Face and humility - intercultural competence in the professional translator
Key information
- Date
- Time
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5:00 pm to 6:00 pm
- Venue
- Online (Zoom)
- Event type
- Seminar
About this event
The importance of intercultural competence in professional translators has already been widely discussed. House (2017) has examined the central concept of transfer competence in detail, but what are some of the key aspects of transfer competence for the translator working between East Asian languages and English in the 2020s? How important are the very attitude and identity of the translator in determining the effectiveness of a translator and a translation?
Using practical examples from the speaker’s own journey as a student, academic, and translator, this seminar will provide some food for thought to help us become more humble, self-aware, effective translators.
Reference
House, J., 2017. Translation: the basics. Routledge.
About the Speaker
Dr Martin Ward is Associate Professor of Chinese and Japanese Translation at the University of Leeds. Translator of numerous books from Chinese and Japanese to English, he is also the founder of the East Asian Translation Pedagogy Advance (EATPA) network.
Image: Dr Martin Ward
