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New account (migrated from @ctismanchester) for the Centre for Translation & Intercultural Studies @ University of Manchester. Follow us for news about CTIS students & staff, research seminars, and all things translation and intercultural studies!

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Happy International Translation Day, everyone! Best time to save the dates for our CTIS research seminars in the upcoming months.

30.09.2025 12:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This workshop w/@kaszyma.bsky.social asks how can we use languages to effect change? What's the difference between translation as activism & translation as art? & much more...

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ20 Oct Manchester Poetry Library, M15 6BG

๐ŸŽŸ๏ธFREE places for MMU & UoM Students

๐Ÿ”— englishpen.beaconforms.com/form/057fe075

30.09.2025 11:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Looking forward to taking part! 13 November 2025 at @officialuom.bsky.social

28.09.2025 12:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: CTIS Research Seminar 4: Why Creative and Collaborative Arts Matter in (De)preparing Learners for Critical Intercultural Citizenship?. After registering, yo... Speaker: Dr Maryam Almohammad, University of Edinburgh

4 December: Maryam Almohammad @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social

Why Creative and Collaborative Arts Matter in (De)preparing Learners for Critical Intercultural Citizenship?
zoom.us/meeting/regi...

22.09.2025 13:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: CTIS Research Seminar 3: Experiencing the Uninhabited Traumascape of a Divided Capital: An Ethnographic Investigation of Nicosiaโ€™s UN-controlled Buffer Zone... Speaker: Dr Christiana Themistocleous, University of Reading

20 November: Christiana Themistocleous @uniofreading.bsky.social

Experiencing the Uninhabited Traumascape of a Divided Capital: An Ethnographic Investigation of Nicosiaโ€™s UN-controlled Buffer Zone
zoom.us/meeting/regi...

22.09.2025 13:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: CTIS Research Seminar 2: A Triple Book Showcase: Recent Trends in Literary Translation Research. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email ab... Speakers: Delphine Grass, Lancaster University, Anna Lafranchi, University of Warwick, and Kasia Szymanska, University of Manchester

13 November: Delphine Grass @delphinegrass.bsky.social @globalaffairslu.bsky.social, Anna Lafranchi @anna-lanfranchi.bsky.social @warwicktranslation.bsky.social & Kasia Szymanska @kaszyma.bsky.social CTIS

A Triple Book Showcase: Recent Trends in Literary Translation Research
zoom.us/meeting/regi...

22.09.2025 13:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

23 October: JC Penet @newcastleuni.bsky.social
Is Everything Well? Assessing Translator Wellbeing via Self-reported Narratives of Belonging, Esteem and Self-actualisation
zoom.us/meeting/regi...

22.09.2025 13:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The Routledge Handbook of Translation Technology and Society

The Routledge Handbook of Translation Technology and Society

Chapter 18. Translation Technology and Human-Machine Interaction, co-written by Josรฉ Gustavo Gรณngora-Goloubintseff and Silvia Terribile.

Chapter 18. Translation Technology and Human-Machine Interaction, co-written by Josรฉ Gustavo Gรณngora-Goloubintseff and Silvia Terribile.

Excited to have received my complimentary copy of The Routledge Handbook of Translation Technology and Society, which includes a chapter I co-authored with Silvia Terribile entitled "Translation Technology and Human-Machine Interaction". #machinetranslation #MT #postediting

22.09.2025 12:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Ready for a new academic year? Let's start on a high note by kicking off the brand-new CTIS Research Seminar Series 2025-26 together! Here is the Semester 1 programme. Zoom links for individual sessions will be shared in the comments.

22.09.2025 12:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Ever wondered how your favorite anime, TV, movies, and games make their way into your language, and the linguistic science behind localization?

Join me tomorrow, September 15th, at 3:00 PM PST for an online talk at the University of Texas at Dallas' Center for Translation Studies!

More info ๐Ÿ‘€โ†˜๏ธ

15.09.2025 04:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 114    ๐Ÿ” 44    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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If you have some interest in translation and would like to explore it further as a linguistic and cross-cultural activity, EATPA Global Translation Jam 2025 is a good opportunity for you to try your hand. Join us now!

11.09.2025 15:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Announcing the Center for the Art of Translation's DAY OF TRANSLATION 2025! Join us on 9/18 at The Center for Fiction in Brooklyn, NY. Registration open now for our 12-5 pm panels & tickets available for Jhumpa Lahiri and Katie Kitamura's 6 pm keynote.

Full announcement โžก๏ธ mailchi.mp/catranslatio...

12.08.2025 18:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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"Bold acts of translation are the lifeblood of Kasia Szymanskaโ€™s book, TRANSLATION MULTIPLES: FROM GLOBAL CULTURE TO POSTCOMMUNIST DEMOCRACY."

Check out Jess Jensen Mitchell's review on HS of
@kaszyma.bsky.social's TRANSLATION MULTIPLES here:
hopscotchtranslation.com/2025/09/09/r...

#translation

12.09.2025 00:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Bienvenue sur le site de l'ATESS L'Association pour la traduction en sciences sociales regroupe des professionnelยทles qui traduisent la recherche en sciences humaines et sociales.

Need to take your mind off things? Come along for my talk next Tuesday with the Association pour la traduction en sciences sociales, atessfrance.org at 1 pm CET, in French. Find out what we have in common with 19th-century translators, and what we can learn from them. Sign up at lnkd.in/e3yyT26M

12.09.2025 07:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Confs: 5th International Conference on ๏ปฟHeritage / Community Languages The UCLA National Heritage Language Resource Center's quadrennial two-day conference will focus on heritage and community language studies as a multidisciplinary field impacting a variety of educational contexts. We welcome submissions from disciplines including but not limited to anthropology, demographics, linguistics, sociology, applied linguistics, policy, psychology, bilingualism, education, and assessment. You are invited to submit a proposal for a paper, panel, or poster. You can ma

Confs: 5th International Conference on ๏ปฟHeritage / Community Languages

11.09.2025 09:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
book cover for Archiving Gaza in the Present
Art, Memory and Erasure
Edited by Dina Matar and Venetia Porter.  Black and white collage

book cover for Archiving Gaza in the Present Art, Memory and Erasure Edited by Dina Matar and Venetia Porter. Black and white collage

Important book on Gaza from SOAS @soasuni.bsky.social colleague Dina Matar, scheduled for publication by Saqi Books in November:

Archiving Gaza in the Present
Art, Memory and Erasure
Edited by Dina Matar and Venetia Porter

saqibooks.com/books/saqi/a...

11.09.2025 12:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 36    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Book talk in Manchester! Come for a night at Queer Lit to talk with other book lovers & curious folks! Find out why queer women are leading the movement to โ€˜speak in tonguesโ€™ ๐Ÿ˜ See you there! Get your tix:
www.socialrefuge.com/event-detail...

28.08.2025 13:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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International Translation Day - English PEN Every year on the 30th September, English PEN holds events in celebration of International Translation Day, alongside a nationwide programme delivered in partnership with the National Centre for Writi...

๐Ÿ“ฃ Publishers, orgs, bookshops, festivals, institutions, & collectives can apply for their International Translation Day events to be featured in this year's Nationwide programme with @writerscentre.bsky.social. #ITD2025

Apply & join us โฌ‡๏ธโฌ‡๏ธ (deadline 28 Aug)
www.englishpen.org/translation/...

21.08.2025 12:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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๐ŸŽŠCELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF LITERARY MAGIC - FULL #MLF25 PROGRAMME OUT NOW!๐Ÿ“š

From internationally acclaimed authors and cultural icons to bold new voices, our 20th edition is set to inspire, challenge and delight anyone who celebrates with us. ๐Ÿงต

12.08.2025 10:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Our Global Forum on Southern Epistemologies book series publishes independent volumes concerned primarily with exploring peripheralized ways of framing and conducting language studies in both the Global South and Global North.

Find out more here: buff.ly/Gyuf88i

04.09.2025 11:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ‘Š๐ŸปJoin me for this 'Translation as Activism' workshop at the 2025 Manchester Literature Festival ๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿป @mcrlitfest.bsky.social
manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk/events/trans...

๐Ÿคœ๐Ÿป10 free tickets can be claimed by MMU (@manmetuni.bsky.social) & UoM (@uomhums.bsky.social) students โžก๏ธ๐Ÿ“ง zoe@englishpen.org

09.09.2025 10:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Autumn book tour dates for FAIR! See you there! @bricklanebookshop.bsky.social @prototypepubs.bsky.social

05.09.2025 09:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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