originally from France, she holds a master’s degree in English Studies from the École Normale Supérieure in Lyon, and a PhD in Translation Studies from the Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris. She is an avid language learner with advanced proficiency in eight languages. Enora is also a practising freelance translator, working with French, English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Hebrew.
Teaching and supervision
Modules taught
- Understanding Languages and Translation
- Translation as Intercultural Communication
- Advanced Translation Skills
- French Upper Intermediate
- French Advanced
- Spanish Intermediate
At Oxford Brookes, she teaches on the B.A. (Hons) in Applied Languages. Her teaching includes mostly advanced French (B2 & C1) and the final-year translation skills module. She also supervises final year student dissertations and is involved in study and work placements in Spain.
Research
Her research focuses mostly on literary translation, including the translation of implicitness and ambiguity in contemporary British fiction, and on the translation of gender across different languages. Other research interests include the translation of humour, audiovisual translation and Bible translation.