Eugenia Loffredo

Eugenia Loffredo has been working at UEA since 2000. Previously based in the School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing, teaching literature and literary translation, she is now based in School of Media, Language and Communication Studies, teaching translation theory and practice.

In 1994, Eugenia obtained a BA in Literature and Philosophy with French (year 3 of the course spent at the University of Nantes, France) from Middlesex University, London. In 1996, she studied for an MA in Literary Translation at UEA, and in 2002, she obtained a PhD in Literary Translation. She also completed an HND in Multimedia at the School of Creative Arts, City College, Norwich, in 2006, and earned an MA in Higher Education Practice at UEA in 2021.

While studying for her PhD, Eugenia taught Italian language courses for Norfolk County Council, Adult Education Services, from 1997 until 2005, and worked as a translator from 1997 until 2002 with local translation agencies. As an associate tutor, Eugenia has been teaching in both LDC and PPL until August 2018, when she was appointed Tutor in PPL. Finally, she has worked as a supervisor and marker for the MA in ‘Translating Popular Culture’ in Department of Culture & Creative Industries, School of Arts and Social Sciences, City University, London, from 2012 until 2018.

Translation Studies (Theory and Practice)

Literary Translation

Translation,  Media and Multimedia

Intersemiotic Translation

Eco-Translation

Creative Translation and AI

My research focuses on intersemiotic translation, particularly at the intersection of creative writing, translation, and multimedia practices. I approach translation as a dynamic, cross-media process that extends beyond linguistic transfer to encompass experiential, embodied, and ecological dimensions. My current work develops eco-translation as a critical paradigm for understanding how meaning is shaped and transformed across semiotic systems, while also engaging with debates on generative AI by examining its challenges to human translation and reaffirming creativity as a fundamentally human, experiential practice.

PUBLICATIONS

2018

Loffredo, E. ’Incarnating a Poem in Images: a Semiotic Translation of “Tramonto” by Giuseppe Ungaretti’ in Translating across Sensory and Linguistic Borders: Intersemiotic Journeys between Media, Palgrave, 2018, 37-61.

2014

Loffredo, E. and M. Perteghella ‘Literary Translation as a Creative Practice in L2 Writing Pedagogies’, in D. Disney (ed) Beyond Babel: Exploring Second Language Creative Writing, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2014, 57-74.

2013

‘Poetry Translation as a Multimedia Object: an Intersemiotic Translation of Ungaretti’s “Eterno”’ in Norwich Papers, vol. 21, 2013, 87-108.

2009

Loffredo, E. and M. Perteghella (eds) (2009) One Poem in Search of a Translator: Rewriting 'Les Fenêtres' by Apollinaire, Oxford: Peter Lang.

2007

'Andrea Zanzotto, Four Poems' (translated in collaboration with others), in Constantine D. and H. Constantine (eds) Modern Poetry in Translation, series 3 number 7, 2007, 118-127.

2006

‘Translating as Cohabitation’, In Other Words, vol. 28, Norwich: British Centre for Literary Translation, 2006, 69-71.

Loffredo, E. and M. Perteghella (eds) (2006) Translation and Creativity: Perspectives on Creative Writing and Translation Studies, London/New York: Continuum Books.

‘Poetry as ‘Translational Form’: A Transgeneric Translation of Jeanne Hyvrard’s Mère la mort into English’, in Loffredo, E. and M. Perteghella (eds) Translation and Creativity: Perspectives on Creative Writing and Translation Studies, London/New York: Continuum Books, 2006, 158-172.

2003

‘The Diseased Body of Language: Translating the Female Body in Jeanne Hyvrard’s Mère la mort’, in Santaemilia J. (ed.) Género, Lenguaje y Traducción, Valencia: University of Valencia, 2003, 485-499.

1998

‘Contemporary Women’s Literature of Madness and Translation: a Comparative Analysis of Translations of Les Mots pour le dire by Marie Cardinal’, in Norwich Papers, vol.VI, Norwich: University of East Anglia, 1998, 39-52.

1997

‘An Experimental Translation of The Scriveners by Dino Buzzati’, Norwich Papers, vol.V, Norwich: University of East Anglia, 1997, 21-40.