Mag. Karlheinz Spitzl, BA
T: +43-1-4277-58014
Consultation hours: Consultation & Feedback: Friday 12:00–13:00 (Use email for meeting request.).
Summer term 2025
340053 UE Text and oral communication English
340080 UE Text and written communication English
Winter term 2024
143227 KU Scientific Texts: Writing and Editing
340032 UE Text and oral communication English
340297 UE Text and written communication English
340347 UE Text and written communication English
340411 VO Transcultural communication
Summer term 2024
340053 UE Text and oral communication English
340080 UE Text and written communication English
340296 UE Translation methods translation English
Spitzl, K., & Hlavac, J. (2023). Transcripciones de las entrevistas: traducción a la vista. In ACNUR. Austria (Ed.), Manual para intérpretes en procedimientos de asilos. (pp. 139-154). UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). https://www.refworld.org/es/pol/dirope/acnur/2022/es/124043
Spitzl, K., & Хлавак, Д. (2020). Перевод с листа стенограммы собеседования. In УВКБ ООН (Ed.), РУКОВОДСТВО: для переводчиков в процедурах предоставления убежища (pp. 186-213). УВКБ ООН.
Schippel, L., Richter, J., Rozmyslowicz, T., Kremmel, S., Brandtner, J. P., & Spitzl, K. (2019). Chronotopos - An Invitation --- Chronotopos - Eine Einladung. Chronotopos: A Journal of Translation History, 1(1), 5-20. https://doi.org/10.25365/cts-2019-1-1-2
Spitzl, K., & Hlavac, J. (2019). La traduction en vue des transcriptions d’entretien d’asile. In Manuel pour interprètes dans les procedures d’asile. (pp. 121-136). UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Spitzl, K., & Hlavac, J. (2017). Sight translating interview transcripts. . In A. Bergunde, S. Pöllabauer, & I. Topolovec (Eds.), Handbook for Interpreters in Asylum Procedures (pp. 121-136). UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Zwischenberger, C., Richter, J., Kremmel, S., & Spitzl, K. (2016). Einleitung zu (Neu-)Kompositionen. Aspekte transkultureller Translationswissenschaft. Liber amicorum für Larisa Schippel. In J. Richter, C. Zwischenberger, S. Kremmel, & K. Spitzl (Eds.), (Neu-)Kompositionen. Aspekte transkultureller Translationswissenschaft. Liber amicorum für Larisa Schippel (pp. 7-13). Frank & Timme.
Kremmel, S., Richter, J., Spitzl, K., & Zwischenberger, C. (Eds.) (2016). (Neu)Kompositionen. Aspekte transkultureller Translationswissenschaft. Liber amicorum für Larisa Schippel . Frank & Timme.
Spitzl, K. (2014). A Hitchhiker’s Guide to …: What to expect and where to start from. In K. Kaindl, & K. Spitzl (Eds.), Transfiction. : Research into the Realities of Translation Fiction. (Vol. 110, pp. 27-36). John Benjamins.
Spitzl, K. (2014). Fiction as a catalyst. Some Afterthoughts. In K. Kaindl, & K. Spitzl (Eds.), Transfiction: Research into the Realities of Translation Fiction (Vol. 110, pp. 363-368). John Benjamins.
Spitzl, K. (2014). Taking care of the stars: Interpreted Interaction in Amadou Hampâté Bâ’s L’étrange Destin De Wangrin. In K. Kaindl, & K. Spitzl (Eds.), Transfiction: Research into the Realities of Translation Fiction (Vol. 110, pp. 103-112). John Benjamins.
Kaindl, K., & Spitzl, K. (2014). Transfiction: Research into the Realities of Translation Fiction. John Benjamins.
Spitzl, K. (2014). Wissenschaftliche Texte. Schreiben & Editieren. Ein Erste-Hilfe-Kasten. Working Paper.
Ammer, M., Busch, B., Dorn, N., Rienzner, M., Santner, A., Schicho, W., Seidlhofer, B., & Spitzl, K. (2013). Ein umstrittenes Beweismittel: Sprachanalyse als Instrument der Herkunftsbestimmung in Asylverfahren. Juridikum. Zeitschrift für Kritik, Recht, Gesellschaft, 3, 281-297.
Spitzl, K. (2011). 'Education' - Zauberwort, Universalschlüssel, Allheilmittel. Der global/isiert/e Bildungsdiskurs im Kontext Tanzanias und die Asymmetrien der Macht. In Kulturen im Dialog II (pp. 55-78). Peter Lang.
Busch, B., Rienzner, M., Schicho, W., Slezak, G., & Spitzl, K. (2011). Forschungsprojekt 'PluS' - Plurilinguale SprecherInnen bei Gerichten und Behörden. Verbal-Newsletter (Organ des Verbands für Angewandte Linguistik), 2011(1), 13-14. http://www.univie.ac.at/linguistics/verbal/fileadmin/user_upload/Newsletter/2011_1.pdf
Spitzl, K., Slezak, G., & Rienzner, M. (2011). Verfahrene Verständigung - Sprachmittlung in Asylverfahren.. Radio show http://cba.fro.at/47304
Spitzl, K. (2010). Aigner, Martin & Piralic Spitzl, Sanela & Friedrich, Fabian. Migration-Related Psychosocial Factors in Pain Disorder. Pabst Science Publishers.
Spitzl, K. (2010). Der Dolmetscher als Hüter der Sterne. Amadou Hampâté Bâs L'étrange destin de Wangrin. In K. Kaindl, & I. Kurz (Eds.), Machtlos, selbstlos, meinungslos? Interdisziplinäre Analysen von ÜbersetzerInnen und DolmetscherInnen in belletristischen Werken. (pp. 83-92). LIT Verlag.
Slezak, G., Rienzner, M., & Spitzl, K. (2010). Interview für die Sendung "Moment.Leben.Heute" (Ö1) zum Thema Sprachanalysen im Asylverfahren.. Radio show
Busch, B., Rienzner, M., Slezak, G., & Spitzl, K. (2010). Projekt Sprach(ver)mittlung. Mit der Praxis - Inmitten der Praxis. Reminiszenzen an Walter Schicho. Stichproben: Wiener Zeitschrift für kritische Afrikastudien, 10(18), 63-69. http://www.univie.ac.at/ecco/stichproben/Nr18_Busch_Rienzner_Slezak_Spitzl.pdf
Barrierefreie Kommunikation
Karlheinz Spitzl (Selected presenter) & Judith Platter (Speaker)
18 Apr 2023
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public
Übersetzerisches Oeuvre? Hors d'oeuvre? Non-oeuvre? Den Werksbegriff in Reflexion halten
Stefanie Kremmel (Speaker), Karlheinz Spitzl (Speaker), Joana Philippa Brandtner (Speaker) & Larisa Schippel (Speaker)
18 Jun 2017
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Interpreters as Frontline Agents: Of People Who Look for Refuge and ‘Language Detectives’ Who Keep … Um … Block the Rescuing Gate.
Karlheinz Spitzl (Speaker)
17 Sept 2016
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Taking the Visual Turn: The Poetics of the Language Portrait vs. the Politics of the Linguistic Map.
Karlheinz Spitzl (Speaker)
23 Nov 2012
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other
The great unknown: The role of interpreters in colonial conquests Two fictional approaches to fit the equation: Ahmadou Kourouma’s Soumaré and Amadou Hampâté Bâ’s Wangrin.
Karlheinz Spitzl (Speaker)
16 Sept 2011
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other
Plurilingual Speakers in Unilingual Environments: Language Rights and Courtroom Practices in Austria.
Karlheinz Spitzl (Speaker)
13 Jul 2011
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other
All Persons Are Equal Before the Law. But What About Their Languages? Plurilingual Speakers Within a Unilingual Judiciary Perspectives From an Austrian Courtroom.
Karlheinz Spitzl (Speaker)
4 Jul 2011
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other
Professional Ethics and the Power of Action: The Court Interpreter’s Agency in Constructing Meaning. Or: The Concept of Im/partiality Revisited.
Karlheinz Spitzl (Speaker)
21 May 2011
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other
PluS - A life World Centred Approach.
Karlheinz Spitzl (Speaker)
5 May 2011
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other
Sprache und Translation in der Rechtspraxis.Präsentation der Stichproben 19/ 2011
Karlheinz Spitzl (Speaker)
12 Apr 2011
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other
Educational Development in the Occupied '(Trusteeship) Territory' of Tanganyika: From the Asymmetries of Power to the Asymmetries of Discourse.
Karlheinz Spitzl (Speaker)
14 Jan 2011
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other
Department of African Studies
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T: +43-1-4277-58014