Tag: translation studies
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Calling all translators! Tell me about ethics.
Hi everyone, just a quick one today. As many of you will already know, I’m currently about halfway through writing my PhD thesis on the ethics of translation and I was hoping that you might be able to offer me a little help. I’ve attempted to retain a sense of practical, professional relevance within my […]
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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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Starting out as a freelance translator
Hello everyone, hope you’re all well out there in translation land and have some exciting plans to round off the year! Today’s post is something a little different. I recently gave a talk to the Translation Studies MA students at the University of Hull and thought I’d share my presentation with you here. As the […]
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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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Book Review: Experiences in Translation – Umberto Eco
Having recently picked up a copy of Umberto Eco’s Experiences in Translation during one of my all-too-frequent book buying sessions, today I thought I’d share a quick review with you lovely people. For those of you who have never come across Eco before, he is an Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, novelist and (most […]
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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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Still Invisible? Visiting and Revisiting Venuti
Hi everyone, after attending a seminar entitled ‘Domestication vs Foreignisation revisited’ a few days ago, I thought I’d share some of the interesting insights that I picked up as well as giving a couple of my own thoughts on the topic. The seminar was given by Terry Hale of the University of Hull, a man […]
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Using Corpora in Your Translation Work
I trust everyone out there in translation world is doing well having enjoyed a restful Easter break! Today I wanted to share a few practical tips that I’ve developed from within a specific area of translation studies in the hope that they will prove useful to you too. The area in question is corpus-based translation […]
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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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