María Dolores Olvera-Lobo

María Dolores Olvera-LoboMaría-Dolores Olvera-Lobo is a Doctor in Documentation, Full Professor at the Department of Information and Communication at the University of Granada (Spain) and teacher at the Faculties of Communication and Documentation, and Translation and Interpreting. She is the principal investigator of the HUM466 Research Group “Scientific Information: Access and Evaluation,” PI in national R&D&I projects financed by the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness, and in numerous teaching innovation projects at the University of Granada.Her research lines are focused on Information Retrieval, advanced systems in information retrieval, specialized documentation, Web 2.0, translators training and information resources for translators.

Publications

Handbook of Research on Using Disruptive Methodologies and Game-Based Learning to Foster Transversal Skills
Handbook of Research on Using Disruptive Methodologies and Game-Based Learning to Foster Transversal Skills
Irene Rivera-Trigueros, Abigail López-Alcarria, Diego-Pablo Ruiz-Padillo, María Dolores Olvera-Lobo, José Gutiérrez-Pérez. © 2022. 507 pages.
As new technologies and professional profiles emerge, traditional education paradigms have to be adapted to new scenarios, creating favorable conditions for promoting transversal...
Transcreation and Creativity in Higher Education: A Task-Based Learning Experience in the Undergraduate Program of Translation and Interpreting
Transcreation and Creativity in Higher Education: A Task-Based Learning Experience in the Undergraduate Program of Translation and Interpreting
Mar Díaz-Millón, Juncal Gutiérrez-Artacho, María-Dolores Olvera-Lobo. © 2022. 19 pages.
New professional profiles have recently emerged in the translation sector. Within these, transcreation is worth mentioning. Nevertheless, transcreation training is not yet...
Overview of Translational Activities to Promote the Inclusion of Migrant Population in Health Communication
Overview of Translational Activities to Promote the Inclusion of Migrant Population in Health Communication
María Jiménez-Castro, Irene Rivera-Trigueros, María-Dolores Olvera-Lobo. © 2022. 20 pages.
The phenomenon of migration makes our societies more plural and diverse. However, it can also be a potential source of inequalities, namely in the field of health communication....
Transcreation in Digital Tourism Information: An Inclusive Language Approach
Transcreation in Digital Tourism Information: An Inclusive Language Approach
Juncal Gutiérrez-Artacho, María-Dolores Olvera Olvera-Lobo. © 2022. 12 pages.
This chapter tackles the need to incorporate strategies of linguistic and cultural accessibility that guarantee respect for diversity and equality in processes of dissemination...
Digital Journalism and Transmedia Narratives in the Communication of Science: From Disruption to Reinvention
Digital Journalism and Transmedia Narratives in the Communication of Science: From Disruption to Reinvention
Juan-Ignacio Martin-Neira, Magdalena Trillo Domínguez, María-Dolores Olvera-Lobo. © 2022. 25 pages.
Knowing what the best channels of information are in the digital ecosystem has become a great challenge for science journalism, especially in pandemic times and where social...
Innovative Perspectives on Corporate Communication in the Global World
Innovative Perspectives on Corporate Communication in the Global World
María Dolores Olvera-Lobo, Juncal Gutiérrez-Artacho, Irene Rivera-Trigueros, Mar Díaz-Millón. © 2021. 319 pages.
Today's global markets demand that companies of all sizes look to international markets for potential customers. The successive crises that have taken place in the last...
Overview of Machine Translation Development
Overview of Machine Translation Development
Irene Rivera-Trigueros, María-Dolores Olvera-Lobo, Juncal Gutiérrez-Artacho. © 2021. 13 pages.
Access to information is increasingly global, which brings with it the growth in a non-English speaking public and, as such, a demand for tools that allow users to access this...
Internet Presence and Multilingual Dissemination in Corporate Websites: A Portrait of Spanish Healthcare SMEs
Internet Presence and Multilingual Dissemination in Corporate Websites: A Portrait of Spanish Healthcare SMEs
Irene Rivera-Trigueros, María-Dolores Olvera-Lobo. © 2021. 17 pages.
The development of Information and Communication Technologies has enabled companies to spread messages globally, allowing them to open new markets and reach international...
Cultural Elements in Spanish SME Websites and Social Media: From Localization to Transcreation?
Cultural Elements in Spanish SME Websites and Social Media: From Localization to Transcreation?
Celia Castillo Rodríguez, María Dolores Olvera-Lobo, Elena Moya-Molina. © 2020. 27 pages.
The establishment of a professional online corporate presence is an indispensable step for most companies. However, this online presence must consider linguistic, cultural, and...
Disruptive Methodologies and Cross-Curricular Competencies for a Training Adapted to New Professional Profiles: The Undergraduate Program in Translation and Interpreting
Disruptive Methodologies and Cross-Curricular Competencies for a Training Adapted to New Professional Profiles: The Undergraduate Program in Translation and Interpreting
Mar Díaz-Millón, Irene Rivera-Trigueros, María Dolores Olvera-Lobo, Juncal Gutiérrez-Artacho. © 2020. 22 pages.
Recently, in the translation sector, new multifaceted profiles requiring a great domain of new technologies have emerged: localization, post-editing, and transcreation. To train...
Analysis and Assessment of Cross-Language Question Answering Systems
Analysis and Assessment of Cross-Language Question Answering Systems
Juncal Gutiérrez-Artacho, María-Dolores Olvera-Lobo. © 2019. 11 pages.
Within the sphere of the web, the overload of information is more notable than in other contexts. Question answering systems (QAS) are presented as an alternative to the...
Analysis and Assessment of Cross-Language Question Answering Systems
Analysis and Assessment of Cross-Language Question Answering Systems
Juncal Gutiérrez-Artacho, María-Dolores Olvera-Lobo. © 2018. 9 pages.
Within the sphere of the Web, the overload of information is more notable than in other contexts. Question answering systems (QAS) are presented as an alternative to the...
Cross-Language Information Retrieval on the Web
Cross-Language Information Retrieval on the Web
María-Dolores Olvera-Lobo. © 2009. 16 pages.
The Web stands today as the world´s largest source of public information. Its magnitude can also be perceived as a drawback in a certain sense, however: nowadays there is a...
Collaborative Work Training in Higher Education
Collaborative Work Training in Higher Education
María Dolores Olvera-Lobo, Rosa María Castro-Prieto, Enrique Quero-Gervilla, Ricardo Muñoz-Martín, Eva Muñoz-Raya, Miguel Murillo-Melero, Bryan Robinson, José Antonio Senso-Ruiz. © 2008. 8 pages.
In recent years, the influence of information and communication technology (ICT) has transformed the professional practice of translation and, consequently, led to the...