Editorial Team

Marián Kabát (Editor-in-Chief)

Marián Kabát is an assistant professor at the Department of British and American Studies, Comenius University in Bratislava. He has long been involved in the localization of software products and in new technologies in translation academically as well as practically. In addition, he also focuses on the boundaries between localization and traditional forms of translation, the training of localization, post-editing, and the use of new technologies in translation. In 2020 he was awarded the Rising Star Scholarship by GALA. He is also a member of the scientific board of CTTL-E.

 

Mária Koscelníková (Deputy Editor)

Mária Koscelníková is an assistant professor at the Department of Translation Studies, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra. She mostly researches the theory of video game localization (general and Slovak), video game criticism, video game history, and audio-visual translation in general. She successfully defended her dissertation, which was on the translation specifics of video games (planned to be published as the first comprehensive book in Slovak on the topic of video game localization). She has also published in the Journal of Internationalization and Localization. She regularly reviews publications on the topic of localization for Acta Ludologica and is an active translation practitioner.

 

Zuzana Hudáková (Editorial Assistant)

Zuzana Hudáková is a PhD student in translatology at Comenius University in Bratislava. Her research focuses on the use of artificial intelligence in translation. She studied English, Latin, and Ancient Greek, and before beginning her university studies, she worked as an English teacher. Alongside her research, she translates, proofreads, and edits English texts. She is especially interested in how the practice of translation can adapt and respond to new technologies.

 

Milan Velecký (Editorial Assistant)

Milan Velecký is a graduate of the Translation and Interpretation study program at the Comenius University in Bratislava, currently pursuing a PhD in Applied Linguistics and working both as a language teacher and a freelance language specialist. He is a passionate gamer, a die-hard nerd, and an occasional specialist in the world of technology, language and digital space.