Friday, 06 March 2020 08:19
ZHAW session of the Łódź-ZHAW Duo Colloquium on Translation and Meaning. 3-5 September, Winterthur, Switzerland
Edward Clay
The Łódź-ZHAW Duo Colloquium on Translation and Meaning is a successor to the internationally acclaimed event with the same concept, organised in Maastricht and Łódź from 1990 to 2015. The ZHAW session takes place from 3 to 5 September 2020 in Winterthur and approaches applied aspects of the theme Contextuality in…
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Friday, 06 March 2020 08:09
CULTUS 14: Translation plus: The added value of the translator
Edward Clay
Translators, when not getting any press tend to get bad press, and the translation profession itself appears to be suffering an existential crisis (low play, status and uncertain future). However, this is not the full picture. The proposed issue intends to bring together practical applications of “translation plus”, where the translator (interpreter)…
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Friday, 06 March 2020 08:06
Lydia Davis: Writing, Reading and Translation, 13-14 May, London
Edward Clay
Date13 May 2020, 9.30am - 14 May 2020, 3.30pm TypeConference / Symposium VenueBloomsbury Room, G35, Ground Floor, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU Keynote speakers | Conférenciers invitésEmily Eells, University of Paris 10-NanterreJonathan Evans, University of Portsmouth 13 May 2020 10:00 Registration10:30 Welcome by Jean-Michel Gouvard (University of Bordeaux Montaigne) 10:45…
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Thursday, 05 March 2020 15:35
MonTI 13 (2021) CTS spring-cleaning: A critical reflection
Edward Clay
This issue is intended to be a self-reflexive research work that looks back and forward upon corpus-based translation studies (CTS). Similarly to other publications in the field (e.g. Laviosa 1998; Laviosa 2002; Olohan 2004; Kruger et al. 2011), looking back brings us to at least 1993, when Mona Baker (1993:…
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Thursday, 05 March 2020 15:05
Thematic stream: The concept of translation in Africa, Cardiff University, 8-10 September 2020
Edward Clay
The 28 biennial ASAUK conference (8-10 September 2020) at Cardiff University will feature the thematic panel The concept of translation in Africa: challenging Translation and Interpreting Studies. The stream will provide a space where translation and interpreting studies scholars exploring the African context can meet and discuss their research, present their…
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Thursday, 05 March 2020 12:42
Senior Lecturer (Translation Studies), University of Glasgow
Edward Clay
The School of Critical Studies is seeking to appoint a Senior Lecturer (Translation Studies) to develop, lead and sustain research and scholarship of international standard and contribute to the delivery of an excellent student experience by delivering, organising and reviewing agreed teaching, assessment and administration processes to enhance learning and…
Tuesday, 03 March 2020 15:33
Conference - Picturebooks and graphic narratives in translation and education: Mediation and multimodality (extended deadline)
Karen Bennett
Picturebooks and graphic narratives in translation and education: Mediation and multimodality
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Saturday, 29 February 2020 17:17
English-French Glossary of the United Nations, NGOs and International Relations
Annick Stevenson
NEW English-French Glossary of the United Nations, NGOs, and International Relations
Monday, 24 February 2020 16:52
Lectors in Modern Foreign Languages (Spanish, French and Mandarin), University of Portsmouth
Edward Clay
The University of Portsmouth is seeking to appoint outstanding Lectors in Modern Foreign Languages (Spanish, French and Mandarin) to join our teaching team. The School believes it is essential that students benefit from an excellent learning experience. This starts with high quality research informed teaching by staff with excellent interdisciplinary…
Monday, 24 February 2020 08:30
University Assistant (prae doc) at the Centre for Translation Studies, University of Vienna - 2 x vacancies
Edward Clay
1) The Centre for Translation Studies is seeking a University assistant (prae doc) in the field of Transcultural Communication (Prof. Dr. Cornelia Zwischenberger) with a focus on online collaborative translation (e.g. Translation Crowdsourcing, Fansubbing, Fandubbing, Scanlation, Translation hacking). These types of online collaborative translation are investigated as specific forms of…
Monday, 24 February 2020 08:27
University Assistant (post doc) at the Centre for Translation Studies, University of Vienna
Edward Clay
A half-day post-doctoral position (with the option to extend it to a full position) with a focus on online collaborative translation, limited to 6 years is advertised at the Centre for Translation studies (collaboration with Prof. Dr. Cornelia Zwischenberger). It is desirable that the successful candidate writes a habilitation dedicated…
Monday, 24 February 2020 08:22
Reminder: International Conference on Intersemiotic Translation: Transmedial Turn? Potentials, Problems, and Points to Consider, 8-11 December 2020, University of Tartu, Estonia
Edward Clay
Deadline for submissions approaching: Following the 1st International Conference on Intersemiotic Translation, held in November 2017 at the University of Cyprus, this conference aims to address the theoretical and practical challenges that the shift away from the logocentric to increasingly intersemiotic, intermedial and transmedial culture poses for the relevant fields,…
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The Faculty of Arts and Philosophy at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) invites applications for a full-time (100%) doctoral researcher at the Brussels Institute for Applied Linguistics (BIAL), Department of Linguistics and Literary Studies (LIST). You will conduct doctoral research in one of the following fields: Translation Studies, Interpreting Studies, Terminology, Cultural…
Friday, 14 February 2020 14:45
Summer School in Corpus Linguistics, Lancaster University, 22-25 June
Edward Clay
Lancaster University is pleased to offer three free training events that cover the techniques of corpus linguistics and their application in three different areas. Corpus linguistics for analysis of language, discourse and society Corpus linguistics for language learning, teaching and testing Statistics and data visualisation for corpus linguistics The schools include both lectures…
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Friday, 14 February 2020 14:34
HiT2020: Heritage in Translation, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, August 27-28, 2020
Edward Clay
Within a heritage context, interpretation is understood as ‘an educational activity which aims to reveal meanings and relationships through the use of original objects, by first-hand experience, and by illustrative media, rather than simply to communicate factual information’ (Tilden 1957, p.8). As such, heritage interpretation is geared towards engaging a…
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Friday, 14 February 2020 14:24
Director of the Institute of Modern Languages Research, London
Edward Clay
Applications are invited for the full-time post of Director of the Institute of Modern Languages Research. The post is open to a person with expertise in any area of Modern Languages (which, in this context, does not include specialist linguistics). The School seeks someone of outstanding academic stature who will…
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