Dina Batii is a PhD researcher in the Department of Translation, Interpretation, and Communication at University of Ghent, focusing on “Gender Norms in Translation: An Analysis of Translations of Virginia Woolf’s essays in late Soviet and modern Russia.” She earned her master’s degree in Philology from the Higher School of Economics in 2023, where she was awarded the HSE University Scholarship for students’ academic achievements. Dina also holds a bachelor’s degree in Literature-Art Criticism from the Faculty of Journalism at Moscow State University. Alongside her academic pursuits, she works as a translator of fiction from English and French into Russian, with a particular focus on texts by female writers from the early 20th century. Her translation of Virginia Woolf’s essay “Being Ill” was shortlisted for the Nora Gal Award.