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School of Applied Language & Intercultural Studies

Dr
Mary
Phelan

Primary Department
School of Applied Language & Intercultural Studies
Role
Academic Staff
Mary Phelan
Phone number: 01 700
5788
Campus
Glasnevin Campus
Room Number
C2123

Academic biography

Mary Phelan is Associate Professor in the School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies (SALIS). She was the chairperson of the Association of Translators and Interpreters Ireland (atii.ie) from October 2013 to October 2025.

Dr Phelan's publications include a co-authored book Ethics in Public Service Interpreting (Routledge 2020), a monograph Irish Speakers, Interpreters and the Courts 1754-1921 (Four Courts Press 2019), a journal article 'Literary Portrayals of Court Interpreters and Irish Speakers in the long Nineteenth Century' in Translation Studies (2020), and a book chapter 'Consuls and other Interpreters in Cork Harbour, Ireland' in Translating in Town: Local Translation Policies during the European 19th Century (Bloomsbury 2020). 
Dr Phelan's research is in the field of Translation Studies, particularly historical provision of court interpreters and contemporary provision of interpreters in courts, police stations, hospitals and other settings. 

Research interests

Mary Phelan's research is in the field of Translation Studies, particularly historical provision of court interpreters and contemporary provision of interpreters in courts, police stations, hospitals and other settings. She is interested in the history of interpreting, current interpreter provision, standards, ethical issues. Other interests are translation and interpreting policy, translators’ status and working conditions.
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