The Translation Center has the unusual advantage of being housed at the University of Massachusetts, the flagship university of the state of Massachusetts. Many of our translators and interpreters are university instructors or are conducting advanced research in their respective fields.
Edwin Gentzler, Ph.D., Director
The Director, Edwin Gentzler, has a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Vanderbilt University and has taught translation at universities in Holland, England, and the USA. Before coming to UMass, he was an administrator for the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa. His book, Contemporary Translation Theories (Clevedon: Multilingual Matters 2001) is widely respected in the field, and has recently been translated into Italian, Bulgarian, and Persian. He serves as coeditor (with Susan Bassnett) of the Topics in Translation Series for Multilingual Matters.
Görkem Cılam, Assistant Director
The Assistant Director, Görkem Cılam, has a BA from Mount Holyoke College in Economics and German Cultural Studies. She is fluent in Turkish, English and German. In addition to her passion for languages, she brings to the Translation Center financial expertise from her prior engagements as a business manager and a management consultant. Most recently, she became a finalist in the EntreClub / Mass Ventures Business Competition. She also works with the Five College Center for the Study of World Languages, developing a web site with language learning materials for Turkish.
Adam LaMontagne, Senior Project Manager
Senior Project Manager, IT Manager and onsite web designer, Adam LaMontagne graduated in 2004 from the University of Massachusetts Amherst with an MA in French and Translation Studies. Adam has continued his work in the field of translation, working with clients on projects of all sizes and types of technology.
Shawn Lindholm, Project Manager
Project Manager Shawn Lindholm has a BA in French from Rutgers University and has trained in conference interpretation with Professor Dan Martin at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She also speaks some Spanish and Russian and has five years of administrative experience in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Maura Talmadge, Project Manager
Maura Talmadge has a BA from Wheaton College, MA and is currently pursuing an MA in Translation Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is actively involved in translation work in Spanish and French, as well as experienced in teaching English in France. Recently she has worked as an interpreter affiliated with the Translation Center and is currently a project manager.
