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From: susan tebbutt <[log in to unmask]>
This is a rare opportunity to participate in an event combining
translation studies and children's literature studies, and for
Germanists the second visit by Gudrun Pausewang to the UK. Gudrun
Pausewang will be answering questions from young English people
about Reise im August, with an interpreter in action, and her
translator present.
Hope to see some of you there!
Susan Tebbutt
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'Making a Difference: Children's Books from Other Languages'
Saturday, 27 November 1999
9.30-4.30
A day conference, hosted by the University of Newcastle, designed to
celebrate literary translation and its value in children's lives.
The day will provide participants with opportunities to explore the
possibilities and pleasures that literature in translation offers.
Bringing together linguists, translators, academics, teachers,
librarians and publishers, the conference will act as an
inspirational forum for cultural exchange.
Opened by Aidan Chambers, author and publisher of work in
translation, the conference will include a rare UK visit from German
author Gudrun Pausewang who will be interviewed with her Marsh
Award-winning translator Patricia Crampton by the teenage editors of
the book review magazine 'In brief...' - a demonstration of what
'making a difference' can mean. Workshops will include:
- Anthea Bell on 'Asterix Crosses the Channel'.
- Dr. Peter Bush on the process of translation and a translator's
writing strategies, using Luis Sepulveda's 'The Old Man Who Read Love
Stories' as an example.
- Dr. Penni Cotton on 'Picture Books Sans Frontieres: The European
Picture Book Collection'.
- Wangui wa Goro on 'Translating Children's Literature from Gikuyu to
English: All Fun and Games?'
- Dr. Kirsten Malmkjaer on 'Wonderful Stories for Children: 150 Years
of Andersen's Stories in English'.
- Ros Schwartz on ' Finding a Voice, a pilot session for a
Translators in Schools project.
- Aidan Chambers will 'sound the day' in a final plenary.
'Making a Difference will cost stlg50 per delegate inclusive of lunch,
refreshments and conference notes. Student concessions: half price.
For further information, write or ring the Centre for the Children's Book,
Pendower Hall, West Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE15 6PP. Tel: 0191 274 3941.
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susan tebbutt
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