Tag: academia
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A few thoughts on research in translation
I hope you’re all well out there and enjoying a productive February. Today I thought I’d offer a bit of an insight into what I’ve been up to recently. As some of you will already know, I started a PhD in Translation Studies in September 2014 and am currently about halfway through my research journey.…
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Book Review: On Translator Ethics – Anthony Pym
As many of you will know, for the last year or so I’ve been working on a PhD in translation studies and today I thought I’d use a little of my research material to bring you a book review. Since my research is focused squarely on the ethics of translation, the review rather predictably delves…
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Thoughts from the Territories of Understanding Conference
Hello everyone, I trust all is well out there in translation land! As some of you may have spotted, last week marked the occasion of the second international postgraduate conference in translation and interpreting studies at Queen’s University in Belfast. Entitled Territories of Understanding: Conflict & Encounter, the organisers put on a thoroughly enjoyable event…
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Theory and Practice: Forever Alone?
Wow, how time flies. La rentrée has been and gone, International Translation Day has left us for another year and the tepid English summer has given way to the six months of wind and rain that we call winter (a sudden transition that, for me at least, always coincides with the arrival of Hull Fair,…
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Exploring Translation Studies Online: Where to start?
With the debate raging on as to whether or not an academic background is a necessity for today’s translator (you can read my take on the subject here), an increasing number of translators are taking the plunge and working towards those translation-specific qualifications or at least considering getting a grip on the academic side of…
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