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2nd IATIS Conference

SPECIAL PANEL 8

CALL FOR PAPERS
 

The Bible and its translations:
colonial encounters with the indigenous

Chairs:

Jaqueline du Toit & Jacobus A Naudé,

University of the Free State,
 Bloemfontein, South Africa


Presentation and Themes

The translation of the Bible is the one publishing success story in the third world. It seems to have overcome the natural resistance of a primary oral culture to the written word.

In the past the Bible and its translations into the indigenous languages of the colonized represented colonial empowerment. In recent years, however, the status quo seems to have changed. By means of a process of indigenization of the translated versions of the Bible, these translations have come to prescribe and dominate biblical dialogue. This panel welcomes contributions that consider the nature of the colonial encounter between the source text and translations, and the target audiences, by commenting on the cultural mechanisms of ownership, resistance and indigenization as vacillating media of oppression and liberation.

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Submission of abstracts

Abstracts (maximum 300 words, in English) for 30 minute papers (including 10 minutes' discussion time) can be sent:

  • either by e-mail to [] and []. Subject: IATIS Bible Translation Panel.

  • or by post or fax to

Dr JS du Toit & Prof J A Naudé

Afroasiatic Studies, Sign Language and Language Practice

University of the Free State

P O Box 339

Bloemfontein 9300

South Africa

 

Fax: +27 51 401 3511 (mark for attention: Dr du Toit and Prof Naudé)

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Key dates

  • extended deadline for submitting abstracts: November 30th 2005.

  • Notification of acceptance of abstracts: January 15th 2006.

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LAST  IATIS CONFERENCE
Cape Town 2006

In July 2006, IATIS held its 2nd Conference at The University of the Western Cape, in Cape Town (South Africa). The Theme of the conference was Intervention in Translation, Interpreting and Intercultural Encounters.

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Visit the Cape Town 2006 site.

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Read the conference closing address available here.
 
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