Gonzalo SUÁREZ LOVELLE
Gonzalo Suárez Lovelle (Las Palmas, 1998) is a PhD candidate in Interpreting Studies (Cycle XL), currently working on a research project entitled La traducción automática neuronal del dialecto siciliano en textos literarios de Andrea Camilleri: el caso de la saga de Montalbano en castellano. Alongside his doctoral research, he holds a permanent position as Collaboratore Esperto Linguistico (CEL) in Spanish at the University of Catania. His academic interests include translation and interpreting, linguistics, glottodidactics, and the teaching of Spanish as a foreign language (E/LE).
He holds a four-year degree in Modern Languages and Translation from the Universidad de Alcalá de Henares (2020), with a thesis entitled Translating Cultural References from English into Spanish in A. Aciman’s (2019) novel Find Me (Supervisor: Prof. Maya García de Vinuesa). During his undergraduate studies, he was awarded two scholarships for international exchange programs: one at the Université de Montréal (Canada) in the academic year 2018/2019, and another at the University of Bologna, Forlì campus (Italy), in the academic year 2019/2020.
He subsequently earned a Laurea Magistrale in Conference Interpreting from the University of Bologna (2023), completing a final project entitled Corpus EFCIC: estrategias de pregunta y respuesta en ruedas de prensa futbolísticas interpretadas simultáneamente de español a inglés (Supervisor: Prof. Mariachiara Russo; Co-supervisor: Prof. Adriano Ferraresi; final mark: 109/110). During this period, he took part in the ReACTMe programme in medical interpreting and, upon completion, was awarded the America Giovani Award by the Fondazione Italy USA in recognition of academic merit.
He is also a certified examiner for the DELE diplomas (Diplomas de Español como Lengua Extranjera), issued by the Instituto Cervantes, for CEFR levels A1–A2, A1–A2/B1 for young learners, and B1–B2.
La traducción automática neuronal del dialecto siciliano en textos literarios de Andrea Camilleri: el caso de la saga de Montalbano en castellano
This PhD project investigates the capabilities and limitations of neural machine translation (NMT) systems when translating Italian literary works into Spanish, with a specific focus on texts by Sicilian authors. It addresses the challenges posed by literary style, cultural references, and regional linguistic features, particularly in texts that feature code-mixing between Italian and Sicilian.
Conferences and seminars
- Speaker at the “Jornada de estudios de español como L2: aprender de los errores para potenciar la eficacia comunicativa”, organized by Università degli Studi Roma Tre (13–14 May 2024), with a presentation entitled: “Principios de intercomprensión y TAV aplicada a la glotodidáctica con la combinación italiano-español: análisis de las transferencias positivas y las interferencias en el aula de E/LE.”
- Speaker at the training course for teachers: "XI Jornada de Formación de Profesores de ELE del Instituto Cervantes Palermo. Nuevas tendencias y desafíos en la enseñanza de ELE (236)", organized by University of Catania (26th October 2025) with a a presentation entitled: AI-zando el Español durante la tavola rotonda La IA como recurso didáctico en ELE.
Conferences and seminars as a PhD student
- Speaker at the “III Convegno dottorale in Scienze dell’Interpretazione del DISUM”, organized by the University of Catania (15–16 June 2025), with a presentation entitled: “Conservare la memoria camilleriana: sfide della NMT nel tradurre la cultura siciliana”.
- Speaker at the "IX Giornate Internazionali sulla Traduzione" entitled "Tradurre l’anima: poetica e arte della traduzione" (4–5 December 2025), organized by the University of Bari Aldo Moro, with a presentation entitled: Camilleri en voz alta: fonética, ritmo y traducción en español de “Gli arancini di Montalbano”.
- Participation in the XIV Congresso dell’Associazione degli Italianisti Germanofoni, Intrecci – dinamiche, strutture, motivi (University of Graz, 26–28 February 2026), with the scientific poster “Marco e Youssef: the two faces of the same Italy”.
- Speaker at the “Convegno di Studi I 100 Camilleri”, organized by the Consorzio Universitario di Ragusa (5–6 March 2026), with a presentation entitled: "Il «castellanovigatés», traduzione o esercizio di stile?"
- Speaker, alongside with Maria Carreras i Goicoechea, at the XXI Congreso Internacional «Traducción, Texto e Interferencias» organized by the University of Córdoba and the University of Catania (27-29 May 2026), with a presentation entitled: "Entre «dottori» y «menstre»: dos formas de traducir el idiolecto de Agatino Catarella".
- Attendee at the “II Congreso Internacional de Doctorado sobre Traducción”, organized by the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (13–14 March 2025).
- Attendee at the “V Convegno Internazionale ASELIT, L’italiano tradotto e da tradurre”, organized by ASELIT (Asociación Española de Lengua Italiana y Traducción) and hosted by the Universitat de Barcelona (26–28 March 2025).
Training courses
- Autumn School - "Etnatext - Per una formazione umanistica al digitale", held at the Scuola Superiore of the University of Catania from 29 to 31 October 2025.
- Summer School – “SYNAPSIS 2026 – European School of Comparative Literature”, organized by the Scuola Normale Superiore and held from 8 to 12 June 2026.
Affiliations
- Member of ASELIT (Asociación Española de Lengua Italiana y Traducción).
- Stagiaire member of Assointerpreti (Associazione Nazionale Interpreti di Conferenza Professionisti), Sicilia Region.