Saturday, 10 September 2011 09:04
Complicating the History of Western Translation. The Ancient Mediterranean in Perspective
Magdalena Dombek
Complicating the History of Western Translation The Ancient Mediterranean in Perspective Edited by Siobhán McElduff and Enrica Sciarrino ISBN 978-1-905763-30-6, £25 (inc. postage and packing) Published September 2011, 234 pages https://www.stjerome.co.uk/books/b/151/ As long as there has been a need for language, there has been a need for translation; yet…
Many of you will know that the BBC is about to do a long dramatisation of Vasily Grossman's LIFE AND FATE. This is based on my translation of the novel. This is a dramatization, not a reading, and therefore it does not use only the words of my translation. Nevertheless,…
Dimitris Asimakoulas and Margaret Rogers (eds) (2011) Translation and Opposition. Bristol: Multilingual Matters. ISBN 9781847694300. 321 pages £23.96 Book synopsis Contemporary models in Translation Studies have relatively recently problematized various myths relating to translation activity, such as the view of translation as an impersonal, mechanical act of linguistic transfer or…
Monday, 05 September 2011 21:01
Legal Interpreting in the Criminal System: An Exploratory Study
Mona Baker
Hussein, Nadia M.A. Doctoral Dissertation, Leicester, UK: De Montfort University, 2011 Advisors: Brian Williams & Dennis Anthony
Monday, 05 September 2011 16:07
New York Times: Rev. Eugene A. Nida, Who Spurred a Babel of Bibles, Is Dead at 96
Mona Baker
The New York Times By MARGALIT FOX Published: September 3, 2011 The Rev. Eugene A. Nida, a linguist and Baptist minister who spurred a Babel of Bibles, recruiting and training native speakers to translate Scripture into a host of languages around the world, died on Aug. 25 at his home…
Message from the newly founded National Union of Professional Interpreters and Translators, UK Dear ColleagueAs you may know NUPIT/Unite is shortly to launch the Speak Up, Speak Out campaign in support of the Public Service Interpreting profession.Our campaign leaflets are printed and ready for distribution, the campaign page is already on…
Moncton (New Brunswick, Canada) 1, 2, 3 November 2012 Translation in Contexts of Official Multilingualism Translation and interpretation activities in a context of official or institutional multilingualism (where are least two languages are official languages) are the reality of many of the world's countries, but rarely are translation studies scholars…
The KULeuven research project "Customs officers or smugglers?” studying the mediating activities of Belgian intercultural actors (translators, multilingual writers, self-translators, bilingual literature and art critics) and their networks is offering: 2 Fellowships: 1 Doctoral Researcher (48 months); 1 Postdoctoral Researcher (18 months)
Dr Eugene Nida, a giant and pioneer of Bible translation in the last century, died yesterday, 26 August, aged 96. The article below is by Dr Philip C. Stine. And see also http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/8736036/The-Reverend-Eugene-Nida.html
Friday, 26 August 2011 13:40
Lecturer/ Senior Lecturer in Translation - London Metropolitan University
Magdalena Dombek
LECTURER/SENIOR LECTURER IN TRANSLATIONLondon Metropolitan University - Faculty of Social Sciences and HumanitiesSalary: £31,794 to £38,823/£37,479 to £47,196 inclusive per annum We wish to appoint a Lecturer/ Senior Lecturer in Translation (Electronic tools and terminology management).
Tuesday, 23 August 2011 12:31
Translating Dialects and Languages of Minorities. Challenges and Solutions
Magdalena Dombek
Federici, Federico M. (ed.) Translating Dialects and Languages of Minorities Challenges and Solutions www.peterlang.com/index.cfm?event=cmp.ccc.seitenstruktur.detailseiten&seitentyp=produkt&pk=54535&cid=5&concordeid=430178 Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Wien, 2011. 245 pp., num. ill., tables and graphsNew Trends in Translation Studies. Vol. 6Edited by Jorge Díaz Cintas www.peterlang.com?newtrans ISBN 978-3-0343-0178-7 pb. CHF 53.00 / €(D) 40.30…
Laura Incalcaterra McLoughlin / Marie Biscio / Máire Áine Ní Mhainnín (eds) AUDIOVISUAL TRANSLATION: SUBTITLES AND SUBTITLINGTheory and Practicewww.peterlang.com/index.cfm?event=cmp.ccc.seitenstruktur.detailseiten&seitentyp=produkt&pk=59851&cid=5&concordeid=430299 Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Wien, 2011. XIV, 288 pp., num. fig. and tablesNew Trends in Translation Studies. Vol. 9Edited by Jorge Díaz Cintas www.peterlang.com?newtrans pb. ISBN…
Tuesday, 23 August 2011 10:58
International Conference ‘Comparative Law: Engaging Translation’
Şebnem Susam-Saraeva
The Kent Centre for European and Comparative Law invites participation in an international conference entitled “Comparative Law: Engaging Translation” to be held at Kent Centre for European and Comparative Law, Kent Law School, Canterbury, UK on 21-22 June 2012.
Thursday, 18 August 2011 13:50
3rd Glendon Graduate Student Conference in Translation Studies
Magdalena Dombek
3rd Glendon Graduate Student Conference in Translation Studies Saturday, March 10th, 2012 York University (Toronto) "Multilingual identities: translators and interpreters as cross-cultural migrants" The graduate students of the School of Translation at Glendon College, York University, are pleased to announce the third annual graduate student conference in Translation Studies, to be held…
Translation, Texts, Media / Traduction, textes, médias 25th Conference of the Canadian Association for Translation Studies ( CATS)XXVe Congrès de l'Association canadienne de traductologie (ACT)Wilfrid Laurier University and University of Waterloo, Waterloo, OntarioDates: May 30 to June 1, 2012Program Chair: Christine York If we take as a starting point the…
Colleagues are encouraged to consider signing a petition initiated by professional interpreters in the UK, even if they are not a NRPSI/DPSI/legal interpreter. The issue they are campaigning against will affect both the profession and the discipline worldwide in the future. But see disclaimer, below, from Applied Language Solutions. http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/mojoutsourcing/…
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