Oppression is not a point of view
POETRY/TRANSLATION/FILM – POÉSIE/TRADUCTION/FILM PoeTransFi 18-19 June 2015 EMMA, Paul Valéry University, Montpellier, France Please click HERE to download the CFP in PDF format. Scroll down for French version. The aim of this conference, which could also be entitled “The film as poem, the poem as film: A spectrum of translations”, is to revisit the inter-relations between poetry and film, envisaged under
» Read moreThe Temporary Center for Translation is a site for pedagogical exchange founded on the importance of translation as a mode for thinking, making, and doing. Every translation sets into play distinct vocabularies and systems of meaning—linguistic and otherwise—and it is in these encounters that priorities and positions are negotiated. While fidelity to an original work or idea is paramount
» Read moreFirst Forlì International Workshop Department of Interpreting and Translation, University of Bologna Forlì, Italy, 7-8 May 2015 More than 15 years have passed since the late Miriam Shlesinger called upon the Interpreting Studies community to embrace corpus-based methodologies (Shlesinger 1998). Corpus-based methodologies enable researchers to collect empirical data in quantities large enough to make reliable generalizations about interpreter
» Read more2nd ULICES Conference on Translation Studies – JET2 Venue: Faculty of Letters, University of Lisbon Date: 3-4 December 2014 Keynote Speakers Abram De Swaan, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Stefania Taviano, University of Messina, Italy Call For Papers The rise of English as an international world language has had a dramatic effect on the practice of translation in all
» Read moreInnovation Paths in Translation and Intercultural Studies Call for Presentations (papers, roundtables, workshops, “rapid fire” PhD presentations, and posters) Deadline: 10th of September 2014 Following successful conferences in Seoul (2004), Cape Town (2006), Melbourne (2009) and Belfast (2012), IATIS is delighted to announce its call for panel, paper, roundtable, workshop, “rapid fire” PhD presentations and poster proposals for its fifth
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A three-day conference to be held in Cairo, 6-8 March 2015 Funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council, UK Organized by Mona Baker, Yasmin El Rifae, and Mada Masr http://globalizingdissent.wordpress.com Activists from various regions and countries connect with and influence one another through practices involving various types of translation, including video subtitling, written translation, and oral interpretation. The Egyptian Revolution and the activists and
» Read moreMain Hall, Taylor Institution – St Giles’, Oxford OX1 3NA September 25-26, 2014 Registration is open until Sunday 21st September, or until fully booked Conveners: Martin McLaughlin and Javier Muñoz-Basols (For enquiries please contact elisabetta.tarantino@mod-langs.ox.ac.uk) In recent decades we have witnessed an ever-increasing exposure to new cultures and languages. Ease of travel, migration flows and increased opportunities to interact with foreign
» Read moreDeadline for applications: 15 September 2014 ARTIS, or Advancing Research in Translation and Interpreting Studies, is a new research training initiative in the broad area of translation and interpreting studies. The training we offer is designed to help researchers to improve their research skills and methods, to set up and manage research projects effectively, and to negotiate and apply
» Read more12-13 December 2014 Center for Translation Studies, University of Vienna Gymnasiumstraße 50 1190 Vienna Call for Papers The Center for Translation Studies at the University of Vienna is organizing a two-day symposium in December 2014 to bring together Eastern European traditions and scientific reflections on Translation (Studies). It seeks to understand how the discipline and scientific thinking on it
» Read moreDepartment of Translation and Interpreting Studies Boğaziçi University, Istanbul 27-28 November 2014 The standard definitions of “translation” commonly refer to transfer processes from one language into another or to the end product of such a transfer. However, translation is not only an interlingual and intercultural phenomenon. Translation also occurs within the “same” linguistic and cultural domain. One example of
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