Category: Events

Paratextual Framing: Theory and Methodology Jiao Tong Baker Centre for Translation & Intercultural Studies, Shanghai, China. 29-30 June 2018 Workshop Leaders Dr Sameh Hanna, University of Leeds, UK Professor Mona Baker, Director of the Jiao Tong Baker Centre for Translation & Intercultural Studies A growing number of studies are now acknowledging the role that paratexts play in mediating the interpretation and […]

International Research School for Media Translation and Digital Culture   The terms audiovisual translation, media translation and translation technologies have acquired and continue to enjoy great visibility in the field of translation studies. This research school will foster an open and wide-ranging take on media translation and digital culture, and the significance of both for and beyond translation studies; encourage cross-fertilization between the disciplinary sub-fields […]

Developing and Translating Rights A half-day event co-hosted by the Genealogies of Knowledge Project and the Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies, University of Manchester, UK 19 June 2018 | Ellen Wilkinson Building, University of Manchester Link to the website: http://genealogiesofknowledge.net/events/developing-translating-rights/ About the event The concept of human rights, as enshrined in the UN Declaration of Human Rights, itself translated […]

Framing, Drafting, Sketching Hans J. Vermeer’s Theoretical Proposal to Translation Studies 23-25 November 2018 It was almost 40 years ago that Hans J. Vermeer published his ground-breaking article entitled “A Framework for a General Theory of Translation” [Ein Rahmen für eine allgemeine Translationstheorie (1978)] in which, for the first time, he outlined his functionalist approach for a wide specialised readership. After […]

Framing, Drafting, Sketching: Hans J. Vermeer’s Theoretical Proposal to Translation Studies 23-25 November 2018, Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz, Germany   Call for Papers It was almost 40 years ago that Hans J. Vermeer published his ground-breaking article entitled “A Framework for a General Theory of Translation” [Ein Rahmen für eine allgemeine Translationstheorie (1978)] in which, for the first time, he […]

CALL FOR PAPERS This colloquium aims at identifying and raising questions about changes, even calling into question the role and identity of the interpreter, given the rapid and profound changes to their professional environment that have been perceptible in recent years. Fundamental changes of a technical, societal, economic and political nature have given rise to new limits that frame the […]

CALL FOR PAPERS 2018 Beijing Film Festival “Translating Films, Bridging Cultures” International Conference We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the 2018 Beijing Film Festival “Translating Films, Bridging Cultures” International Conference, to be held on 17-18 April 2018 at Communication University of China, Beijing, China. This conference will invite scholars and experts from across China and overseas […]

Yau Shing-yue Lecture in Translation@CUHK “Interpreters at the British war crimes trials against the Japanese in Hong Kong” Professor Kayoko Takeda Rikkyo University, Japan Date: 24 January 2018 (Wednesday) Time: 17.30 Venue: LT7, Cheng Yu Tung Bldg., CUHK No Title No Description