Beyond the Spectacle: Translation and Solidarity in Contemporary Protest Movements

Mona Baker This chapter maps out the space of translation within the political economy of contemporary protest movements, using the Egyptian Revolution as a case in point and extending the definition of translation to cover a range of modalities and types of interaction. It identifies themes and questions that arise out of the concrete experiences of activists mobilizing and reflecting

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Inttranews “Linguists of the Year” for 2016 donate Prize Money to Solidarités International

Release Date | 2016-01-19 Professor Mona Baker et al, elected by the readers of Inttranews as their “Linguists of the Year” for 2016, for “Translating Dissent: Voices from and with the Egyptian Revolution”, have donated the prize money to Solidarités International. Professor Mona Baker et al, elected by the readers of Inttranews as their “Linguists of the Year” for 2016, for

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"مصرية تفوز بلقب "عالمة اللغويات للعام

ابوظبي – سكاي نيوز عربية فازت المصرية منى بيكر، الثلاثاء، بلقب “عالمة اللغويات” لعام 2016 عن مجموعة مقالات “ترجمة المعارضة: أصوات من ومع الثورة المصرية”، التي تناولت فيها أهمية الترجمة في الوقت الحاضر واختار قراء نشرة الأخبار اليومية لعلوم الترجمة واللغويات “إنترانيوز” بيكر التي تحمل أيضا الجنسية البريطانية، وتعمل أستاذة دراسات الترجمة بمركز الترجمة والدراسات الثقافية في جامعة مانشستر بإنجلترا

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Professor Mona Baker et al elected Inttranews “Linguists of the Year” for 2016

Kontax Release Date | 2016-01-12 Professor Mona Baker et al have been elected by the readers of Inttranews as their “Linguists of the Year” for 2016, for “Translating Dissent: Voices from and with the Egyptian Revolution”. Professor Mona Baker et al have been elected by the readers of Inttranews as their “Linguists of the Year” for 2016, for “Translating Dissent: Voices from

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Genealogies of Knowledge

The evolution and contestation of concepts across time and space Professor Mona Baker, University of Manchester The Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies (CTIS) at the University of Manchester has recently been awarded a large Research Grant by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. From 31 March 2016, CTIS members Professor Mona Baker (Principal Investigator) and Dr Luis Pérez-González (Co-investigator)

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Translating the Egyptian Revolution

Activist use of translation to connect with global publics and protest movements Professor Mona Baker, University of Manchester This study examines one aspect of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution which has received no attention in public or academic circles so far, namely, the language-based practices that allow Egyptian protestors to contest dominant narratives of the Revolution and, importantly, to connect with,

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Genealogies of Knowledge: The Evolution and Contestation of Concepts across Time and Space

Project Award Announcement The Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies (CTIS) at the University of Manchester has recently been awarded a large Research Grant by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC, standard route). From 31 March 2016, CTIS members Professor Mona Baker (Principal Investigator) and Dr Luis Pérez-González (Co-investigator) will work with Professor Peter Pormann (Lead Co-investigator, Classics and Graeco-Arabic Studies at the University of Manchester) and

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Ethics in the Translation and Interpreting Curriculum

Surveying and Rethinking the Pedagogical Landscape Report commissioned by the Higher Education Academy © Mona Baker, 2013 Contents 1. Introduction 1.1. Accountability 1.2. Professional Engagement with Ethics 1.3 Political Conflict 1.4  Technological Advances 2. Ethics in Translator and Interpreter Education and Professional Codes of Practice 3. Incorporating Ethics in the Curriculum 3.1. Conceptual Tools 3.2  Ethics Themes in Translation and

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