Maybe of interest to some readers, and/or their friends-and-relations?
London Metropolitan University - Faculty of Humanities, Arts, Languages and Education
Salary: £31,665/£38,664 to £37,326/£47,004 inclusive per annum (pro-rata)
The faculty of Humanities, Arts, Languages and Education is seeking to appoint a part-time (21 hours per week) Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Interpreting.
You will be responsible for teaching modules in Interpreting within the degree programmes in MA Interpreting and MA Public Service Interpreting as well as being responsible for providing student learning and support. We will also expect you to be involved in teaching on our professional short courses programme.
You will work closely with the Interpreting Course Leader and contribute to the administration of modules and to course planning and development as required.
You will have native or near native knowledge of English and French and a postgraduate qualification in Interpreting as well as professional experience as an interpreter.
Recent experience in the teaching of Interpreting at postgraduate level and a good research track record in the field of Interpreting are considered essential, as are excellent organisational and interpersonal qualities.
For an informal discussion please contact: Dr Alex Krouglov, Associate Dean, Faculty of Humanities Arts, Languages and Education (a.krouglov@londonmet.ac.uk)
We are planning to hold interviews in w/c 27 September 2010.
Job Ref No: 10A0512
Closing date for applications: 2 September 2010
To apply for the post and for further information, please visit our website at http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/staff/e-recruitment/ and quote the reference number
Monday, 16 August 2010
Sunday, 15 August 2010
workshop at Portsmouth on Translation Memory, 10 September
The ITI Wessex regional group in association with the University of Portsmouth is organising a one-day, hands-on workshop on Translation Memory software. The trainer will be Daniela Ford MITI, a certified Trados trainer. The training day will take place on Friday 10 September from 10 to 5 at Park Building. The venue is close to Portsmouth & Southsea train station (see www.port.ac.uk/maps). The syllabus will cover an introduction to the theory and a hands-on workshop on Déjà Vu and Trados 2009 Studio. It will also make a good opportunity for networking. The workshop is suitable for both trainee translators and working professionals who wish to improve their knowledge of TM. The event meets the ITI's CPD criteria and certificates will be available.
The cost will be in the region of £35 for the day and a deposit of £20 is required. Further information can be obtained from the Wessex ITI co-ordinator Katie Belo dos Santos at portfolio_ls at yahoo.co.uk.
The cost will be in the region of £35 for the day and a deposit of £20 is required. Further information can be obtained from the Wessex ITI co-ordinator Katie Belo dos Santos at portfolio_ls at yahoo.co.uk.
Saturday, 14 August 2010
Bibliography of Interpreting and Translation
Further to my post about open access translation journals the other day, allow me to remind my gentle readers about BITRA, the Bibliography of Interpreting and Translation, which is an open access database for translation and interpreting studies hosted by the University of Alicante. It's a useful resource for essay and dissertation research, has the benefit of being open access and makes a valuable supplement to the library databases and Google Scholar.
Friday, 13 August 2010
careless MT costs...
A quick reminder from Wales that uninformed use of machine translation can lead to tears...
30-minute courses in translation and interpreting
Just came across these 30-minute self-study courses in translation and interpreting aimed at bilinguals who don't have time or opportunity to attend a more substantial training course. Was, not unsurprisingly, curious (a training course 30 minutes long including assessment?). In fact they are quite well designed and get basic principles across efficiently.
Tuesday, 10 August 2010
Symposium on Videoconference and remote interpreting in legal proceedings, London, February 2011
For those of our readers interested in interpreting and how interpreting provision is changing:
International Symposium: Videoconference and remote interpreting in legal proceedings
London, 17-19 February 2011
www.videoconference-interpreting.net/symposium/
The judicial services throughout Europe are currently implementing videoconference technology to facilitate communication at all stages of legal proceedings. In the area of criminal justice, for example, the emerging settings include videoconferences with witnesses, experts or suspects abroad as well as video links between courts or police stations and prisons. Videoconference technology is also used in immigration contexts and other legal settings. Any of these settings may be multilingual – involving more than one spoken language or a spoken language and a sign language – and thus entail the integration of an interpreter into a videoconference situation ('videoconference interpreting'). Additionally, videoconference technology offers a potential solution for current problems with the provision of qualified legal interpreters, especially for minority languages. Thus, 'remote interpreting' via video link, using interpreters at distant locations, is also gaining momentum in legal proceedings. Encouraged by the European 'e-Justice' initiative, which recommends the use of videoconferencing to speed up legal proceedings and to save costs, the area of legal videoconferencing is likely to expand in the future. While these developments are changing the practice of legal interpreting, knowledge about the viability and quality of videoconference and remote interpreting is scarce, and training for interpreters and legal practitioners on these emerging forms of interpreting is almost non-existent.
This International Symposium, organised by the EU project AVIDICUS – 'Assessment of Videoconference Interpreting in the Criminal Justice Services' (co-ordinated by the Centre for Translation Studies, University of Surrey, 2008-11), seeks to disseminate the findings of the AVIDICUS project and other ongoing project initiatives relating to the use of videoconference and remote interpreting in all types of legal proceedings. It will include reports on current practice and presentations of findings from the small but growing body of research in this area.
The Symposium, which is the first of its kind, will provide a forum for discussion and bring together:
* legal professionals and public service providers
* practising interpreters and interpreting service providers
* representatives of interpreting service users
* researchers in the field of legal interpreting incl. spoken and sign-language interpreting
* specialists in the use of videoconference technology
* representatives of educational and training institutions
The programme will include acknowledged experts in all fields that are relevant to this Symposium: legal proceedings, interpreting and videoconference technology.
Venue:
The symposium will be held at the British Computer Society (BCS) office in London, which is located centrally between Covent Garden and the Strand. The address is: British Computer Society, 1st Floor, The Davidson Building, 5 Southampton Street, London, WC2E 7HA, UK.
Registration:
Early bird registration until (15th December 2010): £150.
Late registration (until fully booked): £180
As the number of places is limited, please reserve a place as promptly as possible, using the online form at the symposium website. Registration will be based on a first-come, first-served basis.
Symposium website:
http://www.videoconference-interpreting.net/symposium/
Organisers:
Dr Sabine Braun and Dr Judith Taylor
Centre for Translation Studies, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 8FD, UK
All enquiries to the organisers should be sent to symposium at videoconference-interpreting.net.
The Symposium is organised with financial support from the EU DG Justice, Criminal Justice Programme.
International Symposium: Videoconference and remote interpreting in legal proceedings
London, 17-19 February 2011
www.videoconference-interpreting.net/symposium/
The judicial services throughout Europe are currently implementing videoconference technology to facilitate communication at all stages of legal proceedings. In the area of criminal justice, for example, the emerging settings include videoconferences with witnesses, experts or suspects abroad as well as video links between courts or police stations and prisons. Videoconference technology is also used in immigration contexts and other legal settings. Any of these settings may be multilingual – involving more than one spoken language or a spoken language and a sign language – and thus entail the integration of an interpreter into a videoconference situation ('videoconference interpreting'). Additionally, videoconference technology offers a potential solution for current problems with the provision of qualified legal interpreters, especially for minority languages. Thus, 'remote interpreting' via video link, using interpreters at distant locations, is also gaining momentum in legal proceedings. Encouraged by the European 'e-Justice' initiative, which recommends the use of videoconferencing to speed up legal proceedings and to save costs, the area of legal videoconferencing is likely to expand in the future. While these developments are changing the practice of legal interpreting, knowledge about the viability and quality of videoconference and remote interpreting is scarce, and training for interpreters and legal practitioners on these emerging forms of interpreting is almost non-existent.
This International Symposium, organised by the EU project AVIDICUS – 'Assessment of Videoconference Interpreting in the Criminal Justice Services' (co-ordinated by the Centre for Translation Studies, University of Surrey, 2008-11), seeks to disseminate the findings of the AVIDICUS project and other ongoing project initiatives relating to the use of videoconference and remote interpreting in all types of legal proceedings. It will include reports on current practice and presentations of findings from the small but growing body of research in this area.
The Symposium, which is the first of its kind, will provide a forum for discussion and bring together:
* legal professionals and public service providers
* practising interpreters and interpreting service providers
* representatives of interpreting service users
* researchers in the field of legal interpreting incl. spoken and sign-language interpreting
* specialists in the use of videoconference technology
* representatives of educational and training institutions
The programme will include acknowledged experts in all fields that are relevant to this Symposium: legal proceedings, interpreting and videoconference technology.
Venue:
The symposium will be held at the British Computer Society (BCS) office in London, which is located centrally between Covent Garden and the Strand. The address is: British Computer Society, 1st Floor, The Davidson Building, 5 Southampton Street, London, WC2E 7HA, UK.
Registration:
Early bird registration until (15th December 2010): £150.
Late registration (until fully booked): £180
As the number of places is limited, please reserve a place as promptly as possible, using the online form at the symposium website. Registration will be based on a first-come, first-served basis.
Symposium website:
http://www.videoconference-interpreting.net/symposium/
Organisers:
Dr Sabine Braun and Dr Judith Taylor
Centre for Translation Studies, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 8FD, UK
All enquiries to the organisers should be sent to symposium at videoconference-interpreting.net.
The Symposium is organised with financial support from the EU DG Justice, Criminal Justice Programme.
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