About Roxana
I am a…
Atheist, Concerned citizen, Educator/Teacher, Foodie, Photographer, Single, World traveler, Writer/Editor
Bio
B.A. in Italian from UCLA
M.A. in Spanish Linguistics from UAQ (Querétaro, Mexico)
Ph.D. in Spanish Philology from UAB (Barcelona, Spain)
Lived 18 years in Bologna, Italy working as a language instructor (English & Spanish) and translator: Italian to English and Spanish.
Currently teaching translation courses at UABC (Tijuana, BC Mexico).
Published a dictionary of Spanish slang and dialect in 2011 (Diccionario de coloquialismos y términos dialectales del español); published a minidictionary of Mexican Spanish slang in 2022 (Minidiccionario coloquial de México y agenda perpetua).
Have a podcast called 'Un idioma con sabor' on non-standard Spanish.
I'm passionate about
Languages (the ones I speak), photography, art, travel, translation, writing (I mean handwriting), human and animal rights, environmental protection, music, psychology, good nutrition.
An idea worth spreading
Dialect awareness for those who speak a pluricentric language such as Spanish, French, English, Portuguese... but I can only speak for Spanish.
One of the major issues with translations is that the translator is unaware certain words are only used in their dialect of Spanish and they may cause misunderstandings.
Areas of expertise
Communication, Lexicography, Linguistics, Translation from English to Spanish, Translation from Italian to English, Translation from Italian to Spanish, Translation from Spanish to English
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