Translation! Festival 2019 events
2019 events
2019 events
2019 events
2019 events
The events listed below took place during the 2019 Translation! Festival.
Please see our current events page for details of the events programme for the 2022 Translation! Festival.
Translation! Festival 2019: Languages in Motion, Friday 27 September
Translation! Festival 2019: Languages in Motion is a one-day festival celebrating the rich linguistic and cultural diversity found in the UK, with events at Exeter Phoenix, Exeter Library and RAMM. The festival is organised by the University of Exeter’s Translation MA group, and kindly supported by the British Academy.
The events are all free and offered on a first come, first served basis. A diverse range of workshops, performances and interactive events run by local and international experts provide something for all ages and interests.
Interactive Workshops
‘The Spectacular Translation Machine’ Roll up your sleeves and help us bring a French illustrated novel alive in English, in this all-day live translation event.
Wordkeys: The 4D Translation Game Work together to find hidden clues and solve the puzzle. Messages written in a variety of languages, phrasebooks provided!
Valeria Brancaforte Art Exhibition
Meet the Italian graphic artist and illustrator based in Barcelona and discover the power of words as images.
Live Performances
Hear poetry, music and bilingual readings throughout the day.
Foreign Language Films
Enjoy a specially selected schedule of foreign language films including 'El Munde Sigue' with introductions and Q&A sessions with the subtitlers!
Discover Translation talks
Find out about translation and topical issues such as immigration and self-translation, the impact of machine translation, and the need for re-translation.
Events programme
Please see below for full listings of events taking place at each location - Exeter Library; Exeter Phoenix and the RAMM.
Exeter Library
| Start time | Finish time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00 | 10:50 |
No Borders Please, We’re Translators! A Creative Translation Workshop Featuring Poems from Mexican-Scottish Poet Juana Adcock |
| 11:00 | 11:50 |
(Un)translatability: An Special Interview with Emily Apter and Mark Mellor |
| 12:00 | 12:50 |
Tongue Tied: Performance of Martin Sorrel’s Award-Winning Short Story, Performed by Performance Artist and Musician Kate Cameron (Followed by Discussion) |
| 13:10 | 14:00 |
Translating with the Professionals - with the ITI South West |
| 14:30 | 15:00 |
International Bounce and Rhyme (for children under 5) |
| 15:00 | 15:50 |
Performance: La traductrice et la grenouille (The Translator and the Frog) |
| 16:00 | 16:50 |
What Makes a Good Translation? A Conversation with Award-Winning Literary Translators Andrea Reece and Daniel Hahn |
| 17:00 | 17:50 |
Performing Religions: Translation, Live Art and Exploration of the Self |
| 18:00 | 18:30 |
Performance: Mα ποια πάπια (I’m Not a Pheasant Plucker) |
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10:00; 11:30; 13:00 and 14:30
Wordkeys: The 4D Translation Game (45 minutes)
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10:00 - 16:00
Live Translation: The Spectacular Translation Machine (with Graphic Novels Les Culotées and La rivoluzione dei gelsomini)
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Exeter Phoenix
| Start time | Finish time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 11:00 | 11:50 |
Film Screening: Africa is You – The Somali-Dutch Community in Birmingham and Q&A with Filmmaker Linde Luijnenburg |
| 12:00 | 12:50 |
Film Screening: Devon in Translation – Stories of Migration to Devon (Followed by Discussion with Filmmakers) |
| 13:00 | 13:50 |
Macedonia Express: Colour, Sound, Vision, Texture, and Smell as Foundational Elements of Language |
| 14:00 | 16:30 |
Film Screening: El mundo sigue (Life Goes On), Followed by Q&A with the Subtitlers |
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| Start time | Finish time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00 | 10:50 |
A Conversation with Professionals: How Should We Support Language Volunteers? |
| 11:00 | 11:50 |
Women Beyond Words: Translating Women’s Experiences Across Media (Workshop) |
| 12:00 | 12:50 |
Game Time: French, Mali and the Sundiata Creation Story (Devon Development Education Project) |
| 13:00 | 14:45 |
The Long Table: An Open Discussion on Translating Identities |
| 15:00 | 15:50 | I Say Dumpling, You Say Ravioli/Pierogi/Gyoza: A Conversation on Migration, Food and Translation |
| 16:00 | 16:45 |
Kurdish Language in Translation: My Language is My Mal |
| 17:00 | 17:50 |
Transcreation in Action: Creative Translation Workshop with Professional Translators |
Event descriptions
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| Start time | Finish time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00 | 10:50 |
Annotating the Orient: Nineteenth-Century Readers and Their Copies of Translated Literature from Asia |
| 11:00 | 11:50 |
Constructing the Self Through Writing Across Languages: An Interview with Award Winning Kurdish Writer Nazand Begikhani |
| 12:00 | 12:50 |
Confabulations and Other Wordscapes: An Interview with International Award-Winning Visual Artist Valeria Brancaforte |
| 13:00 | 13:50 |
Speaking on Tongues: Multilingualism in Monolingual Contexts |
| 14:00 | 14:50 |
Trojan Women: Female Adaptations of Ancient Myth |
| 15:00 | 15:50 |
The Riddle of Russian Translation: From Samovars to Slavic Sounds |
| 16:00 | 16:50 |
The Global Bookshelf: Treasured Copies of Your Favourite Texts From Around the World |
| 17:00 | 17:50 |
Chernobyl Prayer: The Alchemy of Translation |
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RAMM
| Start time | Finish time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 10:30 | 11:30 |
Translating Museums for People with Learning Disabilities: Introducing Easyread |
| 11:00, 12:00, 13:00, 14:00, 15:00 and 16:00 |
Translating Clothing: Tour in English |
|
| 13:20 |
Translating Clothing: Tour in Arabic |
|
| 15:20 |
Translating Clothing: Tour in Chinese |
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