Author: Mona Baker

Why Interculturalidad is not Interculturality

Articles, Translation

Colonial remains and paradoxes in translation between indigenous social movements and supranational bodies DOI: 10.1080/09502386.2014.899379 Robert Aman, Cultural Studies, Volume 29, Issue 2, 2015, pages 205-228   Abstract Interculturality is a notion that has come to dominate the debate on cultural diversity among supranational bodies such as the European Union (EU) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in

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How to get published in an academic journal: top tips from editors

Articles, Translation

Journal editors share their advice on how to structure a paper, write a cover letter – and deal with awkward feedback from reviewers  Overcoming writer’s block: three tips  How to write for an academic journal Writing for academic journals is highly competitive. Even if you overcome the first hurdle and generate a valuable idea or piece of research – how

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Translation in Exile

Events, Translation

International Conference organized by the Centre for Literature in Translation of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Ghent University, in cooperation with the University of Santiago de Compostela and the Federal University of Santa Catarina. Venue: Vrije Universiteit Brussel, December 10-11, 2015 Bringing together scholars from different disciplines such as cultural studies, translation studies, area studies, comparative literature and anthropology, this

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Israel Kills People Like Me, Israel Exploits Queers Like Me

Palestine

Posted by Leil-Zahra on 12/29/14 • Categorized as English * In response to a full-page ad running this week in The New York Times funded by Rabbi Shmuley, Stand with Us, and This World (Shmuley’s own); featuring political campaigner Rennick Remely. My name is Leil-Zahra Mortada. I’m an Arab Queer person. And I support justice. If I lived in Gaza or “Israel’s neighboring states”,

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Italy's Salman Rushdie: The renarration of “Roberto Saviano” in English for the post-9/11 cultural market

Articles, Translation

Translation Studies Volume 8, Issue 1, 2015, pages 48-62 DOI: 10.1080/14781700.2014.921238 Serena Bassi This article considers the construction of the literary fame of Roberto Saviano, author of the 2006 Italian bestseller Gomorra, in the British book marketplace. In order to understand the political import of Saviano’s translated author-brand, this analysis utilizes the tools of narrative theory to look at what narratives were created around

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Translating Gesture in a Transnational Public Sphere

Articles, Translation

Amelia Barikin, Nikos Papastergiadis, Audrey Yue, Scott McQuire, Ross Gibson; Xin Gu Journal of Intercultural Studies 2014, Vol. 35, No. 4, 349–365. Translation is a key concept for interpreting cross-cultural exchanges. In this article, we track the development of an artistic project that we developed in conjunction with Federation Square Melbourne and Art Centre Nabi in Seoul. It involved the performance of a live

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Researching Translation and Interpreting

Publications, Translation

Edited by Claudia V. Angelelli, Brian James Baer Routledge – 2015 – 288 pages Paperback:  $39.95 978-0-415-73254-3 April 30th 2015 Available for pre-order Hardback:  $150.00 978-0-415-73253-6 April 30th 2015 Available for pre-order   This volume offers a comprehensive view of current research directions in Translation and Interpreting Studies, outlining the theoretical concepts underpinning that research and presenting detailed discussions of the various methods used.

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Translatorial hexis: The politics of Pinkard’s translation of Hegel’s Phenomenology

Articles, Translation

Radical Philosophy 186 (Jul/Aug 2014)  David Charlston Most branches of philosophy and many other disciplines in the humanities and social sciences studied in the anglophone academy draw on texts written in languages other than English and therefore rely on the products of translation, especially translations of historical, European philosophy. However, surprisingly little philosophical attention has been paid to the role

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A lonely fight defending Egypt's jailed dissidents

Egypt, Human Rights

By HAMZA HENDAWIPublished: Dec 14, 2014 CAIRO (AP) – When a group of activists is arrested in Egypt, the call for help goes most often to lawyer Ragia Omran. She then starts a long trek through police stations and prosecutors’ offices, trying to get their release or at least some respect for their rights. It’s a lonely, grueling struggle, and

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