The Translator as Writer
Saturday 7 November 2009- University of Portsmouth
Keynote speakers: Neil Bartlett (author, director and translator)
Jody Byrne (author, Technical Translation)
When we think of translation skills we tend to think first of linguistic expertise, then perhaps of subject expertise (e.g. telecommunications, music, medicine, law). It is too often forgotten that central to the translator’s skill set is the ability to write. This conference will explore the interfaces between subject expertise, writing and translation.
These might include but are not limited to:
Specialised and technical writing and translation
Controlled languages; multilingual document production
Translation, advertising and copywriting
Creative writing and translation
Translation as re‐writing
Editing and revision
We welcome contributions from scholars, professionals and trainers. Proposals for practical writing/translation workshops are also very welcome.
Enquiries and/or abstracts of 300 words should be sent to
ian.kemble@port.ac.uk
by 30 June 2009. A selection of papers from the conference will be published.
This event is supported by the National Network for Translation, an initiative of Routes into Languages.
Posted by The Editors on 23rd Mar 2009
in Conference Diary
