Past internal events
Academic year 2016-2017
March 2017
Alessandra Rizzo, University of Palermo
March 2017
Sarah Maitland, University of Goldsmiths
"Cultural Translation"
Wednesday 22nd Feb 2017
CelestinoDeleyto on borders and film
Wednesday 15th February 2017, 3.30-4.40
Paul Wijnands, Université Lille III etUniversitéCatholique de Lille
"A critical history of so-called universal languages"
Wednesday 25th January 2017 4.30- 5.30
Tom Whittaker, University of Liverpool
"Woody's Spanish 'Double': Vocal Performance, Ventriloquism and the Sound of Dubbing"
Wednesday 1st February 2017, Room QB141
Marcella De Marco, London Metropolitan University
"Audiovisual translation and gender challenges" (title TBC)
Tuesday 17th January 2017, Room QB 148
Clara Inés López Rodríguez, Universidad de Granada "Choice and meaning revealed by corpora: word combinations in medical translation"
Tuesday 13th December, 2.30-3.30 pm, QB 144
Christina Schaeffner, University of Aston, "Meaning transfer and news translation: a contradiction in terms?"
Tuesday 6th December, 6-7 pm, Chapman Hall
Stephen Bishop, Director of the National Register of Public Service Interpreters, " Being a Public Service Interpreter" (talk organised by Denzell Richards)
Tuesday 6th December, 2.30-3.30 pm, QB 147
Beatrice Carpi, University of Surrey, "Musical Theatre and Translation: developing a model of analysis for musical theatre songs, for translation purposes"
Tuesday 29th November, 2.30-3.30, QB145
Zoe Moores, University of Roehampton, "Subtitling Live Events ThroughRespeaking – Increasing Accessibility For All"
Monday 14th November, 1-2 pm, room Convent Parlour, Erasmus House
Irene De HigesAndino, University Jaume I, "Translation and Multilingualism in Borders: The case of the TV series Bron-Broen and its remakes The Bridge and The Tunnel"
Tuesday 11 October, 6-7 pm
David García-González (Managing Director of Director of GoLocalise), "How to stand out from the crowd and become a trusted and bulletproof linguist"
Academic year 2015-2016
Wednesday 25th May at 4 pm
Mark Harrison (Head of Language Operations at Viacom International Media Networks); Sonali Joshi (Founder & Director at day for night); Sigrid Larsen (Production Manager at IBF- International Broadcasting Facilities),"Recent developments and challenges in the translation industry".
Wednesday 18th May 2016, 1-2 pm
Jingyue Zhang (University of Roehampton), "Funny and polite? Politeness, humour and English-Chinese translation: the case of subtitling contemporary drama"
Tuesday 8th March 2016, 4-5 pm
Pablo Romero Fresco (University of Roehampton), "Making a film accessible: the case of Notes on Blindness"
Wednesday 17th February 2016, 1-2 pm
Eva Eppler and Mathias Kraemer (University of Roehampton), "What audiences make of deliberate non-subtitling of multilingualism: the example of Breaking Bad"
Monday 15th February 2016, 2-4 pm
Stefano Leoncini (University of Nice), "Audiovisual Translation in France: the case of dubbing"
Wednesday 27 January 2016, 4-5 pm
Lin Chen (University of Roehampton), "Subtitling Culture in Chinese Films. Exploring the Effect of English Subtitles of Chinese Films on Audiences"
Academic year 2014-2015
Wednesday 20th May 2015, 6-7pm
Elena Di Giovanni (University of Macerata), "Access services for visually impaired children"
Wednesday 25th March 2015, 5-6 pm
Daniel Pageon (voice-over artist), "Dubbing and voice over into French: processes and practices"
Monday 9th March 2015, 3-4.45 pm
AgnèsCharbin (European Commission), "Challenges of legal translation at the Directorate General for Translation"
Monday 16th January 2015, 6:00pm
Sebastien Ohsan Berthelsen (Operations Director Square Enix Europe) “The localisation and LQA of Thief”
Tuesday 6th January 2015, 4-5 pm
Sylvain Caschelin (University of Strasbourg) "The extra- and interlinguistic world of Audiovisual Translation (The French touch?)"
Tuesday 9th December 2014, 6-7 pm
Francesca Raffi (University of Naples) "A diachronic study of film subtitling from Italian into English"
Tuesday 2nd December 2014, 6-7 pm
Marta Mateo Martinez (University of Oviedo) "Translating Musicals"
Tuesday 2nd December 2014, 4-5 pm
Vincent Montalt (UniversitatJaume I) "Becoming a medical translator"
Tuesday 25th November 2014, 6-7 pm
Christophe Declercq (University College London) "Translation and ethics: From Paris to nought and back again: the overwhelming evidence in the case against ignorance"
Tuesday 18th November 2014, 6-7 pm
Cécile Renaud (UCL/University of Roehampton) "Too Quintessentially Gallic for Export? French Spy Spoofs and British Audiences”
Wednesday 12th November 2014, 5-6 pm
Jiajie Li (Beijing Language and Culture University) "Dubbing Chinese to English: Whose Voice is It Anyway?"
Tuesday 11th November 2014, 6-7 pm
Rosalind Harvey (Emerging Translators Network) Literary Translation: for love or money?”
Tuesday 4th November 2014, 6-7 pm
Aleksandra Cavoski (Birmingham Law School) "Law and Language in the EU Context"
Tuesday 28th October 2104, 6-7 pm
Margaret Rogers (University of Surrey) "Specialised Translation: the 'dogsbody' of translation practice and research?"
Tuesday 21st October 2104, 6-7 pm
Louisa Desilla (University College London) "Subtitling documentaries: where audiovisual translation meets specialised translation"
Tuesday 7th October 2014, 6-7 pm
Stuart Green (Zoo Digital) “Cloud computing and translation”
Academic year 2013-2014
Friday June 6th 2014,
Translation career's event: speakers from Deluxe Media, Hogarth and the European Commission
Thursday 13th March 2014, 2-4 pm, Lindsay Bywood (VSI/University College London), "Recent issues in postediting”
Monday 10th March 2014, 4.30 to 5.30 pm, Diego Alvarez and Miguel Martinez(freelance translator and Transcreation Director, Hogarth) “Transcreating adverts”
Thursday 6th February, 3.30 to 4.30, ŁukaszDaniluk (Editor/ Camera Assistant at Firecracker Films, London), "Translation and the challenge of video formats”
Monday 3rd February 2014, 5 to 6 pm, Elle Kajiwara-Airey (Pole to Win) “Linguistic testing in game localisation”
Thursday 30th January 2014, 3-5 pm, (Digby Stuart College), Sylvain Caschelin (University of Strasbourg), "Audiovisual translation in France: recent perspectives on live subtitling and other developments"
Thursday 16th January 2014, 5-6 pm, Gerhard Protschka (Director of the Look&Roll film festival), "Running an accessible film festival"
Tuesday 10th December 6-7 pm, Bruno Levasseur (University of Roehampton), "Subtitling the urban outcasts on TV: The case of Spiral (2008) and The Wire (2003)."
Tuesday 3rd December, 3-5 pm, Jean-François Cornu (Freelance Translator), "The translation landscape of France in the digital age"
Tuesday 26th November, 6-7 pm, Roslyn Bottoni (Editor, Directorate General for Translation, European Commission, Brussels), "Careers in editing"
Wednesday 23rd October, 4-5 pm, Timothy Cooper (Terminologist, Directorate General for Translation, European Commission, Brussels), "How to make the most of the public version of IATE"
Tuesday 15th October, 6-7 pm, RaffaellaVota (Tag Worldwide, London), "Transcreation, localisation and copywriting at Tag Worldwide"
Academic year 2012-2013
Wednesday 26th June 2013, events relating to the 'Translating Music' network.
Thursday 14th March 2013, 4-5 pm, Maya Murai (Kanagawa University, Japan), "Before and after the Grimm Boom: The translation and transformation of Grimm's fairy tales in Japan"
Thursday 28th February 2013, 5-6 pm, Bruno Levasseur (University of Roehampton), "The culture imaginaries of a tower block in the Paris suburbs: The life and death of "The Renoir" as a case study (1962-2002)
Thursday 21st February 2013, 5-6 pm, Sabine Braun (University of Surrey), "Remote interpreting via videoconference in criminal proceedings"
Thursday 7th February 2013, 4-5 pm, Soledad Zárate (Imperial College), "Subtitles for deaf children"
Tuesday 11th December, 6-7 pm, Sylvain Caschelin (University of Strasbourg), "French/British Live Subtitling: similarities and differences"
Thursday 6th December, 6-7 pm, Carol O'Sullivan (University of Portsmouth), "Targeting audiences? Translation, language politics and DVD menu design"
Tuesday 27th November, 6-7 pm, Roslyn Bottoni (Directorate General for Translation, European Commission), "Working as an editor at the European Commission"
Tuesday 13rd November, 6-7 pm, Marcella De Marco (London Metropolitan University), "Gender in Audiovisual Translation"
Thursday 25th October, 6-7 pm, Charlotte Bosseaux (University of Edinburgh), "Uncanny encounters: conceptualising dubbing"
Tuesday 23rd October, 6-7 pm, Pablo Romero Fresco (University of Roehampton), Presentation of Brothers and Sisters (2012), a documentary on a school in the slums of Kibera (Kenya).
Tuesday 16th October, 6-7 pm, Daljit Kang (University of Roehampton), "Entrepreneurship: things postgraduate students don't get taught but need to know"
Wednesday 10th October, 6-7 pm, EllestonKajiwara-Airey (Pole to Win), "Project management and/in localisation"
Academic year 2011-2012
Thursday 15th March 2012, 7-8 pm, Aline Remael (Artesis University, Antwerp), "Audio-description with Audio-subtitling: dealing with multilingualism in Dutch films"
Thursday 29th March 2012, 4-5 pm, Andrew Lambourne (Business Development Director, Sysmedia), "Contrasting Interlingual and Intralingual Subtitling"
Tuesday 14th February 2012, 6.30-7.30 pm, SebOhsanBerthelesen (Senior Production Manager, Square Enix Europe), "Games Localisation at Square EnixEurope "
Wednesday 15th of February 7-8 pm, Anna Matamala (UniversitatAutonoma, Barcelona), "Research Topics in Dubbing and Voice Over: the past… and the future"
Thursday 15th of March 2012, 7-8 pm Tuesday 7th February, 5-6 pm, Alison Lau (Localisation Producer, Disney Interactive Studios), "Localisation at Disney Interactive Studios"
Thursday 2nd February 2012, 7-8 pm, Dimitris Asimakoulas (University of Surrey), "Dude or Lady Transsexual Identities in Subtitles'"
Monday 16th January 2012, 4.30-5.30 7-8 pm, Aileen Cowan (Education Officer at the Institute of Translation and Interpreting), "Introducing the ITI"
Tuesday 13th December 2011, 6-7 pm, Jorge Diaz Cintas (Imperial College), "The potential and challenges of subtitling"
Tuesday 29th of November 2011, 6-7 pm, Sonia Gonzàlez (University of Oviedo), "It's not whay they said, it's how you wrote it: Subtitling Intonation"
Wednesday 16th November 2011, 4-5 pm, Donal Carey (Head of English Unit, Directorate General for Translation, Brussels), "A Presentation of the Directorate General for Translation and the work of its translators"
Tuesday 15th November 2011, 6-7 pm, Joselia Neves (Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal), "Accessible Communication in Museums"
Tuesday 7th November 2011, 5-6 pm, Siobhan Brownlie (Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies, Manchester University), "Translating for International Organisations"
Tuesday 1st November 2011, 6-7 pm, Nadia Rahab (London Metropolitan University), "Reflecting on Translation Strategies"
Wednesday 26th October 2011 7-8 pm, Michela Simonelli (Project Manager at London Translations), "The Challenge of Translation Project Management"
Conference:
Media Across Borders: The 1st International Conference on the Localisation of Film, Television and Video Games took place on Saturday 9th June 2012, University of Roehampton, London. The launch event of the Media Across Borders network, was funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) as part of the 'Translating Cultures' programme.
Academic year 2010-2011
Tuesday 26th October 2010, 6-7 pm, Steve Faulkne (Senior Web Accessibility Consultant and Technical Director, TPG Europe), "Authoring Accessible Web Content"
Tuesday 2nd November 2010, 6-7 pm, Joanna Mal (Language Customisation, Discovery Communications, London), "Bringing Discovery to the World"
Wednesday 1st December 2010, 6.45-7.45 pm, Karen Seago (Translation Director, City University), "Translation and Gender"
Thursday 16th December 2010, 6-7 pm, Jorge Diaz Cintas (Imperial College, London),"The ins and outs of subtitling: Potential and challenges"
Monday 10th January 2011, 6.45-7.45 pm, Alex Romeo (Stagetext, London), "An overview of Captioning in the Theatre for the Deaf, Deafened and Hard of Hearing"
Monday 17th January 2011, 6.45-7.45 pm, Jonathan Burton (Royal Opera House),"Opera Subtitling"
Wednesday 19th January 2011, 6.45-7.45 pm, AngelikiPetrits (Language Officer, Directorate-General for Translation, European Commission), "Translating for the European Commission: Workflow and Challenges"
Tuesday 25th January 2011, 6.45-7.45 pm, Gillian Lathey (Director of the National Centre for Research in Children's Literature), "Invisible Storytellers: the role of translators in children's literature"
Monday 31st January 2011, 6.45-7.45 pm, Pablo Romero Fresco (Senior Lecturer in Translation, Roehampton University), "From quantity to quality in subtitles for the deaf and respeaking"
Thursday 3rd February 2011, 6-7pm, NadègeJosa (Sony Computer Entertainment Europe), "Localisation in the Game Industry"
Monday 7th February 2011, 5-6 pm, Lidia Best (European Federation of Hard of Hearing People), "Subtitling and the Hard of Hearing in Europe"
Tuesday 8th February 2011, 6.45-7.45 pm, Jacqueline Page (Senior Lecturer in Translation, Roehampton University; freelance translator), "Translating for opera surtitles. The case study of Bizet's Pearl Fishers"
Thursday 10th February 2011, 6-7 pm, Flavia Timiani (Head of Localisation, Disney Interactive Studios) and Sonia Souto (Senior Localisation Manager, Disney Interactive Studios),"Localisation@Disney Interactive Studios"
Thursday 17th February 2011, 5-6 pm, FilipeSamora (Translation Manager) and Elle Airy (Translation Coordinator), "Linguistic Testing in Games Localisation"
Monday 21st February 2011, 6.45-7.45 pm, Iain Smith (Lecturer in Film, Roehampton University), "Towards a Comparative Model of Transnational Appropriation in Cinema"
Wednesday 16th March 2011, 7-8 pm, Irene de HigesAndino, "A Challenge for Translators: Translating Plurilingualism in Films"
Monday 28th March 2011, 6.15-7 pm, Elena Di Giovanni (University of Macerata, Italy), "Audiodescription in Italy"
Academic year 2009-2010
Karine Chevalier, "Masks and Cutural Translation"
Tuesday 16 March 2010, 6pm, Patrick Zabalbeascoa, (PompeuFabra University, Barcelona), "The Language Palette of Multilingual Films. Is Babel Lost in Translation?"
Tuesday 30 March 2010, 6pm, Professor Aline Remael, Artesis University, Antwerp, "Audio description, audio subtitling, audiovisual translation. A tale of many challenges"
Monday 10 May 2010, 5pm, Gala Arias Rubio (International University, Madrid), "What would you do? Dealing with translation clients"
Wednesday 26 May 2010, 5pm, Sonali Josh, Zoey Cooper, Andy Walker, "Employability For Translators"
Past external events
15-18th September 2016 EST European Society for Translation Studies: Moving Borders, Aarhus, Denmark
9 September 2016 EMT UK members workshop, Europe House London
Collaboration between Professional Associations and University Programmes
The aim of this workshop is to explore how industry associations representing translators and translation companies can work with translation programmes to provide support and guidance to university students and graduates as they embark on professional careers. Representatives from the Institute of Translation and Interpreting (ITI), the Chartered Institute of Linguists (CIoL) and the Association of Translation Companies (ATC) will discuss existing and potential collaborations between their associations and university programmes, covering topics such as mentoring schemes, exams and certification, continuing professional development and support mechanisms for student and graduate members.
This event is organised by the UK members of the European Masters in Translation Network, with the support of the European Commission Representation in the UK. It is sponsored by the Directorate-General for Translation of the European Commission.
June 2013 - July 2015, 12 events linked to the Translating Music project,
29-31 August 2013, EST European Society for Translation Studies: Centres and Peripheries , Gemersheim, Germany.
25-27 September 2013, Transmedia Research Group: Media for All , Dubrovnik, Croatia.
21-23 November 2012, 9th Conference on Language Transfer,
2 December 2011, ITI Risk Management Workshop, Bloomsbury London, TBC, London, UK
30 November 2011, Working with PDF Files – Part 1: Using Adobe Reader Webinar.
25 November 2011, The Translators' Arms Seminar, Organised by Translating Division, CIOL, Church Street Library, London NW8 8EU, UK.
17-18 November 2011, Translating and the Computer 33 Conference, Organised by ASLIB, The Hatton, London, UK.
17 November 2011, Technical Writing for 'into English' Translators Webinar,
12 November 2011, Working with PDFs Workshop, Organised by the Chartered Institute of Linguists, Saxon House, London, UK.
9 November 2011, The World of Conference Interpreting Webinar.
5 November 2011, St Jerome Seminar & Revision Workshop, The White Hart Inn, Beaconsfield, UK
26-29 October 2011, ATA 52nd Annual Conference, Marriott Copley Place, Boston, United States of America,
22 October 2011, Translating Business Film Material Workshop, Collingwood Conference Centre, University of Durham, UK
20-22 October 2011, Mediterranean Editors & Translators Meeting 2011, European Institute of the Mediterranean, Barcelona, Spain,
18 October 2011, Interpreting for the police, Organised by the Chartered Institute of Linguists, Saxon House, London, UK.
2 June 2011, Venue: Roehampton University, Duchesne Building, This careers event is for MA Audiovisual Translation and Modern Languages students. The four speakers presenting will explore issues such as: beginning a career in translation, working as a freelance translator, the types of work you may expect to find as a newcomer to the industry and working as a translator in the voluntary sector. Speakers included Janet Fraser (Chair of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting (ITI) Fellowship Committee), Sylvia Huebner (Production Manager, Independent Media Support Limited), Joao Martinez da Cruz (Tearfund Learning, Information, Advice and Support (LIAS) Communications Manager and Andy Walker (Senior Lecturer in Translation, Roehampton University)
7 May 2011, One day course: Translating Business Film Material, Jean-Pierre Mailhac, Venue: Roehampton University, Duchesne Building, A course organised by Lourdes Melcion and aimed at a professional translators and translation students with an interest in translating through corporate material designed for new media
9–11 September 2010, Conference: Hybrids Monsters and Other Aliens, Kate Soper, Tom Tyler and Dominique Lestel, Venue: Senate House, Institute of Germanic and Romance Studies, University of London. An international conference at the Institute of Germanic and Romance Studies, co-organised by the Centre for Research in Translation and Transcultural Studies, the CNRS, Paris, and the British Comparative Literature Association.