Dear WIGS,
enclosed you will find a short description of our research project on
feminist translation in the German speaking countries.
We think that the project and next year's workshop could be of interest
to many of your list members, translation scholars and practitioners.
Sabine
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Research Project
Integration of theory and practice in feminist translation
>From April 1999 to March 2000 the Department of Translation and
Interpreting at Graz University is carrying out a project focussing on
theory and practice of feminist translation.
Project coordinator is Michaela Wolf, assistant professor at the
department.
The project is being financially supported by the Oestereichische
Nationalbank and the aim is to provide a comprehensive record of the
state of the art of feminist translation in the various fields of
research, teaching and practice - in the German speaking countries.
The main fields dealt with in feminist translation studies are:
Translation of experimental feminist literature, feminist translation
criticism, the <discovering> of historical women translators and
interpreters, the position and role of the woman translator in
society, discussion of the feminisation of translation and strategies in
feminist translation.
The main emphasis of the project will be on:
- A theoretical survey of the fields of feminist translation and
feminist translation studies
- A survey of feminist translation activities in the German speaking
countries in theory and practice
- The implementation of a discussion list on the topic
- Finding publishing houses and women's book series which have
feminist translations in the German speaking countries
- Enquiries into guidelines for non-sexist language
- Preparation of a workshop/symposium on feminist translation
(probably in June 2000)
Please do not hesitate to contact us for further information
if you are a feminist translator, if you work on feminist linguistic
theory, on women's writing, or if you are interested in similar feminist
subjects!
Michaela Wolf, Sabine Messner
Institut fuer Uebersetzer- u. Dolmetscherausbildung
Karl-Franzens-Universitaet Graz
Merangasse 70, A-8010 Graz/Austria
Tel.: ++43.316.380.2676
Fax: ++43.316.380.9785
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
http://www-gewi.kfunigraz.ac.at/uedo/research/projekte/femtrans.html
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