One-Day Conference: Translation, Research and the Production of Knowledge
Date: Friday 28 November 2014
Venue: Institut Français, 17 Queensberry Place, London
Organised by the Society for French Studies and the French Studies Library Group,
with the collaboration of the Institut français
This event will bring together translators, academics and librarians to discuss the ways in which translation constitutes a form of research and knowledge production in its own right. It will include discussion of translation as a form of practice as research, and provide reflections by researchers and translators on recent projects that exemplify such an approach. Colleagues from the British Library will explore the potential of translators’ papers as a research resource, and there will be a round table with colleagues from the wider fields of translation studies and Modern Languages. The event will conclude with a presentation by prize-winning translator and curator Sarah Ardizzone. This is the third in a series of translation-related events co-organized by SFS and FSLG, and follows previous symposia on ‘Constructing “21st-century Literature in French”‘ in December 2011 and ‘Translation and Reception: 21st-century French fiction in the UK’ in April 2013.
Advance booking is essential by 14 November 2014 as spaces will be limited.
Programme
10.00 – tea/coffee and registration
10.30 –panel 1:
Nick Harrison (KCL), Translation as research
Kate Briggs (American University in Paris), Translation as experiment
11.30 – panel 2:
Nina Parish (Bath) and Emma Wagstaff (Birmingham), Translating contemporary French poetry
Michael Syrotinski (Glasgow), Translating the Dictionary of Untranslatables
Tim Mathews (UCL), Translation and reading
1.00 – lunch
2.00 – Rachel Foss and Deborah Dawkin (British Library), Collecting Translators’ Archives at the British Library
3.00 – tea/coffee
3.30 – round table (with Kate Briggs (American University in Paris), Nick Harrison (KCL), Duncan Large (British Centre for Literary Translation, UEA) and Karen Leeder (University of Oxford))
4.30 – Sarah Ardizzone, The Spectacular Translation Machine & Other Adventures in Translation
5.30 – event ends
Registration
Please register as soon as possible, and before Friday 14 November 2014, by completing the brief form below, and returning it with a cheque for the required to the following address:
Professor Charles Forsdick,
CLAS: French,
Cypress Building,
University of Liverpool,
Liverpool L69 7ZR
Please mark the envelope ‘Translation Event’.
Fee (including lunch and refreshments): £40 for the day (reduced rate of £20 for postgraduates and unwaged).
Cheques payable to The Society for French Studies. Please provide an email address as confirmation of registration will be provided by this means. Receipts will be available on the day.
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Translation, Research and the Production of Knowledge
Friday 28 November 2014 at the Institut Français, 17 Queensberry Place, London
I wish to attend this event.
Name and title:
________________________________________________________________________________
Institutional Affiliation (if any):
___________________________________________________________________
Address for Correspondence:
_____________________________________________________________________
Any special requirements (dietary and other):
________________________________________________________________
e-mail: ________________________________________________________________
Please address any enquiries to Charles Forsdick (craf[at]liv.ac.uk)
Venue: Institut Français, 17 Queensberry Place, London
Organised by the Society for French Studies and the French Studies Library Group,
with the collaboration of the Institut français
This event will bring together translators, academics and librarians to discuss the ways in which translation constitutes a form of research and knowledge production in its own right. It will include discussion of translation as a form of practice as research, and provide reflections by researchers and translators on recent projects that exemplify such an approach. Colleagues from the British Library will explore the potential of translators’ papers as a research resource, and there will be a round table with colleagues from the wider fields of translation studies and Modern Languages. The event will conclude with a presentation by prize-winning translator and curator Sarah Ardizzone. This is the third in a series of translation-related events co-organized by SFS and FSLG, and follows previous symposia on ‘Constructing “21st-century Literature in French”‘ in December 2011 and ‘Translation and Reception: 21st-century French fiction in the UK’ in April 2013.
Advance booking is essential by 14 November 2014 as spaces will be limited.
Programme
10.00 – tea/coffee and registration
10.30 –panel 1:
Nick Harrison (KCL), Translation as research
Kate Briggs (American University in Paris), Translation as experiment
11.30 – panel 2:
Nina Parish (Bath) and Emma Wagstaff (Birmingham), Translating contemporary French poetry
Michael Syrotinski (Glasgow), Translating the Dictionary of Untranslatables
Tim Mathews (UCL), Translation and reading
1.00 – lunch
2.00 – Rachel Foss and Deborah Dawkin (British Library), Collecting Translators’ Archives at the British Library
3.00 – tea/coffee
3.30 – round table (with Kate Briggs (American University in Paris), Nick Harrison (KCL), Duncan Large (British Centre for Literary Translation, UEA) and Karen Leeder (University of Oxford))
4.30 – Sarah Ardizzone, The Spectacular Translation Machine & Other Adventures in Translation
5.30 – event ends
Registration
Please register as soon as possible, and before Friday 14 November 2014, by completing the brief form below, and returning it with a cheque for the required to the following address:
Professor Charles Forsdick,
CLAS: French,
Cypress Building,
University of Liverpool,
Liverpool L69 7ZR
Please mark the envelope ‘Translation Event’.
Fee (including lunch and refreshments): £40 for the day (reduced rate of £20 for postgraduates and unwaged).
Cheques payable to The Society for French Studies. Please provide an email address as confirmation of registration will be provided by this means. Receipts will be available on the day.
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Translation, Research and the Production of Knowledge
Friday 28 November 2014 at the Institut Français, 17 Queensberry Place, London
I wish to attend this event.
Name and title:
________________________________________________________________________________
Institutional Affiliation (if any):
___________________________________________________________________
Address for Correspondence:
_____________________________________________________________________
Any special requirements (dietary and other):
________________________________________________________________
e-mail: ________________________________________________________________
