In Stranger Fictions: A History of the Novel in Arabic Translation, Rebecca C. Johnson looks at the role that literary translations and adaptations played in the Arabic novel
English translation: Janice Deul’s opinion piece about Gorman/Rijneveld
by Haidee Kotze Medium, 18 March 2021 What follows is an English translation of Janice Deul’s opinion piece (in Dutch) published by De Volkskrant
Translation is the canary in the coalmine
By Haidee Kotze Medium, 15 March 2021 What the debate about Amanda Gorman’s translators is really about Translation is the territory of paradox. One
25 years of The Translator: Mona Baker, Moira Inghilleri and Dirk Delabastita in conversation with Sue-Ann Harding and Loredana Polezzi
The Translator Volume 26, No. 3, 2020 Pages 297-309 | Published online: 11 Jan 2021 OPEN ACCESS This conversation, which took place in
Translaboration in Analogue and Digital Practice: Labour, Power, Ethics
Edited by Cornelia Zwischenberger (University of Vienna, Austria) and Alexa Alfer (University of Westminster, UK), contracted with Frank & Timme, Berlin Translaboration, as an essentially
Associate Professor in Translation Studies, Sultan Qaboos University
Job Announcement: Sultan Qaboos University, the leading public university in the Sultanate of Oman, announces a vacancy in Translation Studies with the following
Terrifying https://twitter.com/ntarnopolsky/status/1385311226998165505
Hundreds of mostly orthodox Jewish youth marching through downtown Jerusalem towards Damascus Gate, amid chants of “Death of Arabs!”
Friday Finds: Celebrating Iman Mersal http://arablit.org/2021/04/23/friday-finds-celebrating-iman-mersal/
Break the patents on COVID vaccine. Right now intellectual "property" is not just theft, it is mass murder.
I always appreciate stories from @damiengayle: “The apologies, which followed a legal challenge, are thought to be the first time a police force has admitted it misapplied coronavirus powers to ban protests.” Thank you @GSilverman1! https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/22/bristol-police-to-pay-damages-for-arrest-of-activists-using-covid-powers
Almost 5000 signatures already in the @ucu petition to save History, Languages and Translation at Aston.
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We really appreciate the support to the Department and hope these programmes will continue running to benefit the community!
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Aston University has told staff that at least 24 jobs are at risk of redundancy due to its plans to close the department of history, languages and translation.
Sign our petition to defend the courses: https://speakout.web.ucu.org.uk/defend-history-and-language-provision-at-aston-university/
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