Decolonising Modern Languages: A Symposium for Sharing Practices and Ideas Date: 8 September 2020, 10.15am – 11 September 2020, 4.00pm Institute: Institute of Modern Languages Research Type: Conference / Symposium Venue: Online All times are in BST Day 1 Tuesday 8 September 10:15 Welcome & Introduction from the Organisers 10:30 Panel 1: De-Colonial Teaching and ‘Epistemic Decolonisation’ Elizabeth Ward (University […]
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Deadline 24 September for abstracts Panel 1: Translation in the global media ecology: New patterns of translation and distribution in the streaming age Convenors: Jinsil Choi (Keimyung University), Jonathan Evans (University of Portsmouth) & Kyung Hye Kim (Shanghai Jiao Tong University) While there have been calls to ‘recenter globalization’ since the early 2000s (Iwabuchi 2002), the development of streaming media […]
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Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for the following position Postdoctoral Researcher in Statistical Machine Translation (Two Posts) ADAPT Centre, Centre for Digital Content Platform Research Level on the Career Framework: Level 1 FTC up to 2 years Overview As part of this role the researcher will be required to participate in the DCU Research Career Framework. This framework […]
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Methodological nationalism in translation studies: A critique Mattea Cussel | Universitat Pompeu Fabra This article critiques methodological nationalism and binaries in theoretical discussions of literary translation. The naturalization of the national story of translation is traced from the Renaissance up to its uncritical adoption when the discipline of translation studies was established. Borrowing from critiques of methodological nationalism in other disciplines, it is […]
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Shanghai International Studies University, Institute of Corpus Studies and Applications Department: Institute of Corpus Studies and Applications Academic Discipline: Natural Language Processing (NLP), computational linguistics, linguistics or a closely related field Position Title: Research Professor; Associate Research Professor; Assistant Research Professors Post Type: Full Time Location: Shanghai Salary: Competitive Closing Date: 31 December 2020 University and Department Overview: As one […]
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Innovation in Audio Description Research By Sabine Braun, Kim Starr This state-of-the-art volume covers recent developments in research on audio description, the professional practice dedicated to making audiovisual products, artistic artefacts and performances accessible to those with supplementary visual and cognitive needs. Harnessing the power of the spoken word, the projects covered in this book illustrate the value of audiovisual content […]
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University Assistant with Doctorate University of Graz – The Institute of Translation Studies, Faculty of Arts and Humanities Location: Graz – Austria Salary: €3,889.50 + £3,280.79 + converted salary* gross salary/ month Hours: Full Time Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract Placed On: 20th August 2020 Closes: 9th September 2020 Job Ref: MB/229/99 ex 2019/20 (40 hours a week; fixed-term employment for the period […]
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AUDIOVISUAL TRANSLATION CALL FOR PROPOSALS 2020 “COLLANA RICERCA CONTINUA” Associazione “Ricerca Continua” is the Association of PhD students and Alumni of the University of Rome Tor Vergata. Its editorial series, named “Collana Ricerca Continua,” is currently launching a call for proposals for its sixth issue, due in early 2021, and is going to welcome essays from scholars from every corner […]
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The use of resources for legal terminological decision-making: patterns and profile variations among institutional translators Fernando Prieto Ramos Abastract Effective information mining for legal terminological research in translation is largely determined by the ability to contextualize concepts in their legal framework and to resort to relevant legal sources. Specialized knowledge of these sources thus emerges as a competence marker that […]
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The Palgrave Handbook of Audiovisual Translation and Media Accessibility Edited by Łukasz Bogucki and Mikołaj Deckert (Institute of English Studies, University of Łódź, Łódź, Poland) This handbook is a comprehensive and up-to-date resource covering the booming field of Audiovisual Translation (AVT) and Media Accessibility (MA). Bringing together an international team of renowned scholars in the field of translation studies, the handbook […]
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