Translation Studies

Of late, I've been working my way through the key theorists in Lawrence Venuti's The Translation Studies Reader . There's a lot of good thought-provoking stuff in there. When I got to Eugene Nida, I happened to look him up online to find out a bit more about his background and … [Read more...] about Eugene Nida on Multiple Translations

"I am of the opinion that the word transculturation better expresses the different phases of the process of transition from one culture to another because this does not consist merely in acquiring another culture, which is what the English word acculturation really implies, but … [Read more...] about Transculturation

This week I received my score for the first major translation of the Japanese Economic Translation module. This was actually a very encouraging grade, and much higher than I would have expected. I'm still not at all confident about the technology or terminology modules, but it is … [Read more...] about Translation Studies; Semester 1: Week 8

Predictably there comes a point during a Masters course when you are just too busy to write blog posts. However, now that my first set of big assignments are out of the way, and I have a little breathing space before the next lot, it's time I reviewed my lecture notes. Here's a … [Read more...] about Translation Studies; Semester 1: Weeks 5 – 7

The world is badly in need of translators. Almost nobody denies this. - Martin Kay This week I made the decision to change one of my optional modules by dropping out of Advanced Japanese this semester, and taking a Community Interpreting module next semester instead. Though … [Read more...] about Translation Studies; Semester 1: Week 4