Announcements and Highlights (Translation)

Podcast with CTS and Argo Translation!

jsmillr2@illinois.edu (Jeffrey Miller) — Thu, 12 Dec 2019 08:45:00 CST

The Center for Translation Studies was priviliged to participate in a recent podcast with our friends at Argo Translation, focusing the conversation on the value of an MA degree in Translation & Interpreting, as well as the importance of close ties between the language industry and academia. Have a listen!

https://anchor.fm/translation-confidential/episodes/Episode-21---Connecting-Universities-to-Translation-Agencies-e974jc?fbclid=IwAR352QUstv13X2Ohio8o8yp2YEHcP1EPDzMjb2hZwMCM9q3tZgPtGH28gYw

The Center for Translation Studies to attend #ATA60!

jsmillr2@illinois.edu (Jeffrey Miller) — Tue, 17 Sep 2019 15:00:00 CDT

The Center for Translation Studies to attend #ATA60!

NY Times publishes review of novel translated by CTS student

karacw@illinois.edu (Kara Warburton) — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 11:30:00 CDT

A great review of Edgar Garbelotto's translation of a novel called "Lord," by the celebrated Brazilian writer João Gilberto Noll, has just appeared in the New York Times.

CTS graduate featured on SLCL Newsletter

karacw@illinois.edu (Kara Warburton) — Thu, 07 Mar 2019 10:30:00 CST

Tim Gregory, a CTS graduate, is featured in the newsletter of the School of Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics.

CTS student is on a book tour!

karacw@illinois.edu — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 09:00:00 CST

Our MA student, Edgar Garbelotto, is off on his book tour! Starting in San Francisco (Feb 28) and then stopping in Chicago (March 4) Edgar will speak at prominent literary venues about his newly-published translation of Lord, by João Gilberto Noll, “one of Brazil’s true literary icons” (Literary Hub). Congratulations Edgar! If you are near Chicago on that date, show him your support and drop in to the event!

New Book - Terminology in the Arab World

karacw@illinois.edu — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 08:00:00 CST

The second volume of the monograph series Handbook of Terminology, about terminology in the Arab world, has just been published, with our faculty member Kara Warburton participating as the linguistic editor. This book represents "a revival of Arabic translation and terminology studies". For full details and a peek into the content, see the announcement on the John Benjamin's site.

Famous forgeries

karacw@illinois.edu — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 09:00:00 CST

An English edition of the famous 19th century Czech forgery manuscripts, translated and edited by our very own Prof. David Cooper, has just been published. Entitled The Queen's Court and Green Mountain Manuscripts, this volume provides annotated translations of the Czech literary forgeries -- one of the more remarkable episodes of Romantic forgery -- which had considerable cultural and political impact.

Dr. Poucel Nominated for Translation Award

karacw@illinois.edu — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 08:00:00 CST

We have just learned that a poem translation by Dr. Poucel, our Affiliate Professor of French and Italian, placed First Up for the National Translation Awards for Poetry in 2016. Such a high placement for this award, which is issued by the American Literary Translators Association, is recognition of extraordinary calibre in what is a most challenging genre. The poem in question is Minute-Operas by Frédéric Forte, and it was translated to English by Dr. Poucel and fellow poet-translators Daniel Levin Becker, Ian Monk, and Michelle Noteboom. We wish to express our (albeit belated) congratulations to Dr. Poucel!

Alice in Wonderland... 37 times....and? ... but?

karacw@illinois.edu — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 08:00:00 CST

Did you know that there are 37 French translations of Alice in Wonderland, maybe even more? Well our own Prof. Kibbee has studied all of them, and has observed remarkable differences even in the use of simple words like "and" and "but". Prof. Kibbee gave a plenary talk devoted entirely to "and" at the Université de Mons (Belgium) several years ago, and his next talks will concentrate on negation. We are all passionate about language, but a whole talk about "and" just shows how complex it really is.

Capstones Underway!

karacw@illinois.edu — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 08:00:00 CST

Our second year students are very busy with their extremely interesting Capstone projects in Translation, Interpreting, or Terminology. The Center is impressed with the calibre and range of these practice- and research-oriented projects. This year the projects include translating and publishing a book, translating a historical manuscript written in 1789 about Puerto Rico, on-site interpreting, translating and critically comparing Chinese and Western news media, and building terminology databases for airports and schools, among others. Other students are focussing on topics of current relevance including refugees and mental health. Bravo students!

Dr. Warburton presents at Terminology conference

karacw@illinois.edu — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 08:00:00 CST

Dr. Kara Warburton gave a presentation at the TOTh Workshop about managing terminology in commercial environments. The event was held in Marseille, France. TOTh is a regular conference specializing in terminology and ontology.

On 9 November CTS Faculty & Students visited Argo Translation

jenkinrj@illinois.edu — Mon, 26 Nov 2018 08:00:00 CST

CTS faculty and students traveled to Chicago (Glenview) for a series of presentations from the translation agency, and friends of CTS, Argo Translation. It was a very informative visit. Read more here: LinkedIn Post

CTS Faculty on the Go

jenkinrj@illinois.edu — Fri, 02 Nov 2018 08:00:00 CDT

Professors Tolliver and Ivashkiv are attending the annual ALTA conference and Professor Jenkins is attending the College Board's AP Symposium on World Languages.

CTS goes to the ATA

jenkinrj@illinois.edu — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 08:00:00 CDT

The Center for Translation Studies attended an invigorating 59th Annual Conference of the American Translators Association in New Orleans. Six faculty members and six current or former students were in attendance.

Alumnus Tim Gregory gives a Workshop

jenkinrj@illinois.edu — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 08:00:00 CDT

Tim Gregory (MA, 2018) has been selected to lead a workshop on “Terminology Management for Translators” at the Northwestern Translators and Interpreters Society International Translation Day Fair (Sept. 28-29, 2018). He’ll also be participating in a session called “Local Learning for Literary Translation” at the annual conference of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs, to be held in Portland, Oregon in April 2019. Tim is also teaching a course on technology for translators at Bellevue College.

Alumna Liz Rose Publishes a Poem Translation

jenkinrj@illinois.edu — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 08:00:00 CDT

Liz Rose (MA, class of 2019) has published her original translation of Alfonsina Storni’s poem “El ensueño” in the June 2018 issue of Alchemy-Journal of Translation. You can read Liz’s translation here:

http://alchemy.ucsd.edu/2018/06/02/the-dream/

CTS Alumni Showcase and Career Day

lquick@illinois.edu — Fri, 03 Nov 2017 13:00:00 CDT

CTS will be hosting the Alumni Showcase and Career Day on Friday, November 3, from 1:00 - 4:40 pm at 4080A FLB. Featured speakers include Peter Argondizzo, Founder of Argo Translation, and alumni Mike VanNorman, Kati Baruja, Nadege Cherubin, Ann Pond and Matt Ginsberg-Jaeckle. Light refreshments will be served.

Hadi Umayra, Translation Studies Grad Student, featured in The Marion Star

lquick@illinois.edu — Fri, 01 Sep 2017 08:00:00 CDT

Hadi Umayra, Translation Studies Grad Student, is featured in the article, 'Woodland Elves' book series helps connect children to other cultures of the world'.

Jeffrey Castle, CTS Certificate Student, Translation Publication of Tynset

lquick@illinois.edu — Tue, 28 Jun 2016 08:00:00 CDT

Jeff Castle, a Ph.D. student in the German Department and CTS certificate student at UIUC is publishing a literary translation project he recently completed as part of the CTS's Certificate in Applied Literary Translation program. Jeff's primary research focuses on the role of intermediality in German and Austrian modernist literature. The novel he translated, Wolfgang Hildesheimer's Tynset, is set to be published by the Dalkey Archive Press in September of this year.

Widely acknowledged as a precursor to the works of both Gert Jonke and W.G. Sebald, Tynset takes place on a single sleepless night, during which the restless narrator takes a town name—Tynset—from a Norwegian train schedule near his bed as a point of departure for a wide-ranging narrative about pre- and postwar Europe. Plagued by incessant rumination, the narrator’s mind spins thread after thread of history, fantasy, and memory into an elaborate tapestry spanning centuries and covering thousands of miles—all without the narrator ever leaving his house. Hildesheimer famously refused to describe Tynset as a novel. He chose instead to think of the work as an extended monologue whose structure derives from musical form, with the recurrence of the titular Norwegian town functioning as a refrain: a point not only of departure, but also of return.

Wolfgang Hildesheimer (December 9, 1916–August 21, 1991) was a German writer, dramatist, and painter known for his contributions to the so-called Theater of the Absurd, as well as his inventive treatments of the biographical genre. He was born in Hamburg, but studied in worked in England and Palestine before returning to Germany to serve as an interpreter in the Nuremberg Trials. He later became associated with the acclaimed Gruppe 47, and in 1957 settled in Poschiavo, Switzerland, where he spent the remaining years of his life.

International Translation Conference 2015

cgerber@illinois.edu — Fri, 19 Jun 2015 08:00:00 CDT

International Translation Conference 2015 videos

Statement on the Preparation of Translators, Interpreters, and Localization Professionals in the U.S.

cgerber@illinois.edu — Wed, 13 May 2015 08:00:00 CDT

Statement on the Preparation of Translators, Interpreters, and Localization Professionals in the U.S.

Ezra Fitz blogs on the Third International Translation Conference

cgerber@illinois.edu — Wed, 29 Apr 2015 08:00:00 CDT

Ezra Fitz blogs on New Spaces of Translation

Center for Translation Studies Added to ATA's List of Approved Translation and Interpreting Schools

masoom2@illinois.edu — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:00:00 CST

The American Translators Association recently added The Center for Translation Studies to their list of approved translation and interpreting schools.