Belén Rodríguez Salvatierra

About

Belén Rodríguez Salvatierra is a PhD student in Translation and Transcultural Studies at the University of Warwick. Her research is supervised by Dr Olga CastroLink opens in a new window and Dr Caroline SummersLink opens in a new window, and funded by a Chancellor’s International Scholarship.

Research

Her doctoral project studies literary works of fiction in English translation by contemporary Chilean women writers published in the US and the UK between 2013 and 2025. Applying a decolonial and feminist perspective, she aims to both investigate the authors’ representation in the English-language literary market and to analyse the barriers they face when trying to enter this industry.

Research Interests

• Feminist Translation Studies
• Women Writers in Translation
• Literary Translation
• Children's Literature

Teaching

2022-present. Lecturer for the Postgraduate Certificate in Literary Translation (Diplomado en Traducción LiterariaLink opens in a new window) at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Publications

Goellner, Letícia, Vicente Menares, and Belén Rodríguez Salvatierra. Forthcoming 2026. "Different strategies in the process of rewriting children’s books: the translations of Reinações de Narizinho by Monteiro Lobato from Portuguese into Spanish, English and German." In Literary Translation in Latin America in the Twenty-First Century: Bridging experiences, theories and cultures, edited by Dirce Waltrick do Amarante and Letícia Goellner. London, UK: UCL Press.

Goellner, Letícia, and Belén Rodríguez Salvatierra. 2025. "Clásicos de la literatura infantojuvenil latinoamericana y su traducción: una revisión de Reinações de Narizinho y Papelucho desde una perspectiva traductológica feminista." Universum, 39 (2): 599-618. https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-23762024000200599 

Goellner, Letícia, and Belén Rodríguez Salvatierra. 2024. "A Feminist Translation from Chile." Feminist Translation Network (blog). November 1, 2024. https://feministtranslation.bham.ac.uk/2024/11/a-feminist-translation-from-chile/ 

Translated Works

Andrade, Mário de. 2025. Mário de Andrade y el modernismo brasileño. Una antología. Translated by Letícia Goellner, Belén Rodríguez Salvatierra, Sebastián Villagra, and Vicente Menares. Santiago, Chile: Ediciones UC.

Almeida, Júlia Lopes de. 2024. Damas y doncellas: una mirada feminista de fines del siglo XIX. Translated by Letícia Goellner and Belén Rodríguez Salvatierra. Santiago, Chile: Editorial Cuarto Propio.

Conference Papers

"Translation & Im/Perfection in Paratextuality: A Peritextual Comparative Analysis of Chilco by Daniela Catrileo, published in Chile, the US and the UK." — IV Lisbon Spring School in Translation Studies, 16-21 March 2026 (Universidade Católica Portuguesa)

Events

Co-organiser of the 18th International Postgraduate Conference in Translation and Interpreting Link opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window (IPCITI 2025), 13-14 November, University of Warwick.

Scholarships and Awards

Chancellor’s International Scholarship, University of Warwick, 2024-2028.

National Master Scholarship, Chilean National Agency for Research and Development (ANID), 2021-2023.

Qualifications

MA in Translation at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2023.

Translation and Interpreting Degree at Universidad de Artes, Ciencias y Comunicación – UNIACC, 2019.

Memberships

• Feminist Translation Network