The deadline for abstract submission is 31 July 2013.
A simple way to describe the theme of the conference is “Circulation of Translation within East Asia”.
Of course, translations from East Asian languages to other languages will and vice versa be welcome as well.
For more details please see the link below.
http://www.uea.ac.uk/lcs/events/east-asian-translation-studies-conference
Please disseminate this announcement freely among your colleagues and students!!
East Asian Translation Studies Conference
Call for Papers
The Conference on East Asian Translation Studies aims to provide a platform for translators and researchers working in the East Asian context (China, Korea and Japan in particular) to exchange ideas on issues related to translation.
Translation in China, Korea and Japan is inter-connected not only because of geographical proximity, but by historical and socio-cultural developments over time. Classical Chinese texts and Buddhist scriptures were distributed to Korea and Japan, playing a significant role in shaping the languages and cultures in both countries. At the turn of the twentieth century, the three countries came under the Western influence as the colonial powers imposed their presence in Asia. Although China, Korea and Japan had their own experiences of modernization, these were again inter-related on different levels, as new concepts and texts were introduced. The circulation of knowledge and innovative ideas in different modes has been stepped up and diversified in the age of technology and information, extending to areas such as fashion, popular culture and the entertainment industry.
Translation practices in East Asia flourish against such a background. They come in different forms and styles, depending on what the situations call for. By examining the characteristics and features of translation through time and space, one may explore the dynamics and relationships of China, Korea and Japan.
We invite papers on the following topics and beyond:
East Asian traditions of translation; historical approaches to translation;
Translation Theory/Discourse in the East Asian context; the concept of Theory in the East Asian context;
Translation and interpretation practices in East Asia (general practices, descriptive approaches or descriptions of translation practices by translators and interpreters, from, to and among East Asian languages);
Pedagogical approaches (e.g. the training of translators and interpreters);
Translation in popular culture, such as anime, comics, TV dramas;
Translation by amateurs, such as fansubs, translations of lyrics made available online;
Other unique practices (e.g. intralingual translation – from the orthodox language to indigenous language or regional dialects);
Bridging East and West - conception of translation in East and West; applications of Western theories/approaches in the East Asian context.
Keynote Speakers:
Professor Martha Cheung (Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
Professor Judy Wakabayashi (Kent State University, USA)
Organizers:
Dr Gloria Lee (the Chinese University of Hong Kong) and
Dr Nana Sato-Rossberg (University of East Anglia)
[in alphabetical order]
Hosted by School of Language and Communication Studies, UEA
with support by Dr Roger Baines, Dr Marie-Noëlle Guillot, and Dr Jo Drugan
Date:
19 and 20 June 2014
Venue:
The new lecture theatre of University of East Anglia, UK
Registration fee:
General: GBP 100, Students (with ID): GBP 70.
Abstracts:
Please submit your abstract of no more than 300 words by 31 July 2013 to the following email address:
East-Asian-submission-2014@translationstudies.net
Successful applicants will be informed before 31 December 2013.
Email address for enquiry
East-Asian-enquiry@translationstudies.net
Scientific Committee:
Prof Nam-Fung Chang (Lingnan University, Hong Kong)
Prof Theo Hermans (University College London, UK)
Prof Jieun Lee (Ewha Womans University, Korea)
Dr Akiko Uchiyama (The University of Queensland, Australia)
[in alphabetical order]
With the kind support of
British Centre for Literary Translation (UEA)
Kansai Translation Studies Kenkyukai
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The norms themselves are at the centre of the topic, along with the values from which they emerge and with which they engage, but as with investigation of other types of norms, they must be extrapolated from available forms of data, for example texts by and about translators, or trends in hiring or training.As scholarship in translation studies has broadened, first from linguistic approaches to cultural and sociological approaches, and then to a focus on the translator, we have increasingly come to understand that we must view translation as a socially-situated practice or set of practices, carried out by agents whose behaviour and choices are influenced by a variety of external as well as internal factors. A large part of the focus has been on using this perspective to better understand the choices that are made in translating – that is, the specific textual decisions made by translators – but interest has also grown significantly in questions that move beyond textual choices and comparative textual analysis. There are significant threads of scholarship for example on the cultural or structural aspects of non-professional translation and interpreting (e.g. Antonini et al. 2017; Pérez-González and Susam-Saraeva 2012), the relationships between translation and activism (e.g. Boéri 2024; Gould and Tahmasebian 2020; Tymoczko 2010), and the impact of emerging technologies and digital spaces on perceptions of translatorship (e.g. Zhang et al. 2024), among many others.Norms have long been a productive tool for translation studies, but existing articulations and uses have focused on the translational norms that we understand as governing micro- and macro-level translation choices. 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