translation seminars in Edinburgh

Readers in Scotland may be interested in this year's excellent line-up for the joint series of translation seminars run by Heriot Watt University and the University of Edinburgh. The seminars are free and all are welcome.

Seminars on the Translation Profession

Liisa Muinonen, freelance translator

Things can only get better? Working as a freelance translator

Wed., 5 Oct. 2011, 4.00-5.30pm, University of Edinburgh

Jonathan Downie, freelance translator

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Wed., 30 Nov. 2011, 4.00-5.30pm, Heriot-Watt University

Andrea Joyce, Associate Rights Director, Canongate Books

Selling Foreign Rights

Wed., 1 Feb. 2012, 4.00-5.30pm, University of Edinburgh

Annette Schiller, Schiller Translations

The business of translation and interpreting

Wed., 29 Feb 2012, 4.00-5.30pm, Heriot-Watt Universit

Venues, unless indicated otherwise

§  at University of Edinburgh: George Square,07 Psychology Building, Room  F21

map at: http://www.ed.ac.uk/maps/buildings/david-hume-tower

§  at Heriot Watt University: Lecture Theatre 3

map at: http://www.hw.ac.uk/maps/detailed-campus-map.pdf

Research Seminars:

Angela Kershaw, University of Birmingham

Irène Némirovsky and Suite française – Issues of Translation and Reception in Holocaust Literature

Wed., 28 Sept 2011, 4.00-5.30pm, Heriot-Watt University, Lecture Theatre 3

Frederic Chaume, Universitat Jaume I

Dubbing in Europe: Professional Issues and Norms

Wed., 19 Oct. 2011, 4.00-5.30pm, University of Edinburgh

Valerie Henitiuk, University of East Anglia

The Bones of the Stuff: Translation and the Worlding of Literatures

Wed., 16 Nov. 2011, 4.00-5.30pm, Heriot-Watt University, Lecture Theatre 3

Denise Merkle, Université de Moncton

Translation: Compliance, Conversion, Assimilation

Wed., 23 Nov. 2011, 4.00-5.30, University of Edinburgh

Julie Boeri, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Exploring the Sociology of Translation and Interpreting: A Narrative Model of Analysis and a Case Study of Interpreting

Wed., 25 Jan. 2012, 4.00-5.30pm, Heriot-Watt University, Postgraduate Centre G.01

Susan Hunston, University of Birmingham

Phraseology and Evaluative Language: Issues in Corpus Linguistics

Wed., 8 Feb. 2012, 4.00-5.30pm, University of Edinburgh

Yvonne Fowler, Aston University

Interpreting into the Ether: Prison Video Link in the Multilingual Courtroom

Wed., 21 March 2012, 4.00-5.30pm, University of Edinburgh

Adam Kilgarriff, Lexical Computing Ltd.

Corpus Methods and Corpus Tools in Linguistics, Lexicography and Translation

Wed., 28 March 2012, 4.00-5.30pm, Heriot-Watt University, Postgraduate Centre G.01

Venues, unless indicated otherwise

§  at University of Edinburgh: Psychology Building, George Square 07, (F21)

map at: http://www.ed.ac.uk/maps/buildings/psychology-building

§  at Heriot Watt University: Sem 1: Lecture Theatre 3, Sem 2: Postgraduate Centre G.01

map at: http://www.hw.ac.uk/student-life/campus-life/edinburgh/edinburgh-campus-map.htm