[New publication] Untranslatability Goes Global edited by Suzanne Jill Levine, Katie Lateef-Jan

Untranslatability Goes Global Edited by Suzanne Jill Levine, Katie Lateef-Jan © 2018 – Routledge 146 pages   Description This collection brings together contributions from translation theorists, linguists, and literary scholars to promote interdisciplinary dialogue about untranslatability and its implications within the context of globalization. The chapters depart from the pragmatics of translation practice and move on to consider the role of the translator’s voice […]

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[New publication] Translating Frantz Fanon Across Continents and Languages edited by Kathryn Batchelor, Sue-Ann Harding

Translating Frantz Fanon Across Continents and Languages Edited by Kathryn Batchelor, Sue-Ann Harding © 2017 – Routledge 258 pages   Description This book provides an innovative look at the reception of Frantz Fanon’s texts, investigating how, when, where and why these—especially his seminal Les Damnés de la Terre (1961) —were first translated and read. Building on renewed interest in the author’s works in both postcolonial studies […]

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[New publication] Non-Professional Subtitling edited by David Orrego-Carmona, Yvonne Lee

Non-Professional Subtitling Editor(s):David Orrego-Carmona, Yvonne Lee   Subject: Cultural Studies   Book Description From fansubbing, fan-generated translation, to user-generated translation, from amateur translation to social translation, non-professional subtitling has come a long way since its humble beginning in the 1980s. The prevailing technological affordance enables and mobilises the digital generation to turn subtitling into a method of self-expression and mediation, and […]

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[New publication] Queering Translation, Translating the Queer edited by Brian James Baer, Klaus Kaindl

Queering Translation, Translating the Queer Theory, Practice, Activism Edited by Brian James Baer, Klaus Kaindl © 2018 – Routledge 234 pages | 10 Color Illus. | 7 B/W Illus.   Description This groundbreaking work is the first full book-length publication to critically engage in the emerging field of research on the queer aspects of translation and interpreting studies. The volume presents a variety of theoretical and disciplinary […]

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[New publication] The Interpreter as a Cultural Agent: The Cultural Role of Interpreters Over Time Izabel Emilia Telles de Vasconcelos Souza (Osaka University, Japan)

The Interpreter as a Cultural Agent: The Cultural Role of Interpreters Over Time Izabel Emilia Telles de Vasconcelos Souza (Osaka University, Japan) Source Title: Redefining Translation and Interpretation in Cultural Evolution Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 18 DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2832-6.ch012 Abstract The interpreters’ cultural role has evolved significantly over time. Understanding the profession’s history is necessary to understand its cultural evolution. Prior to professionalization, history portrayed interpreters […]

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[Vacancy] ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN TRANSLATION STUDIES (CHINESE) at the University of Melbourne

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN TRANSLATION STUDIES (CHINESE) Job no: 0039652 Work type: Continuing Location: Parkville Asia Institute  Faculty of Arts Salary: $145,685 – $160,500 p.a. plus 17% superannuation The Asia Institute is the University of Melbourne’s key centre for studies in Asian languages and cultures. Our teaching programs include Arabic, Chinese, Indonesian and Japanese languages, as well as Korean, Asian and Islamic Studies. The Asia […]

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[CFP] ACT/Unlimited! 2 Symposium Quality training, quality service in accessible live events

ACT/Unlimited! 2 Symposium Quality training, quality service in accessible live events The ACT project for its final conference is teaming up with the Unlimited! Symposium, which will take place in Barcelona on June 6th 2018, at the Residència d’Investigadors (Hospital, 64, 08001 Barcelona). Google Maps link. The ACT project is working on the definition of a new professional profile, that of the “Media Accessibility Expert/Manager […]

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