• A middle-aged woman wearing a blue jumpsuit with beige polka dots standing on a staircase. She smiles at the camera and leans against the metal railing of a ramp that runs up the stairs. It is Judith Platter. The staircase is the Thurnstiege, with accessible ramps in Vienna's 9th district.
  • A middle-aged woman wearing a blue pantsuit with beige polka dots stands in the middle of a staircase. She smiles at the camera and leans against the metal railing of a ramp that runs up the stairs. It is Judith Platter. The staircase is the Thurnstiege, with accessible ramps in Vienna's 9th district.

Judith Platter

Contact

judith.platter@saccessible.eu

+43 664 2200614

Publications

Academic, researcher, lecturer, speaker, author, brainstormer, language enthusiast, born in 1980

For me, accessible communication means communicating on equal terms in all situations. Communication that is diverse, inclusive and appreciative.

In my work, I am dedicated to writing texts that get to the heart of things and are understandable and accessible at the same time, and to organising accessible events that leave a lasting impression.  

More details about my qualifications and what I do:

  • Studied translation/interpreting in Italian, English and French at the University of Vienna and the University of Trieste. Completed doctoral studies at the University of Vienna. Studied German as a foreign language at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich and the Goethe Institute.
  • Certified speech-to-text interpreter, sworn and court-certified interpreter and translator
  • Lecturer at the Centre for Translation Studies at the University of Vienna and at the Institute for Theoretical and Applied Translation Studies at the University of Graz
  • Ongoing training and lecturing activities and publications on professional and translation theory aspects in the field of accessible communication
  • Member of the Vienna Interpreting Research Group
  • Member of the Scientific Committee of the 6th European Conference of Speech-to-Text Interpreters ECOS2022 Vienna and the 6th International Conference on Live Subtitling and Speech-To-Text Interpreting ICoLS
  • Member of Universitas Austria – Professional Association for Interpreting and Translating, Universitas-certified interpreter and translator
  • Member of the Federal Association of Interpreters and Translators (BDÜ)
  • Member of the European Society of Translation Studies (EST)
  • Founding member and current chairperson of the Austrian Association for Speech-to-Text Interpreting (ÖSDV)
  • Board member of the Regional Center Europe and member of the ‘AI and Ethics’ working group of FIT, the international federation of professional translation associations
  • Member of the Austrian Association for German as a Foreign/Second Language (ÖDaF)
  • Member of Committees 33 (terminology) and 239 (language services) of the Austrian Standards Institute
  • Member of the Austrian-Mongolian Society OTSCHIR
  • Recipient of the Universitas Austria 2024 Certificate of Recognition for efforts in the field of accessible communication
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