The Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies at the University of Manchester has announced the programme for its research seminars for 2019-2020.

See below for the full schedule of seminars:

Thursdays 14.00-15.20
ALL WELCOME, NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED

Semester 1

Simon Building, Room 3.44B

17 October
Leading the Translational Dance: Music as Instrument of Translation
Lucile Desblache, Roehampton University

24 October

"Subtitles Must Go!" The Invention, Innovation and Diffusion of Dubbing

Carla Mereu Keating, University of Bristol

7 November

Against Translation as Creative Writing: Risks and Opportunities of the Commodification of Literature
Gabriela Saldanha, University of Birmingham

14 November

Developing ColloCaid, a Text Editor for Improving Vocabulary and Fluency of Academic Writing

Ana Frankenberg-Garcia, University of Surrey

21 November

Knowledge Transfer and Technical Translation in Mid-19th Century China: The Work of Scottish Missionary-Scholar Alexander Wylie (1815-1887)
Ian Gow, University of Edinburgh

28 November

Game Localisation: Translating Gaming Experience across Cultures

Xiaochun Zhang, University of Bristol

5 December

Shifting Characterisations of the ‘Common People’ in English Retranslations of Thucydides: A Corpus-based Analysis

Henry Jones, University of Manchester