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IPCITI 2015

IPCITI 2015

11^th International Postgraduate Conference in Translation and Interpreting

University of Edinburgh, 28-30 October 2015

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN

The IPCITI Conference is the result of a long-term collaboration between Dublin City University, Heriot-Watt University, the University of Edinburgh and the University of Manchester. IPCITI is designed to provide new researchers from all areas of translation and interpreting studies with the opportunity to share their research with peers in a supportive and intellectually stimulating environment.

Following the successful 10^th anniversary conference at the University of Manchester, the University of Edinburgh is delighted to host the IPCITI 2015.

Keynote Speakers:

Dr Sabine Braun (University of Surrey)
Dr Pablo Romero-Fresco (University of Roehampton)

Workshop Leaders:

Dr Charlotte Bosseaux (University of Edinburgh)

Dr Sharon Deane-Cox (University of Edinburgh)

Registration

Registration IS NOW OPEN.

Please follow this link to register:

http://www.epay.ed.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=2&deptid=69&catid=64&prodid=2052

The deadline for registration is October 18th 2015.

CONFERENCE DINNER

The Conference Dinner will be held on Thursday October 29th, at 8 PM. It will take place at Vittoria, an award-winning Italian restaurant on George IV Bridge, very near George Square. If you would like to attend, please select this option when registering.

http://www.vittoriagroup.co.uk/

Information and contact details

Enquiries concerning the conference should be directed to: info.ipciti2015@gmail.com

Information on the University of Edinburgh can be found at www.ed.ac.uk

General information on Edinburgh can be found at http://www.edinburgh.org/ and on Scotland at http://www.visitscotland.com/.

Further information about the conference will be available soon at www.ipciti.org.uk

IPCITI 2015 Programme

Wednesday 28^thOctober

Time	Event	Room
14:00-15:00	Registration	50 George Square, Project Room 1.06
15:00-15:30	Welcome: Dr Hephzibah Israel	50 George Square, G.03
15:30-16:30	Workshop: Dr Sharon Deane-Cox, University of Edinburgh How to Present Your Research Effectively	50 George Square, G.03
16:30-17:00	Coffee	50 George Square, Project Room 1.06
17:00-18:30	Parallel Session Literature Chair: Lingli Xie, University of Edinburgh Ilgin Aktener, Heriot-Watt University: Censorship and Literary Translation: Translating Obscenity in Turkey after The Soft Machine and Snuff Cases Yekaterina Krasnopeyeva, Chelyabinsk State University, Russia Interference or Normalisation: A Corpus-Based Study of Speech Verb сказать in Russian-Language Translated and Original Literary Prose Ruth Abou Rached, University of Manchester Reflections or projections of Iraqi women? Iraqi women writers’ fiction in Arabic-English translation and Feminist Translation approaches. With reference to “The American Granddaughter” by Inaam Kachachi	50 George Square, G.05
17:00-18:30	Parallel Session Performing Translation Chair: Yumiao Bao, University of Edinburgh Bader Altamimi, University of Leeds Translator’s Style: A Study of Humphrey Davies's Arabic-English Translations of Midaq Alley, Yacoubian Building and Yalo Motoko Akashi, University of East Anglia Defining celebrity translators: the prominent status of Japanese translators Giacinto Palmieri, University of Surrey Oral self-translation of stand-up comedy	50 George Square, Project Room 1.06
18:30-22:00	Reception	50 George Square, Project Room 1.06

Thursday 29^th October

Time	Event	Room
08:30-10:00	Parallel session Journalism Chair: Ian Giles, University of Edinburgh Deanna Nemeth, York University, Toronto, Canada Who Framed Conrad Black? : Language and Translation in Print Newspaper Articles Ashraf Fattah, Hamad Bin Khalifa University Evaluative shifts in the translation/trans-editing of ‘hard news’ reports Shifa Askari, University of Leeds Translation of Journalistic Texts in an Era of Globalisation: Stereotyping	Old Medical School, Teviot Lecture Theatre
08:30-10:00	Parallel Session Shaping Narratives Chair: Yumiao Bao, University of Edinburgh Seyed Reza Beh-Afarin and Seyed Najaf Parpanchi Islamic Azad University, North Tehran Branch, Iran Translating the Diaspora: Moving into the Third Space Muman Saleh, University of Birmingham The Role of Interpreters in Influencing Narratives of the Libyan Conflict Asmaa Alduhaim, University of Birmingham Cross-Cultural Political Discourse Translation: A Comparative Study of Different Translations of the Arab Spring Speeches	Old Medical School, G.16 Seminar Room
10:00-10:30	Coffee	Old Medical School, Teviot Lecture Theatre
10:30-12:00	Parallel Session Translation in History Chair: Lingli Xie, University of Edinburgh Ruqaya Al-Taie Challenges of Translating Arabic Rhetoric into English with Reference to Ali Bin Abi Talib's Nahjul Balagha (Peak of Rhetoric) Wu Xiaofang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong God vs. Dragon: A Historical Investigation into the Earliest English Translation of Xiyouji (Journey into the West) Yumiao Bao, University of Edinburgh Unraveling the Discursive Spaces Around Fanyi: An Investigation into Conceptualizations of Translation in Modern China, 1890s-1920s”.	Old Medical School, Teviot Lecture Theatre
10:30-12:00	Parallel Session Accessibility and Audiovisual Translation Chair: Ruth Abou-Rached, University of Manchester Katerina Perdikaki and Shasha Zhang, University of Surrey Empresses subtitled to impress: Amplifying power dynamics in the American adaptation of the Chinese TV series The Legend of Zhen Huan Irene Strasly, Université de Genève Translating the Bible in Swiss-French Sign Language: Conflicting Relationships and Synergies between Deaf and Hearing people Kim Linda Starr, University of Surrey Different Minds, Different Worlds: Bringing Audio Description to New Audiences	Old Medical School, G.16 Seminar Room
12:00-13:30	Lunch	Old Medical School, Teviot Lecture Theatre
13:30-15:00	Dr Sabine Braun, University of Surrey New challenges, new questions: where next for research on remote interpreting Chair: Eva Spisiakova, University of Edinburgh	Old Medical School, Sydney Smith Lecture Theatre
15:00-15:30	Coffee	Old Medical School, Teviot Lecture Theatre
15:30-17:00	Parallel Session Music and Lyrics Chair: Alice Kilpatrick, University of Edinburgh Lingli Xie, University of Edinburgh Title TBC Beatrice Carpi, University of Surrey The problem of non-equivalence in the translation of Disney songs from English into Italian. Agnieszka Seweryn, Jagiellonian University, Kraków The Contemporary Decalogue is in the rhythm of rap. Can it be translated? English subtitles for the film Oxygen by Ivan Vyrypaev.	Old Medical School, Teviot Lecture Theatre
15:30-17:00	Parallel Session Scope, Perspectives and Methodology Chair: Xavier Bridault, University of Edinburgh Mali Satthachai, Dublin City University Investigating Conjunctive Explicitation in Thai-English Legal Translation through a Parallel Corpus Si Cheng, University of Manchester Triangulating different perspectives in translation competence development research – a methodological discussion Henry Jones, University of Manchester Wikipedia, Translation and the City: A narrative analysis of the representation and translational re-presentation of British cities within the multilingual on-line encyclopedia project	Old Medical School, Sidney Smith Lecture Theatre

Friday 30^thOctober

Time	Event	Room
08:30-09:30	Coffee	50 George Square, Project Room 1.06
09:30-11:00	Parallel Session Retranslation and Rediscovery Chair: Ruth Abou-Rached, University of Manchester Ian Giles, University of Edinburgh Story of a Crime: The Decalogy that Disappeared. The Loss and Rediscovery of Translated Genre Fiction Pioneers. Anisa Turner, UCL. Demand and Motivations for Retranslation of Scientific and Medical Texts in the History of Science Nadia Georgiou, University of Surrey The people (re)writing the poetry: Literary translators from Modern Greek into English	50 George Square, Project Room 1.06
09:30-11:00	Parallel Session Chair: Mali Satthachai, Dublin City University Dalia Mankauskienė, Vilnius University Interpreting Face-threatening Acts in the European Parliament Véronique Bohn, University of Geneva What is translation for Swiss political parties? A field investigation Lubna Bassam, Universitat Rovira i Virgili Tarragona Code- switching as a translative means of communication	50 George Square, G.05
11:00-11:30	Coffee	50 George Square, Project Room 1.06
11:30-12:45	Dr Pablo Romero-Fresco, University of Roehampton The Role of the Researcher in an Impact-led Environment: The Case of Audiovisual Translation Chair: Alice Kilpatrick, University of Edinburgh	Appleton Tower Lecture Theatre One
12:45-14:00	Lunch	Old College, Lorimer Room
14:00-15:30	Parallel Session Interpreter and Translator Training Chair: Eva Spisiakova, University of Edinburgh Paweł Korpal, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań I will do it! Stress coping strategies used by interpreting trainees and professional conference interpreters Yuming Shan, Newcastle University Exploring the value of sight translation exercises in English-Chinese simultaneous interpreting training Seyed Hossein Heydarian,Cardiff University A Closer Look into Concept of Strategy and Its Implications for Translation Training	Old Medical School, Sydney Smith Lecture Theatre
14:00-15:30	Parallel Session Audiovisual Translation Chair: Alice Kilpatrick, University of Edinburgh Guillermo Parra López, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Disorderly speech and its translation in audiovisual fiction Pascale Trencia, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Double-dubbing in French: translating linguistic variation in Quebec and France	David Hume Tower, LG.11
15:30-16:00	Coffee	50 George Square, G.03
16:00-17:30	Workshop: Dr Charlotte Bosseaux, University of Edinburgh Publishing Your Research	50 George Square, G.03
17:30-18:00	Conference Closing: Dr Şebnem Susam-Saraeva	50 George Square, G.03