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IATIS is joining Amnesty International, Amnesty Australia and the international community of translators and interpreters in seeking protection for Afgan Interpreters.
The International Association for Translation and Intercultural Studies (IATIS) has held 6 conferences so far: Seoul in 2004, Cape Town in 2006, Melbourne in 2009, Belfast in 2012, Belo Horizonte in 2015, Hong Kong in 2018. The organisation of the 7th IATIS Conference, to be held in Barcelona in July 2021, is now well underway,…
Thursday, 18 February 2021 13:34
New journal in interpreting, now welcoming contributions!
Julie Boéri
A new Interpreting journal is born! Interpreting and Society: An Interdisciplinary Journal, focuses on the societal and scientific challenges posed by interpreting practice and enquiry from an interdisciplinary perspective. Founding co-editors: Julie Boéri & Wen Ren; review editor: Ella Wehrmeyer; published by Sage, in association with Beijing Foreign Studies University.…
Wednesday, 17 February 2021 17:29
Special Issue of Bridge: Trends and Traditions in Translation and Interpreting Studies - Translation and Accessibility for All in the Creative Industries - Digital Spaces and Cultural Contexts (edited by Alessandra Rizzo)
Edward Clay
Translation and Accessibility for All in the Creative Industries - Digital Spaces and Cultural Contexts (edited by Alessandra Rizzo) 'The scope of this special issue is to investigate the latest increasing interest in the accessibility of the culturaland creative industries (henceforth CCI) in contemporary societies by means of translation and…
Wednesday, 17 February 2021 16:58
Special issue of Comparative Legilinguistics: The Evil Twins and Their Silent Otherness in Law and Legal Translation, Guest Editor Anne Wagner
Edward Clay
Editor-in-chief: Aleksandra Matulewska Guest editor: Anne Wagner & Aleksandra Matulewska Co-editor: Paula Trzaskawka 'Our rationale skillfully critiques the interdisciplinary fields of culture, law and legal translation with the help of well-established researchers. This work brings together innovative research themes in order to unveil topics that are still under explora tion…
Wednesday, 17 February 2021 12:59
New Issue: Journal of Specialised Translation - Translation and Plurisemiotic Practices, Guest Editors Francis Mus and Sarah Neelsen
Edward Clay
The publication of the latest JoSTrans thematic issue is always something to be celebrated. But to do so at the close of one of the most difficult years many of us will have known, represents all the more significant an achievement. 2020 has been a year of unprecedented challenge, but it has…
Wednesday, 17 February 2021 12:34
New publication: Diverse Voices in Chinese Translation and Interpreting, eds. Riccardo Moratto and Martin Woesler
Edward Clay
This book presents a thoughtful and thorough account of diverse studies on Chinese translation and interpreting (TI). It introduces readers to a plurality of scholarly voices focusing on different aspects of Chinese TI from an interdisciplinary and international perspective. The book brings together eighteen essays by scholars at different…
Wednesday, 17 February 2021 12:30
New publication: Song Translation: Lyrics in Contexts, eds. Johan Franzon, Annjo K. Greenall, Sigmund Kvam and Anastasia Parianou
Edward Clay
The Editors Johan Franzon is Associate Professor of Swedish Translation and Scandinavian Languages at the University of Helsinki (Finland). Annjo K. Greenall is Professor of English Language and Translation Studies at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim (Norway). Sigmund Kvam is Professor of German Linguistics and Translation…
Thursday, 28 January 2021 13:59
Mediating Practices in Translating Children’s Literature Tackling Controversial Topics, Peter Lang, Edited by Joanna Dybiec-Gajer and Agnieszka Gicala
Edward Clay
The goal of the book is to investigate mediating practices used in translation of children’s and young adults’ fiction, focusing on transfer of contents considered controversial or unsuitable for young audiences. It shows how the macabre and cruelty, swear words and bioethical issues have been affected in translation across cultures…
Thursday, 28 January 2021 13:57
Translating Cultures in Search of Human Universals, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, edited by Ikram Ahmed Elsherif
Edward Clay
Informed by the anthropological research of Professor Donald E. Brown on human universals, this book compiles 10 articles exploring the representation of common human cultural practices and concerns in literature, cinema and language. The book as a whole demonstrates not only that Brown’s human universals are shared by different cultures,…
Thursday, 28 January 2021 13:54
East-West Dialogues: The Transferability of Concepts in the Humanities, Peter Lang, Eds. Christoph Bode, Michael O'Sullivan, Lukas Schepp and Eli Park Sorensen
Edward Clay
This is an edited collection of essays drawn from collaborative events organized jointly by The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. The book focuses on how literary and cultural perspectives from different humanities academic environs in Asia and Europe might contribute to our understanding of…
Thursday, 28 January 2021 13:45
New publication: Captioning and Subtitling for d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing Audiences, Soledad Zárate, UCL Press
Edward Clay
Captioning and Subtitling for d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing Audiences is a comprehensive guide to the theory and practice of captioning and subtitling, a discipline that has evolved quickly in recent years. This guide is of a practical nature and contains examples and exercises at the end of each chapter. Some…
Wednesday, 20 January 2021 15:44
New article: Online collaborative translation: its ethical, social, and conceptual conditions and consequences, C Zwischenberger in Perspectives: Studies in Translation Theory and Practice
Edward Clay
This paper analyses the conceptual, social and ethical dimensions of online collaborative translation and particularly one of its major subtypes, translation crowdsourcing. Since online collaborative translation is still a rather young field of research there are still conceptual uncertainties, particularly surrounding the selection of the meta- or top-level concept for…
Wednesday, 11 November 2020 16:36
Joint PhD opportunities in translation and language policy (Melbourne and KY Leuven)
Edward Clay
“Language is (not) a barrier”: Towards effective translation policies and practices for official communication with culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities in Melbourne This joint PhD project will be based at The University of Melbourne with a minimum 12 month stay at KU Leuven Metropolises like Brussels or Melbourne are…
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