Subtitling African American English into French Can We Do the Right Thing? Series: New Trends in Translation Studies Pierre-Alexis Mével In Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing, African American character Mookie throws a rubbish bin through the window of the pizzeria he works for, which is owned by an Italian American family. Translators often find themselves in a position of […]
» Read moreBetween specialised texts and institutional contexts – competence and choice in legal translation Special issue of Translation and Translanguaging in Multilingual Contexts 3:1 (2017) Table of Contents Between specialised texts and institutional contexts – competence and choice in legal translation Valérie Dullion 1 – 4 Articles European English and the challenges faced by the interdisciplinary team involved in the translation […]
» Read moreACT/Unlimited! 2 Symposium Quality training, quality service in accessible live events The ACT project for its final conference is teaming up with the Unlimited! Symposium, which will take place in Barcelona on June 6th 2018, at the Residència d’Investigadors (Hospital, 64, 08001 Barcelona). Google Maps link. The ACT project is working on the definition of a new professional profile, that of the “Media Accessibility […]
» Read moreSubtitling African American English into French: Can We Do the Right Thing? Series: New Trends in Translation Studies Pierre-Alexis Mével In Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing, African American character Mookie throws a rubbish bin through the window of the pizzeria he works for, which is owned by an Italian American family. Translators often find themselves in a position of […]
» Read moreBetween specialised texts and institutional contexts – competence and choice in legal translation Special issue of Translation and Translanguaging in Multilingual Contexts 3:1 (2017) Table of Contents https://benjamins.com/#catalog/journals/ttmc.3.1/toc Between specialised texts and institutional contexts – competence and choice in legal translation Valérie Dullion 1 – 4 Articles European English and the challenges faced by the interdisciplinary team involved in the […]
» Read moreA key activity of the UMAQ project is the organisation of an international conference on “Understanding Quality in Media Accessibility”. Call for Papers The UMAQ Conference: “Understanding Quality in Media Accessibility” (5 June 2018, Barcelona). Media Accessibility (MA) is the research area dealing with the theories, practices, services, technologies and instruments that seek to provide universal access to media in […]
» Read morePANEL 12 PANEL 12: Advances in Discourse Analysis in Translation Studies: Theoretical Models and Applications Panel Organizers: Jeremy Munday (University of Leeds) Binhua Wang (University of Leeds) Meifang Zhang (University of Macau) Discourse analysis in its various forms (language use above the sentence, meaning-making in whole texts in specific social and cultural contexts) deals with the entire act of linguistic […]
» Read morePANEL 06 PANEL 06: Museum Translation: Encounters across Space and Time Panel Organizers: Min-Hsiu Liao (Heriot-Watt University) Sharon Deane-Cox (University of Strathclyde) The panel will address the conference theme “translation and cultural mobility” in the specific context of museums. Museums are important sites of intercultural encounter, bringing visitors into contact with the tangible and intangible traces of other peoples, spaces […]
» Read moreACT/Unlimited! 2 Symposium Quality training, quality service in accessible live events The ACT project for its final conference is teaming up with the Unlimited! Symposium, which will take place in Barcelona on June 6th 2018, at the Residència d’Investigadors (Hospital, 64, 08001 Barcelona). Google Maps link. The ACT project is working on the definition of a new professional profile, that of the “Media Accessibility […]
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Fun for All V: International Conference on Video Game Translation and Accessibility 7th and 8th June 2018 TransMedia Catalonia Research Group Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Venue: Residencia d’Investigadors, in Barcelona The video game industry has become a worldwide phenomenon, generating millions in revenue every year. Video games are increasingly becoming more elaborate and sophisticated, with advanced graphics and intricate story lines, […]
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