Research project '#Translation as Empowerment' on #NGOs #languages as #humanrights #inclusion by @WineTesseur with @GOAL_Global funded @IrishResearch @MSCAction
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Join us next Thursday for a discussion on Inclusive language(s) in #globaldev. (Especially if you think we shouldn't be saying #development' at all)!
Find out more & register: sites.google.com/view/transl…
With @Irish_Aid @GOAL_Global @GOAL_Honduras @oxfamgb @ONGTamat @dcuctts
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🎉Official launch tomorrow! 🎉The Chichewa-English Translation Glossary for International Development Work 🇲🇼 Created by local communities. Containing dozens of terms not included in commercial dictionaries. All welcome! Crossroads Hotel, 2-4pm, Lilongwe 🇲🇼
Looking forward to giving this talk next week! I'll be talking about one of the chapters in my forthcoming book 'Translation as Social Justice'. Join us if you can! More about the book 👇
routledge.com/Translation-as…
Do not miss our @Warwick_Transla @WarwickSMLC online seminar: @WineTesseur (Trias NGO)'s talk 'Translation as social justice: translation policies and practices in NGOs' is taking place on Wed 11 May, 4-5pm (UK time) on Teams, register here bit.ly/34vN4gy by 9 May
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Now also in French: Interpreting 101 - role, principles and risks in 33 minutes. Useful for any volunteer or ad hoc interpreter without professional training. German version available on the same channel!
@tulkur @herring_r_e @MonaBaker11 @adrechsel
youtu.be/7JVpQOGJ9K8
A major Translation as Empowerment project outcome 😊
Crazy excitement to see this page up, announcing my forthcoming book!
It's real - I really did write a book! 🤓📚
#AcademicChatter #TranslationStudies
routledge.com/Translation-as…
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I'm running a free online introductory workshop (in German!) for volunteer interpreters with Ukrainian and Russian on March 25. We will cover professional ethics and basics of interpreting. Infos below!
@AXS_FTI @MonaBaker11
Am 25. März um 9h30 organisiert das Sprachenzentrum eine 2h Kurzeinführung ins Dolmetschen (online) für Freiwillige mit Russisch und Ukrainisch - Anmeldung obligatorisch, Workshop ist kostenlos!
@unifr @INTERPRET_ch @InterpretingFTI
agenda.unifr.ch/e/de/11123/
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What #Chichewa terms do you think are important priorities for development, but cannot be easily translated into English? Do our Twitter followers have any suggestions? Our workshop participants have lots of ideas!
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Putting the final touches on the plans for tomorrow’s workshop! @MChasukwa and Angela Crack of @UoPTCS have been planning the Translation Glossary project for 2+years. They first worked together for the @ListeningZones research project…
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Date for the diary - 25 Feb. This Workshop on #Translation and/in #Development looks at impacts of local communities' vernacular knowledge on development #policy & #practice dsaireland.org/updates/event…
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"Towards using agent-based modelling for collaborative translation of crisis information". Just published with @OgieRobert (University of Wollongong @UOW) and @FMFederici (@CenTraS_UCL):
authors.elsevier.com/c/1eEtr…
'Why NGO hiring practices are sparking protests in South Sudan': amongst other issues, staff who had an English-language education (from the Equatorias, or in the refugee camps of Kenya and Uganda) tend to get jobs more easily than the Arabophone north thenewhumanitarian.org/analy…
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How does the lack of #translation impact the multilingual #Brum communities?
Here's what my colleague at @Aston_LangTrans, Sue Campbell, has to say.
🎙️📰 LISTEN/READ: orlo.uk/QCr1M
S2E1 of #Societymatters - @stevedyson speaks to @Aston_LangTrans's Sue Campbell. She reveals there are >100 languages spoken in #Birmingham schools, but vital information about #Covid-19 was only translated into 17 of them.
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Reminder: Welcoming the submission of abstracts to our Crisis Translation Panel at the EST Congress in Oslo in 2022. Deadline is October 15th. See details here: bit.ly/3zon7cx
With @FMFederici & Minako O'Hagan
While the @TransAsEmpower project is drawing to a close, my @ListeningZones colleague Angela Crack with @MChasukwa have obtained funding for a follow-on project to create a development translation glossary + guidance on how to do so. Read more here 👇 & give them a follow!
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Nice freelance opportunity for an English>French #translator with an interest in #humanitarian content.
Consultancy: Framework Agreement for French Translators
alnap.org/jobs-opportunities…
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Join us for our next Language and Sustainable Development webinar on 23rd July!
@KateSpowage will present 'Prosperity and Exploitation: Language and Sociolinguistic Structure in Capitalist Rwanda'
essex-university.zoom.us/mee…
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Starting in September, a three-year diploma program devoted to learning and teaching the Oneida language will be available through Fanshawe College.
cbc.ca/news/canada/london/fa…
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Doctorate opportunity in Tarragona, Spain:
Translation policies for culturally and linguistically diverse communities in Catalonia
For three years (even though the Call says one year)
sgr.urv.cat/cgi-bin/programe…
