Events on literary translation (Warwick) & careers in translation (Aston)

There are two forthcoming events which may interest readers within reach of Birmingham and Coventry. Both events are free to attend.

On the Borders of Writing and Translating: 

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On the Borders of Writing and Translating

Friday 26 April, 2013

 University of Warwick, Humanities Building H.058

9.30 – 10.00 Registration

10 – 11.30 Session 1

Vedita Cowaloosur (Warwick): “Translating Sex. Negotiating the boundaries of sexual desire in English-Hindi translations”

Dr Eliana Maestri (Warwick): “A.S.Byatt's 'Sugar' and its French translation: between autobiography and autofiction"

Dr Caterina Sinibaldi (Warwick-Bath): “Shifting borders, shaping identities. The translation and rewriting of children’s classics during Fascism”

11.30– 11.45 Coffee

11.45 – 13 Roundtable 1: The Ubiquity of Translation. Conversation with Prof Susan Bassnett, Prof Svend Erik Larsen, and Prof John Drakakis (chair: Dr Loredana Polezzi)

13 -14 Lunch

14 – 15.15 Roundtable 2: Writing, Editing, Translating. Conversation with Sarah Death, George Szirtes, and Jonathan Dunne (chair: Prof Maureen Freely)

15.15 – 16.30 Session 2

Enrico Palandri (UCL): Looking for the source

Prof Amanda Hopkinson (UCL): Liminal limits and frontier crossroads

16.30 – 16.45 Tea

16.45 – 17.30 Final discussion

17.30 Drinks

Registration at writingtranslating2013 at gmail.com.

On the previous day there is a seminar by Jonathan Dunne at the Department of Hispanic Studies. The title is 'The Theology of Translation: The Hidden Code of the English Language'. Venue: Writer's Room, Milburn House, University of Warwick. Thursday 25 April, 2013, 5-7pm.
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Careers in Translation and Interpreting: 

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Careers in Translation and Interpreting

Wednesday, 1 May 2013

Aston University, Birmingham

Main Building room G63 (Ground Floor)

Draft Programme

12.30 – 1.00 pm                      Arrival and refreshments

                                                Cafe Tierra

1.00pm – 1.15pm         Welcome and Introduction

Professor Christina Schäffner, Head of Translation Studies

Main Building Room G63

1.15 - 2.20 pm Session 1

Shelagh Rothero: How I have become a freelance translator

Rekha Narula: Working as a public service interpreter

Cindy Schaller: Working as a translator or interpreter for charities

Q&A session 1

2.20 – 3.00 pm Session 2

Angeliki Petrits: Working as a translator for the European Institutions

Will: Working as a translator for the GCHQ

Q&A session 2

3.00 – 3.30 pm Refreshments and networking

3.30 – 4.30 Session 3

Akiko Sakamoto: Working as an Audiovisual Translator

Silvia Ferrero: Working as a translator in the games localisation industry

Tbc: Working as a project manager in a translation company

Q&A session 3

You can register for free by emailing routes at aston.ac.uk.

Two internships (FR-EN translation; project management)

The translation company STP Nordic is offering trainee placements for a project manager and for a French to English translator. The placement is unpaid but there will be some reimbursement of travel costs. Details below.

French-English translator trainee placement at STP Nordic

STP Nordic is a UK translation company with its headquarters in Whiteley and further offices in London, Stockholm and Farnham, Surrey. The company has been providing translation services to and from the Nordic languages since 2000, and in 2012, we acquired a new unit that focuses on the translation of financial, commercial and legal texts from French and German into English.

We are now offering an internship in this English unit to an MA student of translation with English as their mother tongue and French as their main foreign language.

STP has 67 full-time in-house staff and is certified to the BS EN 15038 translation services standard. We are members of the ATC, ATA, ALC, the ITI, ELIA, GALA and the Swedish translators' association, SFÖ.

Placement dates

2-4 months. Until June 2013 in the Farnham office, July-December 2013 in the London office.

Placement details

The placement is a structured period of work-based learning with extensive training in the use of translation environment tools. The trainees will work alongside our busy project management and English translation teams. The placement gives the trainees an excellent view of the translation industry and its tools along with invaluable experience in working in a translation company.

The trainee placement is unpaid, but STP Nordic can help with the trainees’ travel costs.

Requirements

MA studies in Translation with French as the main foreign language. Native speaker of English. A high level of IT skills and knowledge of CAT tools is an advantage. Candidates will be asked to complete a test translation.

Contact details

Start date flexible. Please send your application with your CV to Operations Manager Anu Carnegie-Brown at acb at stpnordic.com. Please state “Trainee placement application” in your email subject line.

Translation Project Coordinator trainee placement at STP Nordic

STP Nordic provides translation services to and from the Nordic languages, English and German. Based on the south coast of England, we translate millions of words every year for other translation companies around the world. Our project managers, in-house translators and freelance partners are dedicated, experienced language professionals.

We are now looking for trainees to join our translation project management team.

Trainee placements

Project coordinator

Placement dates

3-4 months between May-September 2013

Placement details

The placement is a structured period of work-based learning with extensive training in the use of translation environment tools. The trainees will work alongside our busy project management team. The placement gives the trainees an excellent view of the translation industry and its tools along with invaluable experience in working in a translation company.

The trainee placement is unpaid, but STP Nordic can compensate for the trainees’ travel costs

Requirements

Project coordinator: Translation Studies at either late BA or MA stage.

Contact details

Please send your application with your CV to Operations Manager Anu Carnegie-Brown at cv at stpnordic.com. Please state “Trainee placement application” in your email subject line.