'Nothing Happened: Translation Studies before James Holmes', UCL (London, UK), 9-10 November 2023. Registration and programme now available! 

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Submission Deadline: 15 September 2023

Nothing Happened: Translation Studies before James Holmes

A conference organised by UCL Centre for Translation Studies (CenTraS) and UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES)

9-10 November 2023

Venue: University College London (UCL), UK

Keynote Speakers
Prof Theo Hermans (UCL)
Dr Hephzibah Israel (University of Edinburgh)
Prof Daniele Monticelli (Tallinn University)

CfP: Special Issue of Translation Studies on Media Paratexts and Translation.Guest editors: Chiara Bucaria and Kathryn Batchelor. Deadline for abstracts: 31 October 2021 https://bit.ly/2V6R8Pu

As the 'thresholds' through which readers and viewers access texts, paratexts have already sparked important scholarship in literary theory, digital studies and media studies. Translation and Paratexts explores the relevance of paratexts for translation studies and provides a framework for further research. Published by Routledge in the Translation Theories Explored series. Available in paperback, hardback, and as an e-book.

Verbal and visual paratexts in translation and interpreting studies

A one-day ARTIS workshop

Wednesday 12 September 2018

University of Nottingham, UK

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Deadline for receipt of abstracts: 12 June 2018

Broadly understood as the thresholds through which readers and viewers access texts, paratexts have been shown to play a crucial role in the reception and interpretation of texts. While Gérard Genette’s original theorisation of paratexts took place in the context of literary print culture, in recent years the concept has been fruitfully applied to digital contexts and other kinds of texts, notably film, television and video games. The types of paratexts studied in these contexts are many and varied; examples include trailers, game strategy guides, e-reading devices, discussion forums, spoilers and fan-vids. In translation studies, research has tended to focus on the paratexts of printed translation products, such as book covers, translators’ prefaces and translators’ footnotes, but there is considerable scope for applying the concept to research in digital and audiovisual translation studies. The notion of the paratext is also potentially relevant to research into interpreting, where it might be used to investigate prosodic variation, body language, or other framing devices.

Assistant Professor in Translation Studies

University of Nottingham -Language Centre

Location: University Park

Salary: £36,661 to £45,053 per annum pro-rata depending on skills and experience. Salary progression beyond this scale is subject to performance.

Closing Date: Thursday 15 May 2014