conference in translation and interpreting

CFP: UWM Graduate Conference in Translation and Interpreting Studies Location: Wisconsin, United States Conference Date: 2011-04-30 Date Submitted: 2010-12-20 Announcement ID: 181576

Call for Papers A Dangerous Liaison? The Effects of Translation and Interpreting Theory on Practice UWM Graduate Conference in Translation and Interpreting Studies Friday 30 September and Saturday 1 October, 2011 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Keynote speakers: Gertrud Champe and Madeleine Velguth “A theory of translation is potentially more dangerous to translation practice than a theory of meaning, of literature, of the text, or of the reader.” Jean Boase-Beier, 'Who Needs Theory?' Translation and interpreting theory can be tremendously liberating for the practitioner but, as Boase-Beier argues, this liberating potential can be undermined by “naive application”. Translation and Interpreting Studies have been consolidating their status as independent academic disciplines since the 1980s and as a result today's translators and interpreters increasingly receive rigorous formal training in their field. Translation and interpreting theory is a well-established component of translation and interpreting programs, but the precise use that theoretically-aware translators and interpreters make of this knowledge in their practice is in need of further exploration. How does theory influence the trained translator/interpreter? Are 'outside' theories such as theories of cognition more useful to the translator/interpreter than theories generated within Translation and Interpreting Studies? Is the over-schooled practitioner a dangerous creature? MA and PhD students are invited to submit proposals for twenty-minute papers on any aspect of the relationship between translation theory and practice. Potential topics might include, but are not limited to: Theory at the “wordface” (Wagner) Translation and interpreting practice and 'outside' theories Cognitive theories of translation and interpreting 'Failed' translations The dangers of translation and interpreting theory Translation pedagogy New directions in translation and interpreting theory Expressions of interest are also solicited from graduate students who would like to participate in a round table on graduate programs in translation and interpreting and/or in a language-specific workshop in literary translation. Please e-mail 250 word proposals for papers and expressions of interest in the round table and/or workshops to wrightcm@uwm.edu by April 30, 2011.

Dr Chantal Wright Assistant Professor of German and Translation Department of Foreign Languages and Literature University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee P.O. Box 413 Milwaukee, WI 53201-0413 USA wrightcm@uwm.edu Tel.: (001) 414 229 3068 (shared line) Email: wrightcm@uwm.edu