{translation-friends} Call of Papers: Non-professionals Translating and Interpreting
- From: Ahmed Hassan Al-Maaini <amueini@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 11:53:48 +0000
Dear all,
Please find below and attached a call for papers (for an edited book). Deadline
for submission of abstracts: 30 July 2010
Ahmed Hassan Al-Maaini
PhD Student.
School of Languages and Social Sciences
Aston University
Birmingham-UK
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Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:12:54 +0100
From: Luis.Perez-Gonzalez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [TRANSLATION-STUDIES] Call of Papers: Non-professionals Translating
and Interpreting
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Call for Papers
Non-professionals Translating and Interpreting:
Participatory and Engaged Perspectives
Guest editors
Şebnem Susam-Sarajeva (University of Edinburgh, U.K.) &
Luis Pérez-González (University of Manchester, U.K.)
To be published by St. Jerome Publishing (Manchester, UK)
http://www.stjerome.co.uk/
Since its inception, translation studies has focused overwhelmingly on
professional instances of linguistic and cultural mediation undertaken by
individuals who designate themselves as ‘translators’ or ‘interpreters’ and are
recognised (and paid) as such by their commissioners. Indeed, the division
between the commissioning and translating agents had been one of the most
decisive features shaping the dynamics of the translation industry until very
recently. Against this background, issues pertaining to the formal training of
translators and interpreters; translation quality assessment and criticism; and
observance of professional ethics and norms have featured prominently in the
research agenda of translation scholars. Even within the more descriptively
oriented approaches, the prevalent research questions of “who translates what,
why, how, under what circumstances, and for which audience?” have targeted
almost exclusively the work of professional translators and interpreters
.
Translating and interpreting, however, are obviously not limited to the
professional sphere. Individuals increasingly undertake these forms of
mediation, either in isolation or as part of organised/ad hoc networks, within
a variety of contexts and for a multitude of purposes. The rapidly expanding
category of non-professional translators/interpreters includes, for instance,
consumers of creative industries and news media; engaged individuals and/or
activists involved in different forms of ideological and cultural resistance
against prevailing socio-economic structures or values; and individuals
translating or interpreting on an ad hoc basis, either as an ‘add-on’ to their
core professional services or to palliate the need for translators/interpreters
in settings where stakeholders are unable to enlist the services of
professionals.
Non-professional translation has been so far of peripheral interest to
translation scholars, who often express concern over the quality of ‘amateur
output’ and the intrusion of ‘unregulated outsiders’ into the precarious
translation industry. Understandably, non-professional translation is seen to
erode the professional status which the discipline has sought to promote since
its inception. But, as it diversifies and moves towards the core of economic
and cultural activities, non-professional translation is increasingly bound to
challenge our understanding of professional identities and the current
organisation of labour in the translation and interpreting industries.
This collection proposes to explore the field of non-professional translation
and interpreting with a view to learning from the individuals who take on
translation/interpreting activities; the networks and organisations for which
they translate and interpret; the media which facilitate the distribution of
amateur translations; and, last but not least, the societies where these
activities emerge and impact on the political, economic and cultural spheres.
Contributors to this special issue might offer theoretical and empirical
studies centred on one or more of the following themes:
· Amateur news translation and distribution
· Non-professional translation/interpreting within the context of
religion
· Scanlation and fansubbing
· Fanfiction and translation
· Translation and the blogosphere
· Interpreting within local NGO settings
· Non-professionals translating/interpreting within conflict
situations
· Activist translation/interpreting
· Amateur translation as a form of cyberactivism
· Child-language brokering vis-à-vis professional interpreting
The contributions should be between 6000 and 10000 words on average. Examples
from languages other than English should be glossed where necessary. Copyright
permission must be obtained by the contributor where necessary prior to
publication. Please note that papers will be refereed.
Schedule
30 July 2010 Deadline for submission of abstracts (500 words)
15 October 2010 Selected contributors notified of acceptance of
abstracts
15 April 2011 Deadline for submission of contributions
16 September 2011 Confirmation of acceptance of contributions
30 November 2011 Deadline for submission of final versions
June 2012 Publication date
Contact Details
Şebnem Susam-Sarajeva
Translation Studies Graduate Programme
David Hume Tower (13.09)
University of Edinburgh
George Square
Edinburgh, EH8 9JX, K.
s.susam-sarajeva@xxxxxxxx
Luis Pérez-González
Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies
School of Languages, Linguistic and Cultures
The University of Manchester
Samuel Alexander Building, Oxford Road
Manchester, M13 9PL, U.K.
luis.perez-gonzalez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
_______________________________________________
Dr Luis Perez Gonzalez
Director MA in Translation and Interpreting Studies (MATIS)
MATIS is an inaugural member of the European Master's in Translation Network
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