Talk in London: Dr David Katan - Università del Salento, Lecce, Italy. Translation at the cross-roads: time for the transcreational turn? Centre for Translation Studies – CenTraS ucl.ac.uk/centras/news-events Date: Wednesday, 22nd October 2014 Time: 4-5 pm Location: Room G03, 26 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0DS Link to this: ucl.ac.uk/maps?locationID=133 Talk outline: Ever since the cultural turn in the 1980s academics have been equating translation with intercultural communication (IM), and translators as mediators. The talk will discuss how mediation has been understood in translation, and will focus on a number of issues regarding intervention, both at a theoretical and at a practical level. In theory, as a result of the cultural turn, there should be a more context-based understanding of communication, and hence a more intervenient role for the translator. At a practical level, however, normative roles follow a conduit theory of translation based on language transfer. While academia and the profession wrangle over IM, a number of other options are emerging to cater for the ever increasing real need for translation and IM. This competition is potentially marginalizing translators and interpreters. It will be suggested that ‘transcreation’ may be a way forward, though optimism is tempered with the profession’s own belief’s regarding intervention, and towards change. Biography: David Katan taught at the Interpreters school in Trieste for 20 years before taking the position as professor of Translation at the University of Salento (Lecce). He has published over 60 articles on translation and intercultural communication, including contributions to the Routledge Encyclopaedia of Translation Studies, the Benjamins Handbook of Translation Studies and to the Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics. His book Translating Cultures: An Introduction for Translators, Interpreters and Mediators, is now in its 2nd edition. He is Senior editor of “Cultus: the Journal of Intercultural Mediation and Communication”. Apart from intercultural communication, his research has more recently focussed on the status of the translator. He is currently conducting a second global survey of the profession, which like the first survey is expected to have over 1000 responses. For further details about the seminar series view: ucl.ac.uk/centras/news-events This seminar is free – no registration required.
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