Vacante: beca doctoral para un proyecto de investigación financiado por el Fondo de Investigación Científica de Flandres

Posted on November 20, 2016 by Marie Schoups

CONVOCATORIA

Las directoras del proyecto FWO
Vidas en traducción. Las paradojas de la escritura autobiográfica multilingüe hispanoamericana 1980-2015 // Lives in Translation. The Paradoxes of Spanish-American Multilingual Autobiographical Writing 1980-2015
Ilse Logie (UGent) y An Van Hecke (KULeuven) están en busca de candidato/as interesado/as en realizar una tesis doctoral en dicho marco.

DESCRIPCIÓN DEL PROYECTO

Desde finales del siglo XX asistimos a un auge espectacular de las prácticas culturales multilingües. En el presente proyecto se investigarán las complejas relaciones entre el multilingüismo literario y la construcción de la identidad en un conjunto de textos autobiográficos contemporáneos (1980-2015) escritos por autores provenientes del Cono Sur (Argentina y Chile) y de México. Tal como queda reflejado en escenas clave y en los paratextos de los ejemplos más paradigmáticos de este fenómeno, la lengua posee una dimensión existencial y hasta heurística: se torna el elemento ineludible para poner a funcionar la memoria del narrador, definir su identidad y su visión del mundo.

A partir de un estudio discursivo, narratológico y estilístico de los textos nos proponemos examinar el funcionamiento de algunos mecanismos y consecuencias del cambio lingüístico. Otro objetivo del proyecto es arrojar luz sobre ciertas evoluciones dentro del corpus. Si en la etapa inicial las obras que se articulan en torno a la extranjería como condición de escritura enfatizan sobre todo el carácter desgarrador del desplazamiento geográfico (exilio, migración) y de la conquista de una lengua que no es la propia, en una serie de textos más recientes la lengua extranjera aparece más bien como lugar de hospitalidad y como camino hacia la reconstitución identitaria. Esto demuestra que expresarse en una nueva lengua puede permitir un acercamiento a nuevas experiencias afectivas y dar paso a relaciones que no estén basadas en la homogeneidad y exclusividad ni lingüística ni comunitaria. Un análisis pormenorizado de las estrategias de representación del yo autobiográfico multilingüe permitirá asimismo determinar en qué medida los textos del corpus contribuyen a desnaturalizar el paradigma monolingüe que sigue predominando en la vida cultural y cuáles son las consecuencias de esta doble pertenencia para su inscripción en el campo literario.

PERFIL

El/la candidato/a al puesto de investigación doctoral debe haber obtenido (con excelentes resultados) una maestría en uno de los siguientes campos:
– estudios literarios
– traducción
– estudios latinoamericanos
– u otro título afín equivalente
Otros requisitos son:
– excelente conocimiento de español e inglés, tanto hablado como escrito
– el dominio del neerlandés y/o de otras lenguas implicadas en el proyecto (francés y/o portugués) será bienvenido
– haber escrito una tesina de maestría de orientación literaria
– tener disponibilidad para realizar estancias de investigación en Latinoamérica y/o Estados Unidos
Se esperan solicitudes, con un CV detallado y una carta de motivación, antes del 03/12/2016. Las entrevistas tendrán lugar en la UGent (Blandijnberg 2, 9000 Gent) durante la primera quincena de diciembre.
El contrato de becario FWO tiene una duración de cuatro años (01.01.2017-30.12.2020), con sede en la Universidad de Gante. El puesto abarca las siguientes responsabilidades: elaboración y redacción de una tesis doctoral (lo que implica hacer la formación doctoral correspondiente), colaboración en la organización de conferencias y en la edición de publicaciones.

Para más información y para el envío de solicitudes se puede contactar a la Prof. Ilse Logie:
Ilse.Logie@UGent.be

Symposium: “Pseudotranslation: New Perspectives”

Posted on November 12, 2016 by Marie Schoups

On Friday 16th December, KU Leuven University organises a one-day symposium on the theme of “Pseudotranslation: New Perspectives”. The symposium will take place at the Brussels campus of the KU Leuven (room 6306 (Paternosterzaal), Building Hermes 3). Three keynote speakers (Brigitte Rath – Ronald Jenn – Şehnaz Tahir Gürçağlar) will discuss the phenomenon of pseudotranslation from a variety of perspectives.

Apart from the keynote lectures, two workshops are also planned:
– The first will consist in an open discussion on questions relating to methodology, corpus, context, etc.
– The second will investigate opportunities for international projects and other forms of collaboration.

Registration deadline: 9th December 2016 (tom.toremans@kuleuven.be)

More information: see posterpseudotranslation and programmepseudotranslation

Translating diaspora: Surinamese historical novels in Brazil

Posted on November 4, 2016 by Marie Schoups

Date: 21 November, 2-4pm
Place: Vrije Universiteit Brussel,
Pleinlaan 5, 3rd floor, Vergaderzaal

With Prof. Julio Monteiro (Universidade de Brasilia)

The aim of this talk is to cast light upon a possible dialogue between the Brazilian and the Surinamese literary systems, via translation into Brazilian Portuguese from Surinamese historical novels, especially in regard to diaspora narratives. Brazil and Suriname share a common history of forced migration, and narratives depicting this fact pervade the literature of both countries. It is worth emphasizing that the Jewish community in Suriname has its origins mostly in Brazil and that the African slave trade followed roughly the same route in both countries. Since both African and Jewish diaspora are ever-present in historical novels by Surinamese authors, it can be argued that the narratives concerning those communities may catch the attention of the potential Brazilian reader who comes into contact with Surinamese literature. Issues such as the (in)visibility of Surinamese literature in Brazil and the challenges of translation between two peripheral literary systems will be tackled.

Study day on literary translation in foreign language teaching : “Literarisches Übersetzen im DaF – Unterricht”

Posted on September 28, 2016 by Marie Schoups

On Friday 30 November, a study day on literary translation in foreign language teaching takes place at Saint-Louis University in Brussels (with German as foreign language). The study day is organised by Belgischer Germanisten- und Deutschlehrerverband (BGDV), Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Université Saint-Louis in cooperation with CLIV.

Registration possible until Tuesday 15 November. Contact: Grazia Berger (grazia.berger@usaintlouis.be)

More information here

PhD fellowship in Latin-American Translation Studies (KULeuven)

Posted on June 10, 2016 by Marie Schoups

For Translation and Intercultural Transfer, Campus Brussels we are looking for a

PhD fellowship in Latin-American Translation Studies

The PhD fellow will be engaged in the Research Group “Translation and Intercultural Transfer”, which is described in the link below. The PhD fellow will have the opportunity to work in close contact with different other PhD researchers affiliated to CERES (Centre for Reception Studies, KU Leuven), which favours an interdisciplinary approach that combines reception and translation studies. Via the co-supervisor the PhD project is also integrated with the Research Group “Hispanic Literatures and Cultures” at the Faculty of Arts at Leuven. This Research Group is an initiator of a EU-project about transnationality.

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Project

This PhD-project will focus on the translation and reception of contemporary Peruvian fantastic narrative into the French, Anglo-Saxon, and Brazilian literary systems. More specifically, its objective is to analyze how the subtle manipulation of narrative enunciation, which is typical of the fantastic genre, is reproduced in different target languages, and the aesthetical and ideological consequences brought about by these translation processes in a transnational context. More information about the project can be requested by e-mail at the following address: erwin.snauwaert@kuleuven.be

Profile

Applications are invited from candidates with the following qualifications:

Master in Literature or Translation, Advanced Master in Iberian and Iberoamerican Studies with great academic distinction (magna cum laude)
Strong skills in the area of Latin-American literature
Excellent command of Spanish and English
Good command of French, Portuguese or Dutch is an asset
Strong research skills and the ability to present results at international conferences and to publish in peer-reviewed journals
The willingness to search for extra research funding

Offer

The PhD fellow will receive a salary of approximately 1900 euro per month (after taxes) for a period of 4 years
Employment in a challenging scientific context
The fellowship will lead to a doctoral degree awarded by KU Leuven
All regular provisions for PhD fellows at KU Leuven Campus Brussels will apply, such as allocation of an office space, a laptop, and funding for participation in international conferences

Interested?

For more information please contact Prof. Dr. Erwin Snauwaert, tel.: +32 2 609 37 99, mail: erwin.snauwaert@kuleuven.be or Prof. dr. Nadia Lie, tel.: +32 16 32 55 65, mail: nadia.lie@kuleuven.be.

You can apply for this job no later than August 21, 2016 via the online application tool

Source: Vacancy – PhD fellowship in Latin-American Translation Studies

Retranslation in Context 3

Posted on May 9, 2016 by Lieve Jooken

7-8 February, 2017

Conference website: https://www.cliv.be/en/retranslationincontext3/

Call for Papers

See French below/Voir plus bas pour le français

Retranslation is commonly associated with a dual focus: “the act of translating a work that has previously been translated into the same language” and “the result of such an act, i.e. the retranslated text itself” (Tahir Gürçağlar 2009, 233). The activity and its products have constituted a considerable share of the global translation market since the Middle Ages. Canonical literary works as well as religious, political, and philosophical texts have always been translated and retranslated into several languages, and this is clearly still the case in many cultures. However, in spite of the large corpus of retranslations that may thus be available for research purposes, the field has only recently developed into a serious topic of inquiry in the context of Translation Studies. Academic discussion of the retranslation of literary works was actually initiated in 1990, when Bensimon and Berman edited a special issue of Palimpsestes on ‘Retraduire’, in which they raised some of the central research topics of what was later coined Retranslation Theory (cf. Brownlie 2006). The phenomenon has steadily attracted research attention in recent years, with the entry ‘Retranslation’ being added to the second edition of the Routledge Encyclopedia of Translation Studies in 2009 and Koskinen & Paloposki’s chapter in the Handbook of Translation Studies (2010). More recently, Deane-Cox (2014) devoted a monograph to the topic of literary retranslation and also Target published a special issue on “Voice in Retranslation” in 2015, edited by Alvstad and Assis Rosa.

Building on the young tradition of Retranslation in Context conferences organized at Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, (December 2013 and November 2015), we are delighted to announce the Retranslation in Context III Conference (RiC3), to be held at Ghent University (Belgium) on 7^th and 8^th February 2017.

As was correctly highlighted by Paloposki and Koskinen (2010, 30-31), retranslation is “a field of study that has been touched from many angles but not properly mapped out, and in which there exist a number of intuitive assumptions which have not been thoroughly studied.” The aim of the third RiC conference is to bring together researchers with multidisciplinary backgrounds in order to collect a more comprehensive body of material on retranslation and develop a profound understanding of the processes behind the decision to retranslate. We welcome cases studies on different aspects of retranslation, as well as more methodological approaches. The findings of practice-based research will be confronted with theoretical insights.

Themes that are still insufficiently researched in Translation Studies include the history of literary retranslation and its relationship to the history of literary translation, the role of the different agents involved and the importance of retranslation in the canonization process of world literature. A number of different motives for retranslation have been defined, but some of them (e.g. ageing) lack empirical underpinning. Data are also lacking on the cost-effectiveness of publishers’ investments in retranslations of literary works and on readers’ appreciation of the (expected) improvement. Specific research into the reception of retranslated works could shed some light on that question. In a number of cases translators decide to self-retranslate a text: how is this reflected in the paratext and to what extent is the translator willing to ‘correct’ his/her own translation? Also a number of macro-level issues invite further reflection: do central and peripheral literary systems adopt different policies toward retranslation? Are retranslations fundamentally different from earlier translations, or would it be more accurate to regard them as revisions, and how is this related to questions of authorship and plagiarism?

While research into retranslation has primarily focussed on literary translation, the conference aims at including a range of different genres to broaden the concept. Political and philosophical discourse as well as media discourse actively shape our cultures and mindsets. These types of discourse actively circulate in translation, but they are also sensitive to different kinds of manipulation and censorship prompting the need for retranslation.

We welcome contributions for 20-minute papers addressing any aspects of the above themes. Topics may include, but are not limited to the following:

Retranslation history and canon(ization)
Motives for retranslation (ageing, ideology, …)
Reception of retranslations
Self-retranslation
Retranslation in the literary system (centre vs. periphery)
Retranslation ethics (authorship, plagiarism, copyright)
Retranslation of historical, political, philosophical texts
Retranslation of media (including film, music, theatre)

References:

Alvstad, C., Assis Rosa, A. (2015). “Voice in retranslation. An overview and some trends.” Target 27 (1), 3-24.

Bensimon, P. (1990). “Présentation.” Palimpsestes 4, ix–xiii.

Berman, A. (1990). “La Retraduction comme espace de traduction.” Palimpsestes 4, 1–7.

Brownlie, S. (2006). “Narrative theory and retranslation theory.” Across Languages and Cultures 7 (2), 145-170.

Deane-Cox, S. (2014). Retranslation. Translation, Literature and Reinterpretation. London/New Delhi/New York/Sydney: Bloomsbury.

Koskinen, K., Paloposki, O. (2010). “Retranslation.” In Y. Gambier, L. van Doorslaer (eds) Handbook of Translation Studies, Volume 1. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 294–298.

Paloposki, O., Koskinen, K. (2010). “Reprocessing texts. The Fine Line between Retranslating and Revising.” Across Languages and Cultures 11 (1), 29-49.

Tahir Gürçağlar, Ş. (2009). “Retranslation.” In M. Baker, G. Saldanha (eds) Routledge Encyclopedia of Translation Studies. Second edition. London/New York: Routledge, 233-236.

Organizing Institutions:

Free University of Brussels (VUB)
Ghent University (UGent)
Centre for Literature in Translation (CLIV)
The Centre for Literature in Translation is an interuniversity research group, affiliated to both the Free University of Brussels (VUB) and Ghent University (see https://www.cliv.be).

Working Languages: English, French and Dutch

Invited speakers:

Özlem Berk Albachten (Boğaziçi University)
Kaisa Koskinen (University of Eastern Finland)
Outi Paloposki (University of Turku)

Organizing Committee:

Sonja Lavaert (VUB)
Arvi Sepp (VUB & UAntwerpen)
Yves T’Sjoen (UGent)
Piet Van Poucke (UGent)

Scientific Committee:

Özlem Berk Albachten (Boğaziçi University)
Cecilia Alvstad (CLIV, University of Oslo)
Alexandra Assis Rosa (University of Lisbon)
Michael Boyden (CLIV, Uppsala University)
Sharon Deane-Cox (University of Edinburgh)
Philippe Humblé (CLIV, Free University of Brussels)
Natalia Kaloh Vid (CLIV, University of Maribor)
Kaisa Koskinen (University of Eastern Finland)
Ilse Logie (CLIV, Ghent University)
Eric Metz (Universiteit van Amsterdam)
Reine Meylaerts (KULeuven)
Outi Paloposki (University of Turku)
Şehnaz Tahir Gürçağlar (Boğaziçi University)
Andrew Samuel Walsh (Universidad Pontificia de Comillas, Madrid)
Patricia Willson (CLIV, University of Liège)

Please send abstracts of no more than 300 words, in English, French or Dutch, including a short bio note (max. 150 words) to retranslation@UGent.be by 1 July, 2016.

Notification of acceptance: 1 August, 2016.

Please note there will be a conference fee of 100 Euro.

A publication of the proceedings with selected contributions is planned.

Paul Bensimon et Anoine Berman avaient en 1990 consacré un numéro de la revue Palimpsestes à la thématique du “Retraduire”, en y abordant d’emblée un certain nombre de topiques de ce qui relève désormais de la “théorie de la retraduction” ou “Retranslation Theory” (cf. Brownlie 2006). Le concept de retraduction se comprend dans sa double acception qui recouvre d’une part l’acte consistant à traduire un texte qui a déjà été traduit antérieurement dans une même langue et d’autre part le résultat de cet acte, le texte retraduit à proprement parler (Tahir Gürçağlar 2009, 233). Le phénomène est révélateur de l’enjeu traductif et se pratique partout dans le monde : depuis toujours les “classiques” littéraires, mais aussi de nombreux textes religieux, politiques ou philosophiques ont dans bien des cultures et bien des langues fait l’objet de traductions se superposant les unes aux autres. Quoique les matériaux existants soient abondants, la traductologie ne s’est penchée que récemment sur l’existence de la retraduction qui désormais intrigue les chercheurs. L’entrée “Retranslation“, absente encore dans sa première édition de 1998, a fait son apparition en 2009 dans la Routledge Encyclopedia of Translation Studies et Koskinen & Paloposki sont les auteurs d’un chapitre sur la retraduction dans le Handbook of Translation Studies (2010). Plus récemment encore, Deane-Cox (2014) a consacré une monographie au phénomène dans le champ de la traduction littéraire. La revue Target a quant à elle publié un numéro spécial intitulé “Voice in Retranslation” (2015), sous la rédaction de Alvstad et Assis Rosa.

Sous l’intitulé Retranslation in Context, deux conférences internationales tenues à l’université du Bosphore (Boğaziçi University) à Istanboul en décembre 2013 et novembre 2015 ont en outre mis la retraduction à l’ordre du jour. Le présent appel à contributions s’inscrit dans la lignée de ces rencontres internationales qui se poursuivront dans le cadre d’un troisième colloque (RiC3) sur la retraduction, mais cette fois à l’université de Gand en Belgique néerlandophone.

Paloposki et Koskinen (2010, 30-31) ont fort justement constaté que si le phénomène de la retraduction avait été abordé sous plusieurs angles, il n’avait jamais encore été circonscrit avec précision et bien des assertions concernant cette problématique reposent encore trop souvent sur des observations intuitives. La présente initiative a pour objectif de permettre aux chercheurs en traductologie d’appréhender la retraduction par le biais d’approches multidisciplinaires qui permettront par l’étude des matériaux collectés de mieux cerner la problématique du processus qui consiste à envisager la retraduction d’un texte déjà traduit. Les contributions attendues se concentreront par exemple sur les différents aspects de la retraduction dans des études de cas, mais peuvent aussi s’étendre sur des considérations d’ordre méthodologique. Les analyses de cas concrets seront ainsi confrontés aux hypothèses théoriques qui peuvent en être induites.

Il reste entre autres à explorer toute l’histoire de la retraduction et ses interactions avec l’histoire de la traduction tout court ou encore le rôle des différents agents qu’implique le processus de retraduction dans la mise en place du canon de la litérature mondiale. Un certain nombre de motivations qui entraînent la retraduction ont été répertoriées, mais certains de ces facteurs (comme le vieillissement) n’ont guère fait l’objet d’études empiriques systématiques. Nous ignorons aussi dans quelle mesure il peut être question de progrès en matière de retraduction et si des études de réception peuvent démontrer ou non si ces progrès sont perçus par le public auquel les textes sont destinés. Il existe ainsi des cas de traducteurs qui, insatisfaits d’une première mouture, reviennent sur leur travail et s’en expliquent dans des paratextes. A un niveau plus général, dans un contexte de rapports de force entre cultures, il est légitme de se demander si les systèmes de littérature prépihérique présentent une autre politique de retraduction que la politique éditoriale des cultures dominantes. Il demeure intrigant de cerner en outre en quoi les versions antérieures diffèrent des retraductions plus tardives. Et faut-il parler dans certains cas de révision plutôt que de retraduction ? Qu’en est-il enfin des questions d’attribution et de plagiat ? Autant de champs qui restent à explorer.

Sans doute le domaine où la retraduction est le plus immédiatement prise en considération est-il celui de la littérature, mais la conférence désire élargir le débat en impliquant dans son champ d’activités les discours philosophiques, politiques ou médiatiques qui sont bien souvent déterinants dans la longue durée et la mise en place des structures profondes d’une civilisation. Traductions et retraductions gardent en outre souvent la trace de manipulations ou de stratégies de censure qui révèlent une communication complexe entre cultures.

Les contributions aborderont par conséquent sans exclusive tous les thèmes qui touchent à la retraduction, et en particulier :

L’histoire de la retraduction et le canon littéraire
Les motifs qui incitent à la retraduction (viellissement, idéologie,….)
Réception et retraduction
Auto-retraduction
La retraduction dans le système des rapports de force littéraires (centre et pépiphérie)
L’éthique de la retraduction (attribution, plagiat, copyright)
La retraduction de textes historiques, philosophiques, politiques
La retraduction de textes médiatiques

Bibliographie indicative :