👤📚 Meet the Translator | Prof. Dr. Saverina Pasho

🎓 Position: Lecturer–Researcher, Department of French Language, Faculty of Foreign Languages – University of Tirana
🌐 Specialization: Literary translation, legal and technical translation, interpreting, literary and translation studies

💼 Experience:
Prof. Dr. Saverina Pasho is a lecturer–researcher at the Department of French Language, Faculty of Foreign Languages, University of Tirana. She has over 30 years of experience in translation (primarily literary, but also legal and technical), interpreting, and literary and translation studies.
She has led and implemented national projects in collaboration with the National Book and Reading Centre (QKLL), the Book and Reading Centre (QBD), and publishing houses such as Dituria, Pegi, Fan Noli, and Onufri. She has also participated in international projects for training young translators, in cooperation with the French National Book Centre (CNL) and the French Embassy in Tirana, as well as within the European TRADUKI network, where she serves as an expert evaluator.

✨ Contribution:
Her most notable contribution lies in the translation of French literature, including authors such as Milan Kundera, Albert Camus, Michel Houellebecq, Romain Gary, Amélie Nothomb, and Dominique Wolton, among others, as well as numerous children’s literature titles.

🏆 Awards & Recognition:
🔹 2021 – “Translation of the Year” Award for The First Man by Albert Camus (National Book and Reading Centre)
🔹 2019 – “Best Translation of the Year” (Tirana & Prishtina Book Fair) for The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
🔹 2019 – Best Translation of French Literature Award, Embassy of France in Tirana, for The Unbearable Lightness of Being
🔹 2017 – “Translation of the Year” for The Map and the Territory by Michel Houellebecq (Akademia Kult, Tirana)
🔹 2011 – “Fan Noli – Translation of the Year” for The Possibility of an Island by Michel Houellebecq (Ministry of Culture of Albania)

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“For me, translation is not only a profession and a passion; it is a mission above all.”

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