Olga García-Caro Alcázar
Associate Lecturer
Associate Lecturer
DSC | School of Global, Urban and Social Studies
Social and Global Studies Centre (SGSC)
Email: olga.garcia-caro@rmit.edu.au
Campus: Melbourne City
LANG1219 - Discourse Studies for Translators and Interpreters
LANG1269 - Interpreting Certification Practice 1
LANG1388 - Specialised Community Interpreting
- ORCID
DSC | School of Global, Urban and Social Studies
Social and Global Studies Centre (SGSC)
Email: olga.garcia-caro@rmit.edu.au
Campus: Melbourne City
LANG1219 - Discourse Studies for Translators and Interpreters
LANG1221 - Ethics and Professional Issues
LANG1269 - Interpreting Certification Practice 1
LANG1388 - Specialised Community Interpreting
- ORCID
Olga teaches in the Master of Translating and Interpreting and coordinates the following courses:
Olga also develops training in domestic violence settings as part of the Interpreting courses.
Olga is an active NAATI certified Spanish interpreter and translator. She works in community settings and has extensive experience in medical/health and mental health interpreting as well as social services including those responding to domestic violence and child protection.
She collaborates with the translating and interpreting industry and stakeholders in her academic role. She has also worked closely with domestic violence organisations in relation to interpreting practice in these settings and as a consultant for submissions to the Royal Commission into Family Violence from which 6 recommendations pertaining to interpreting were made.
Olga is a member of the Australian Institute of Translators and Interpreters (AUSIT), Women's Health West (WHW) and Domestic Violence Victoria (DV Vic).
She is also involved in the delivery of professional development training for translators & interpreters across Australia such as: Family Violence Training, AUSIT Tasmania Branch and sponsored by Communities Tasmania.
Olga is currently completing a PhD in the field of Interpreting in Domestic Violence service settings which aims at exploring experiences of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse women victims of domestic violence, service providers and interpreters. Olga is interested in the development of specialised training for interpreters practising in this area of work.
Community Interpreting, Domestic Violence Interpreting, Feminist Studies, Medical and Mental Health Interpreting, Translation, Ethics, Domestic Violence, Migrant and Refugee Women Studies
Publications
Projects
Awards
Violence Against Women, 22, 1305 - 1325
Norma, C.,Garcia-Caro, O. (2016).
Translation Studies, 16(1), 134–159.
Susam-Saraeva, Ş., Acosta Vicente, C., Carvalho Fonseca, L., García-Caro, O., Martínez-Pagán, B., Montero, F., & Yañez, G. (2023).
Educating Community Interpreters and Translators in Unprecedented Times, (3), pp.53-74 Springer
Gonzalez Garcia, E.,Norma, C.,García-Caro, O. (2023).
Funded by the National Ethnic Disability Alliance (NEDA)
Co-investigator
2021 - 2024
Olga's research was granted the Carolyn Allport Scholarship in feminist studies for the contribution to identifying what specialist training is needed to better meet the needs of women, service providers and interpreters in domestic violence service settings.
$15,000
Award date: 2015 - 2017
Recipients: Olga García-Caro Alcázar
Award date: 2023
Recipients: Olga García-Caro Alcázar
Acknowledgement of Country
RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.
Acknowledgement of Country
RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business.