ANNOUNCEMENT OF RESULTS - BURSARIES TO THE V IATIS CONFERENCE

The IATIS Bursaries Commission, consisting of Sue-Ann Jane Harding, Rebecca Tipton, Şebnem Susam-Saraeva and John Milton, received fourteen application from a number of Band 3 and 4 countries, and, taking into consideration the quality of the papers, the geographical distribution of the candidates, and the variety of themes to be presented, decided to award the to Congress Bursaries, two from Congress funds and one from the IATIS Executive funds, to the following applicants, all from Band 4 countries:

After due deliberation, the IATIS Bursaries Commission decided to award three bursaries translation scholars who will be attending the V IATIS Conference in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

Award holders will have their travel costs and accommodation covered and will be exempted from paying the registration fee.

Two bursaries will be funded by the Local Organising Committee of IATIS 2015. A third bursary will be funded by the IATIS Council.

The three participants who were awarded bursaries to the conference are:

Jayne Mutiga (University of Nairobi, Kenya)

Jayne Mutiga is an Associate Professor of Linguistics and Communication at the University of Nairobi. She holds a Ph.D in Linguistics and an M.A and B.A in Linguistics and African Languages. She is trained in language and communication with both academic and professional competences in a wide range of language and communication skills. She has an excellent command of written and spoken English, Kiswahili. Kikamba and Gikuyu; and is skilled in the teaching of descriptive linguistics, applied linguistics, critical thinking skills, technical writing, presentation skills, writing skills, editing and translation. Her working languages are English, Kiswahili, Kikamba and Gikuyu. Prof Mutiga is widely published in the areas of: phonetics, phonology, language in education, language policy and planning, multilingual mother tongue education, linguistic human rights and language endangerment. Her Current research interests are in language use in multilingual settings, mother tongue education, and translation studies and interpreting.

Paper to be presented: "Re-defining Interpreter and Translator Training: The African Motivation and the Challenge"

Lipika Das (IIIT Bhubaneswar, India)

Dr Lipika Das is Assistant Professor at IIIT University, Bhubaneswar India. Her teaching areas are Translation Studies, Communication, Interpersonal Skills, Corporate Readiness, and her research areas are Shakespeare translation, intercultural spectatorship, and Asian Shakespeare appropriation

Paper to be presented: "Storyteller, poet and Playwright: The Changing identities of Shakespeare in Odia Translation"

Nhat Tuan Nguyen (Hanoi University, Vietnam)

Nhat Tuan Nguyen holds a BA in Translation Studies, and a double major MA in Translation Studies and English from Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (Ukraine). He completed his PhD dissertation on the representation of Irish women in contemporary Irish female popular fiction and its translation into Vietnamese at Dublin City University on a scholarship co-sponsored by School of Applied Languages and Intercultural Studies and the Vietnam International Education Development. His research interests include translation theories, popular culture, contemporary female popular fiction, gender and sexualities studies and teaching foreign languages.

Paper to be presented: "The representation of Irish Chick Lit Heroines in Vietnamese translation"