Saturday, January 26, 2013

Übersetzen. Praktiken kulturellen Transfers am Beispiel Prags

Self-translation will be a topic at the conference Übersetzen. Praktiken kulturellen Transfers am Beispiel Prag, which will take place in Tübingen, Germany, 07.-09.02.2013.

Friday at 4:30 pm
Václav Petrbok (Prag): Selbstübersetzung als Ausdruck der literarischen Zweisprachigkeit in den "böhmischen Ländern": Voraussetzungen, Motive, Wirkung

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Gender and Postmodernism in Puerto Rico: the multifacted work of Rosario Ferré

Conference about the self-translator Rosario Ferré
University of Western Brittany (Brest-Quimper) from April 4th to 6th, 2013

The aim of this Congress is to explore the different facets of a multifacted production based on the following themes:
1. The writing context: the Puerto Rican literary press in the 1960s.
2. Feminism and writing in Puerto Rico. Questions of gender in the work of Rosario Ferré
3.  The difficult  coexistence of  languages in contact with one another: bilingualism,
translation, self-translation in the work of Rosario Ferré and in post-colonial Puerto Rican literature

- Summaries of papers (a summary of 2000 signs, spaces included) should be sent before the 31st of January 2013 to the following address: congresoferre@gmail.com

31st January 2013: deadline for sending summaries
28th February 2013: acceptance notification deadline
15th March 2013: publication of final program
- Inscription fees for each participant: 115 euro (includes meals during Congress and
publication of articles)

Languages of the congress: English, French and Spanish

The call for papers is available in Spanish, French and English here.

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Bibliography on self-translation first update 2013


Happy new year to everyone! Let's get this year started with the 10th update of the bibliography on self-translation, which includes over 50 new entries. Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to this update.

I would like to kindly ask you to leave the bibliographic references as a comment on this post, when you give a talk, publish an article or even a book on self-translation, so that the bibliography can be as complete as possible.

To download the bibliography, please click here.

Panel discussion: Translating a self-translation: Epic Annette 8th February

Epic Annette: Podium Discussion with Anne Weber (German-French self-translator) and Tess Lewis (translator of the novel into English),  orga...