Translation, Conflict and Memory II Symposium on Literary Translation and Contemporary Iberia Friday 3rd – Saturday 4th November 2017 Dublin City University, Ireland CONFERENCE PROGRAMME Friday 3rd November 2017 St. Patrick’s Campus, Drumcondra 1.30–2.00 […]
» Read moreEvent Information Dates of Event 18th November 2017 – 19th November 2017 Last Booking Date for this Event 3rd November 2017 Description Innovative and experimental practices push the boundaries of a discipline, taking it in different directions, challenging existing thought and offering exciting new horizons. Innovation may come from outside – a challenge from other disciplines or cultures – or from within: a reaction against traditional approaches. At […]
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Adaptation has long had a negative reception within the discipline of Translation Studies. It is quite normal to be confronted with negative perceptions of adaptation – long since regarded as ”the extreme limit of translation” (Vinay and Darbelnet 1958, Vázquez-Ayora 1977, among others), a distinctive translation operation, and even an ”act of betrayal” or ”a lack of respect” (Bensoussan 1988) – whenever matters […]
» Read moreI MEDIA ACCESSIBILITY PLATFORM INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE (5-6th October 2017, Afundación, Vigo) Book of abstracts (downloadable version of the book of abstracts). MAPIC 2017 programme (downloadable version of the MAPIC programme). DAY 1: THURSDAY – 5TH OCTOBER 2017 9:00 – 9:25 Welcome address by Salustiano Mato de la Iglesia (Rector, Universidade de Vigo), representatives from Vigo’s City Hall and the Galician Government. 9:25 – […]
» Read moreEvent Information Dates of Event 18th November 2017 – 19th November 2017 Last Booking Date for this Event 3rd November 2017 Description Innovative and experimental practices push the boundaries of a discipline, taking it in different directions, challenging existing thought and offering exciting new horizons. Innovation may come from outside – a challenge from other disciplines or cultures – or from within: a reaction against traditional approaches. At […]
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Friday 13 October 2017 08.00-08.40 Registration 08.40-09.15 Welcome Address and Launch of Centre 09.15-10.15 Plenary I Kaisa Koskinen, University of Tampere, Finland A Conversation across Disciplines and Communities: Public Sociology, Public Translation Studies and Revitalizing an Endangered Language via Translation Chair: Yifan Zhu, Jiao Tong Baker Centre 10.15-10.45 Tea/Coffee 10.45-11.45 Panel I Interdisciplinarity in Practice Chair: Li Dang, […]
» Read moreDESCRIPTION In from the Cold: Northern Noir A symposium on Northern crime writing, crime fiction translation and criticism Authors Håkan Nesser (Sweden) Kjell Ola Dahl (Norway) Torkil Damhaug (Norway) Indrek Hargla (Estonia) Karo Hämäläinen (Finland) Jógvan Isaksen (Faroe Islands/ Denmark) Henry Sutton (UK) Translators Don Bartlett Kari Dickson Kevin Halliwell Academics, Chairs & Organisers Dr Jakob Stougaard-Nielsen (University College London) Prof. […]
» Read moreDESCRIPTION A free seminar organised by INTRAC and the Universities of Reading and Portsmouth, with the support of the Institute for Modern Languages Research (IMLR). This seminar aims to provide a forum for translators working in the area of development and NGOs to talk about their work, and to discuss the challenges that it involves. It will bring key translation studies […]
» Read moreI International Conference on Interdisciplinary Approaches for Total Communication: Education, Healthcare and Interpreting within Disability Settings (ICIATC) Málaga, Spain, December 12-14, 2017 http://iciatc.uma.es Effective communication is a powerful tool both for improving the lives of those people who are under the highest risk of exclusion due to special needs and for those who as professionals are entitled to work in disability settings. Successful […]
» Read moreARTIS Training Event: Corpora in translation and interpreting studies Cologne University of Applied Sciences (TH Köln) 26 October 2017 An ARTIS onsite training event hosted by the Institute of Translation and Multilingual Communication About the event Registration Programme About the event Building on the success of the Translation Research Summer Schools, run by the University of Manchester, the […]
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