Maria Sidiropoulou is Professor of Translation Studies at the Faculty of English Language and Literature, School of Philosophy, University of Athens (299/26-9-2006, Τ.Γ'). She was president of the Interuniversity and Interfaculty Co-ordinating Committee of the Translation-Translatology MA Programme of the University of Athens, in 2009-2011 and director of the Language and Linguistics Department of the Faculty of English in 2004-2006. She has taught translation courses in two postgraduate programmes. Her recent publications (books, co-/edited volumes, articles) deal with intercultural issues manifested through translation in the press, in advertising, in EU documentation, in literature, in academic discourse, on stage and screen. She is founding member of the META-FRASEIS/ΜΕΤΑ-ΦΡΑΣΕΙΣ translation Programme. http://en.metafraseis.enl.uoa.gr/maria-sidiropoulou.html