7th International Postgraduate Conference in Translation and Interpreting, University of Edinburgh, 28–30 October 2011
As they strive to keep up with globalisation and rapid technological change (from video tape to CD, DVD, Internet use, iPhones, iPads, etc.), companies constantly increase their use of film to advertise, communicate information or train staff. This specific type of audiovisual material represents a complex set of problems for…
Department/Centre: Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies (CTIS) Staff: Prof. Mona BAKER (Director of the Centre), Dr. Maeve OLOHAN (Senior Lecturer in Translation Studies), Dr. Siobhan BROWNLIE (Lecturer in Translation Studies), Dr Luis PEREZ-GONZALEZ (Lecturer in Translation Studies), Dr James St. ANDRE (Lecturer in Translation Studies), etc. More information available…
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Monday, 18 April 2011 17:53
Training for Translation: The Case of Specialised Translation Training and Art Texts
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Author: Maria KASANDRINOU Keywords: Translation training, art texts, specialised translation, pedagogical issues, case study. Supervisor: Dr. Paul RASTALL Awarding institution: UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH Completion date: 2006
Monday, 18 April 2011 17:51
News as Narrative: Reporting and Translating the 2004 Beslan Hostage Disaster
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Author: Sue-Ann HARDING Keywords: narrative theory, Russia, Beslan, violent conflict, online media Supervisor: Professors Vera TOLZ and Mona BAKER Awarding institution: University of Manchester Completion date: June 2009
Monday, 18 April 2011 17:48
Towards a Methodology for the Study of Implicatures in Subtitled Films
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Author: Louisa DESILLA Keywords: implicature, film subtitling, multimodality, Relevance Theory, audience reception Supervisor: Dr. Luis PEREZ-GONZALEZ Awarding institution: The University of Manchester Completion date: June 2009
Monday, 18 April 2011 17:46
The Interpreter and Translator Trainer Volume 4, Number 1, 2010
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A Case Study of the Use of Storytelling as a Pedagogical Tool for Teaching Interpreting Students Pages: 1-32 Author: Jemina Napier This article details the findings of a systemic functional linguistic case study of university classroom talk, and in particular an evaluation of the storytelling that occurs in classroom talk…
Promotional and advertising texts come in different forms and account for a considerable share of the translation market. Advertisements, company brochures, websites, tourist guides, institutional information campaigns, and even personal CVs all share a common primary purpose: that of persuading the reader to buy something, be it a product or…
Thinking through Translation with Metaphors explores a wide range of metaphorical figures used to describe the translation process, from Aristotle to the present. Most practitioners and theorists of translation are familiar with a number of metaphors for translation, such as the metaphor of the bridge, following in another's footsteps, performing…
Monday, 18 April 2011 17:42
Translationswissenschaftliches Kolloquium I: Beiträge zur Übersetzungs- und Dolmetschwissenschaft
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Der Band geht auf eine Vortragsreihe am Institut für Translation und Mehrsprachige Kommunikation der Fachhochschule Köln und am Fachbereich Angewandte Sprach- und Kulturwissenschaft der Universität Mainz in Germersheim zurück. Ziel des Translationswissenschaftlichen Kolloquiums ist es, Einblicke in die Diskussion übersetzungs- und dolmetschwissenschaftlicher Fragestellungen zu vermitteln. Je drei bis vier Beiträge…
Monday, 18 April 2011 17:40
The Interpreter and Translator Trainer Volume 4, Number 2, 2010
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Improving Interpreting Performance through Theatrical Training Pages: 151-171 Authors: Jinhyun Cho and Peter Roger Aspiring interpreting professionals need to possess skills which allow them to think quickly in order to deal with unexpected situations that will inevitably arise in the course of interpreting assignments. The complex and inherently unpredictable nature…
In the 1930s translation became a key issue in the cultural politics of the Fascist regime due to the fact that Italy was publishing more translations than any other country in the world. Making use of extensive archival research, the author of this new study examines this 'invasion of translations'…
In the fascist regimes of the mid twentieth century – this volume the focuses on Italy, Germany, Spain and Portugal – translation was a carefully, though not always successfully, managed cultural practice. Translation policies attempted to steer public perceptions and promote or brake ideological change. Translation Under Fascism examines translation…
Monday, 18 April 2011 17:23
Sixth Conference on Legal Translation, Court Interpreting and Comparative Legilinguistics
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Date: 2011-06-30 Venue: The Institute of Linguistics at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland Event theme(s): legal linguistics, forensic linguistics, translation, interpreting
Date: 2011-07-11 Venue: Monash University, Melbourne Event theme(s): Conference on Literature and Translation held by the Australasian Association for Literature (AAL), the Australian Association for Literary Translation (AALITRA) and the Literature Research Unit, Monash University. This conference seeks to explore the role of translation and interlinguistic exchange in the literary…
Monday, 18 April 2011 16:02
Non-professionals Translating and Interpreting: Participatory and Engaged Perspectives
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Type of publication: Edited collective volume Working title of issue/volume: Non-professionals Translating and Interpreting: Participatory and Engaged Perspectives Editors: Şebnem Susam-Sarajeva (University of Edinburgh, U.K.) & Luis Pérez-González (University of Manchester, U.K.) Publisher: St Jerome Publishing (Manchester, UK), http://www.stjerome.co.uk/ Submission deadline: 2010-07-30 Contact: Şebnem Susam-Sarajeva Translation Studies Graduate Programme David Hume…
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