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PhD Fellowship in Politics, Public Policies and Globalization

August 13, 2015 stone0718 Competitions and Awards, Translation

PhD program in Politics, Public Policies and Globalization at the Department of Political Sciences of the University of Perugia, Italy. Candidates can apply within the terms established by the fellowship competition announcement available at http://www.unipg.it/files/pagine/720/dottorato_XXXI/Bando-XXXI-ciclo-inglese.pdf (deadline for application: 7 September 2015). One scholarship grant is reserved for international students. Candidates will have to submit a research proposal. This, as well as

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University of Perugia

Acknowledgements (Translating Dissent)

August 10, 2015 Mona Baker About, Publications, Translating Dissent, Translation

Despite having edited numerous books and journal issues over the past 20 years, I found this volume exceptionally challenging. The ups and downs, the uncertainty, and the upheaval that characterized the political landscape in which it was conceived permeated every aspect of the project: from persuading activists with more pressing concerns to invest in reflecting and writing about a relevant aspect of their experience, to

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Endorsements for Translating Dissent

August 10, 2015 Mona Baker About, Publications, Translating Dissent, Translation

Translating Dissent: Voices from and with the Egyptian Revolution Edited by Mona Baker This is a volume of uncommon urgency, intellectual range, and political importance. Translation, which occupies the crossing point of discourse and power and which affects all networks of word, image and sound, must now stand near the centre of any study of global activism. The richly diverse

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Senior Lecturer /Lecturer/ Assistant Lecturer in Translation/Interpreting – The Chinese University of Hong Hong (Shenzhen)

August 9, 2015 stone0718 Job Announcements, Translation

The Chinese University of Hong Hong (Shenzhen) Senior Lecturer /Lecturer/ Assistant Lecturer – Translation/Interpreting – The School of Humanities and Social Science, (Ref.1415/068/01) The creation of the School of Humanities and Social Science (SHSS) has its aim to provide foundations in humanities and social science through its teaching for undergraduate students to gain insights into the past, while enabling them

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Chinese University of Hong Kong

Interpreting Quality: A Look Around and Ahead

August 5, 2015 Mona Baker Publications, Translation

Cornelia Zwischenberger / Martina Behr (eds.) ISBN:978-3-7329-0191-3 39,80 EUR Contents The issue of quality in interpreting has been debated for almost three decades now. This volume is evidence of the sociological turn Interpreting Studies is taking on quality research. Based on either a socio-cognitive perspective, a sociological approach, or the situational social variability of the entire source and target context, this

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Cornelia Zwischenberger, interpreting, Martina Behr, quality, role

The danger of a single story

August 5, 2015 stone0718 Translation, Videos

Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice — and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Novelist Inspired by Nigerian history and tragedies all but forgotten by

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Chimamanda Adichie, narrative

Retranslation in Context II

August 4, 2015 Mona Baker Events, Translation

An international conference on retranslation Boğaziçi University November 19-20, 2015 The conference follows the success of our first Retranslation in Context conference held at Boğaziçi University on December 12-13, 2013. Retranslation in Context I was conceived during the “Bibliographical and Analytical Research Project on Retranslations in Ottoman and Modern Turkish Societies” carried out at Boğaziçi University (2011-2016). Since the

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Boğaziçi University, retranslation

Mosireen Subtitling Workshop

August 3, 2015 stone0718 Activist Initiatives, Citizen Media, Egypt, Mona Baker, Translating Dissent, Translation, Videos

Mosireen Subtitling Workshop, 30 April 2014, held at ADEF (Arab Digital Expression Foundation), Cairo This workshop was held for activist subtitlers, particularly those associated with Mosireen, and coordinated by Katharine Halls, Salma El-Tarzi and Danya Nada. It was delivered by Dr Luis Perez-Gonzalez and introduced by Professor Mona Baker, both from the University of Manchester, UK. Download the Powerpoint

Narrative, Social Narrative Theory and Translation Studies: Call for Papers

July 31, 2015 Mona Baker Call for Papers, Translation

CLINA: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Translation, Interpreting and Intercultural Communication Revista Interdisciplinaria de Traducción, Interpretación y Comunicación Intercultural PLEASE VISIT CLINA WEBSITE FOR UPDATES AND MORE INFORMATION http://diarium.usal.es/revistaclina/ revistaclina@usal.es CLINA publishes articles and reviews on translation, interpreting and intercultural communication in two monographic issues per year with accepted proposals after a double-blind review process. PERIODICITY OF CLINA: TWO ISSUES PER

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CLINA, narrative theory, Sue-Ann Harding

Translators Without Borders: the Accept Project

July 30, 2015 Mona Baker Articles, Translation

NOV 5, 2014 Source: Translation Tribulations KEVIN LOSSNER’S QUIRKY EXPLORATION OF TRANSLATION TECHNOLOGIES, MARKETING STRATEGIES, WORKFLOW OPTIMIZATION, RESOURCE REVIEWS, CONTROVERSIES, COFFEE AND OTHER TOPICS OF POSSIBLE INTEREST TO TRANSLATORS, LANGUAGE SERVICE PROVIDERS AND LANGUAGE SERVICE CONSUMERS. In 2012, a grant of 1.8 million euros of EU funds was awarded to the ACCEPT project. The avowed aim of ACCEPT (Automated

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Kevin Lossner, Translators Without Borders

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