Elio Ballardini

Associate Professor

Department of Interpreting and Translation

Academic discipline: FRAN-01/B French Language, Translation and Linguistics

Short Bio

Elio Ballardini is an associate professor, since 2014, at the Department of Interpreting and Translation of the University of Bologna, Italy. His primary teaching and research interests are centred on the French language and dialogic interpreting, with a particular focus on the legal and judicial setting, as well as the social and healthcare setting. He is the author of the first doctoral thesis in Italy devoted to interpreting (2000). His monograph, Traduire devant la justice pénale, L'interprète traducteur dans les codes de procédure pénale italiens aux XIXe et XXe siècles (2012) is devoted to the history of interpreting. He is also co-editor of the special issue of Mediazioni on Les facettes de l’événement: des formes aux signes (2013). He has also co-edited art catalogs and co-curated international exhibitions in the arts and literature (1993, 1996). In this field, he has produced numerous translations from and into various languages (French, Italian, Czech, Russian). He is a co-founder (1998) of inTRAlinea, Italy’s first online journal of translation studies.

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E-mail:: elio.ballardini@unibo.it

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Dipartimento di Interpretazione e Traduzione
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Office hours

Office hours (2026)

06/10/2026, 11-12 am (DitLab, French office, n°7)

01/10/2026, 11-12 am, on line "Teams"

23/09/2026, 10.30-12 am (DitLab, French office, n°7 & on line "Teams")

14/09/2026, 11.30 am-0.30 pm, on line "Teams"

26/08/2026, 11-12 am, on line "Teams"

29/07/2026, 11-12 am, on line "Teams"

21/07/2026, 11-12 am, on line "Teams"

13/07/2026, 1-2 pm, on line "Teams"

30/06/2026, 10-11.30 am, on line "Teams"

04/06/2026, 9.30-10.45 am, on line "Teams"

25/05/2026, 11.45 am - 1 pm (DitLab, French office, n°7)

20/05/2026, 1-2 pm (Palazzo Montanari, French office)

04/05/2026, 3-4 pm (DitLab, French office, n°7)

27/04/2026, 0.30-1.30 pm (DitLab, French office, n°7)

20/04/2026, 0.30-1.30 pm (DitLab, French office, n°7)

09/04/2026, 11.30 am-0.30 pm (DitLab, French office, n°7)

30/03/2026, 0.30-1.30 pm (DitLab, French office, n°7)

24/03/2026, 3-4 pm (DitLab, French office, n°7)

16/03/2026, 0.30 pm-1.30 pm (DitLab, French office, n°7)

09/03/2026, 0.30 pm-1.30 pm (DitLab, French office, n°7)

02/03/2026, 0.30 pm-1.30 pm (DitLab, French office, n°7)

23/02/2026, 0.30 pm-1.30 pm (DitLab, French office, n°7)

16/02/2026, 1-2 pm (DitLab, French office, n°7)

27/01/2026, 11.30 am -0.30 pm (DitLab, French office)

12/01/2026, 11-12 am (French Office, Palazzo Montanari)