
Bellarmin RAKOTONIRINA
MSc Interpreting & Translation Studies
MSc Interpreting & Translation Studies
Heriot-Watt University
Chevening 2022-2023
Bellarmin Rakotonirina is a professional interpreter & translator, and has accumulated over 15 years of experience working with governmental institutions and international organisations. He is the Manager of Vice Versa company, providing translation and interpreting services, as well as conference equipment.
In his Chevening journey, Bellarmin specialised in juritraductology in the UK. Passionate about interlingual and intercultural studies, Bellarmin currently serves as a lecturer of interpretation and translation studies at the Anglophone Studies Department of the University of Antananarivo, where he pursues his PhD studies in legal translation, focusing on promoting multilingual policy and jurisdictions, and paving the way to officialising English in Madagascar.