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.

Linguistics and translation talks at Portsmouth this week

For those readers within reach of Portsmouth we have two great linguistics and translation-related talks on this week. These events are free and all are welcome.


Thursday 7 February
Park Building, University of Portsmouth, Room 2.09, 1700-1830

Dr Alison Sealey (University of Birmingham)
Corpus-assisted discourse analysis in social research: some examples 

For more information on this and other corpus linguistics events at Portsmouth, see here.


Friday 8 February
Park Building, University of Portsmouth, Room 2.01, 1200-1300

Natascha Jaeger (Sony Professional Solutions) 
The role of an in-house translator 

For more information on translation events at Portsmouth, see here.

This event is supported by the National Network for Translation, an initiative of Routes into Languages.

Translation talks at Portsmouth, spring 2013

For those of you within hailing distance of Portsmouth, we have a programme of talks on translation coming up this spring:

Talks take place on Fridays from 12 to 1 in Park Building (www.port.ac.uk/maps), room 2.01. Talks are free and everyone is welcome. 

Working as a Translator in the EU Institutions

John Evans
Language Officer, DG Translation Field Office, European Commission Representation in the UK
25 January 2013

How Translation Companies Work

Raisa McNab
Sandberg Translation Partners Ltd.
22 February 2013

Legal Translation and Translator Training

Francisco J. Vigier
University of Alcalá, Spain
8 March 2013

Details of further talks are forthcoming. These and other events are supported by the National Network for Translation, an initiative of Routes into Languages. For more information contact translation@port.ac.uk.

12th Portsmouth Translation Conference

Registration is now open for the twelfth annual Portsmouth Translation Conference. This year's topic is

'Those who can, teach': 

Translation, Interpreting and Training

The keynote speakers are

• Dr Dorothy Kelly (University of Granada), author of A Handbook for Translator Trainers 
• Daniel Toudic (University of Rennes 2), the co-ordinator of the OPTIMALE translator training network

You can register online for the conference at http://www.port.ac.uk/research/translation/portsmouthtranslationconference/. You can also download the latest programme there.

Attendance is free for qualified UK secondary school teachers and undergraduate students, supported by the National Network for Translation, an initiative of Routes into Languages.

Please contact the conference organisers at translation at port.ac.uk with any queries or enquiries.

ITI forthcoming translation events

 Three Institute of Translation and Interpreting events are coming up which may be of interest to readers:

1) JOINT ITI / EU / CIOL CLEAR WRITING SEMINAR

Thursday 5 July 2012, 10.00 to 16.00

This seminar is organised jointly by the ITI and the Chartered Institute of Linguists. It is generously supported by the European Commission Representation in the UK and will be held at its offices in Smith Square in central London.

The event is aimed at all translators who are keen to improve the clarity of their written language and will include presentations by representatives from the Plain English Commission, Clarity and the European Commission’s Directorate General for Translation, as well as a number of practical exercises.

Speakers:

Martin Cutts (Research Director at the Plain Language Commission and author of Lucid Law and the Oxford Guide to Plain English).
Daphne Perry (Clarity)
The Directorate General for Translation at the European Commission will be represented by David Monckom from the Editing Unit and Jonathan Stockwell from the Web Translation Unit.

Early-bird booking closes Tuesday 5 June 2012. Discounts for students and ITI/CIOL members.
More information and a booking form can be found at the ITI's website.

2 & 3) STARTING WORK AS A TRANSLATOR OR INTERPRETER
Two events arranged jointly by the Universities of Salford and Westminster and the ITI, with support from the National Networks for Translation and Interpreting.

University of Salford, Monday 28th May 2012, 9.30-16.30
University of Westminster, Saturday 9th June 2012, 09.30-16.30

Are you interested in working as a translator or interpreter, but unsure how to start?
This one-day seminar should answer questions for new translators / interpreters on:

• Training
• Generalist or specialist translating & different types of interpreting
• Building a portfolio of clients
• Working for translation companies
• Marketing
• Pricing

Fees:
Undergraduate students - free of charge
Postgraduate students at other universities - £20 including VAT (Salford students can attend the Salford workshop for free)
ITI/ FIT organisation members - £35 including VAT
Nonmembers - £45 including VAT
More information and booking forms can be found at the ITI's website.

Registration open for 'Translation and Memory', the eleventh Portsmouth translation conference.

Dear all, 

I am delighted to announce that online registration is now open for our eleventh translation conference:

Translation and Memory

In collaboration with the British Comparative Literature Association

Saturday 5 November 2011

Park Building, University of Portsmouth

Plenary speakers: Professor Bella Brodzki (Sarah Lawrence College, New York)

Dr Siobhan Brownlie (CTIS, University of Manchester)

Dr Ayman El-Desouky (School of Oriental and African Studies)

Memory and translation exist in a set of metaphorical relationships. Translation is how works live on, how they transcend borders and are remembered by subsequent generations. Memory itself can be considered a kind of translation inasmuch as it carries meaning across from one time and place to another. In translation and interpreting, text and speech are disarticulated and reconstituted, re-membered, in a different form. The translator's own memory, and its prosthesis in TM software, are key tools in the task of translation. These and other aspects of translation and memory are the topic of this year's Portsmouth Translation Conference.

The programme, abstracts and online registration link are at www.port.ac.uk/translationconference. Enquiries should be addressed to translation@port.ac.uk. Undergraduate students and teachers at secondary level may attend without charge (supported by the National Network for Translation, a Routes into Languages initiative).

Who needs translators and what skills do translators need? 29 March 2011

The National Network for Translation is happy to announce an event on employment and translator training. The event is free, and the deadline for registration is 24 March.

Who needs translators and what skills do translators need?
29 March 2011
1.00– 5.00
Venue: European Commission Representation in the UK, London
32 Smith Square, Europe House, London SW1P 3EU

This event, which is kindly hosted by the European Commission Representation in the UK, will focus on translator training and recruitment from the employers’ viewpoint. Employers, whether operating in a global, regional or local context, will play a decisive role in the way languages and translation are promoted in the future. Engagement with employers has been a key aspect of the National Network for Translation over the past three years, and this event aims to provide a forum for debating the skills and competences employers need and expect from translators.

Programme
1.00 Registration and coffee
1.30 Welcome address and update on the work of the National Network for Translation
2.00 Panel 1 – Who needs translators and why?
Isabella Moore (Association of Translation Companies), Richard Hardie (UBS), Angeliki Petrits (Directorate General for Translation); Isabel del Rio (International Maritime Organisation).

Discussion

3.10– 3.30 Break

3.30 Panel 2 - What skills do translators need?
Margaret Rogers (European Masters in Translation Network); Nick Rosenthal (Institute for Translation and Interpreting); Chartered Institute of Linguists; Adam Walker (Arts and Humanities Research Council).

Discussion

5.00 Reception

For enquiries and registration (by 24 March 2011) contact C. Schaller at routes-nnt at salford.ac.uk or see our website at http://www.routesintolanguages.ac.uk/translation

Critical Link community interpreting conference, July 2010, Aston, Birmingham

A big conference coming up on community interpreting. A quick reminder from the organisers:

This is to remind you that the 6th International Critical Link conference will be held from 26-30 July 2010 at Aston University in Birmingham. The main theme is 'Interpreting in a changing landscape'. It is for the first time that this conference which is specifically devoted to Public Service Interpreting is being held in the UK. About 300 participants have registered so far. If you wish to attend but haven't booked yet, please do so via the website
http://www1.aston.ac.uk/lss/news-events/conferences-seminars/july-2010/critical-link/
You can also find the draft programme and a list of presenters on the website and other useful information.

Careers in the Language Professions event, 16 March 2010, Bristol

Dear all,

The National Networks for Translation and Interpreting, in partnership with the University of Bristol, are organising an event on Careers in the Language Professions to be held at the Wills Building in Bristol on 16 March. We will have speakers from the major employers, including the European Commission, the United Nations and GCHQ and talks from translators and interpreters including Tony Briggs, translator of Tolstoy. The ITI and CIOL will be represented. There will be an employers' fair and a course providers' fair and generally lots of language career-related goodies. The event is part of the Routes into Languages project.

For a programme, details and registration form, see the Routes into Languages site. The event is open to school leavers, university students and professionals, though early career and aspiring linguists will probably find it most useful.