Tag: research

• February 17, 2016

  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. […]
• July 13, 2015

  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 […]
• October 15, 2014

  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, […]
• June 16, 2014

  Seven Super Skills: Progressing in Translation

  

  Today’s post sees us move from the power of translation to the process of translation and, more specifically, to a look at the demands of this process. There are a number of vital skills required to produce high quality translations and here I put forward a selection of what I believe to be the most […]