Conference Self-translation Global and Local

I just came home from a very interesting and inspiring international conference on self-translation which took place at Vitoria-Gasteiz in the Basque Country on 26th February.

Here is an overview of the talks that have been given:

• Eva Gentes: Research on Self-Translation. A General Overview
• Xosé Manuel Dasilva: The Phenomenon of Self-Translation. Typology of Self-Translation
• Garazi Arrula & Elizabete Manterola: The Phenomenon of Self-Translation in Basque Literature
• Ibon Uribarri: Self-Translation Within a Diglossic Environment
• Frederick Verbeke: An Overview of Literary Self-Translation in Belgium
• Rainer Guldin: Self-Translation in Switzerland
• Agnes Pisanski Peterlin: Self-Translation in the Academic Field
• Nebojša Radić: Criss-Crossing the Language Boundaries as an Expression of the Plurilingual Self
• Ur Apalategi: The Self-Translating Author in Conflict with Diglossic Context. The Polygraphy of Iban Zaldua
• Aurélia Arkotxa: La autotraducción como medio de creación en la génesis de Mimodramak eta Ikonoak de JM Lekuona
• Olga Anokhina: Vladmir Nabokov:¿traducción o autotraducción?