2023-10-09
- It's the week to celebrate graduate students at Illinois! Thank you for joining the Graduate College and being part of our TIS community!
- 2023-10-03 - On behalf of TIS, Dr. Tolliver and Dr. Phillipe will host a panel discussion at the FIT North America Next Gen Conference on Oct. 7, in Monterey. Title: The Discipline of Translation and Interpreting: Reframing the Field and the Practice in the Next Generation. Our alumna, Koeun Lee (MA of 2023), will present at the conference as well! The title of her...
2023-09-29 - The theme of International Translation Day 2023 is "Translation unveils the many faces of humanity"! The poster presented by FIT pays tribute to "the many human faces and stories made visible through translation". Read more...
2023-09-01 - State Farm, an insurance company at the university's research park, will visit TIS on Sep. 11. We have had a long collaborative relationship with this company. Some of our alumni have worked as interns or their full-time employees. They will deliver a presentation entitled "Spanish Translation Internship Info Session" to provide more information about their In-Language Quality Team and the...
2023-04-12 - The World Poetry Reading in Translation will be held on Apr. 13, Thursday, 4:30-6:00 PM. Join the event in person or by Zoom: https://illinois.zoom.us/j/87128220451?pwd=eFFTVzl3Y1U4V0ZaMWlXQkEyZFJIZz09- 2023-02-07 - We will hold an informational webinar: Resources and Career Prospects for TIS Graduate Students on Friday, Feb. 10, 4-5:30 pm CST. TIS faculty team, alumni, and current students will share the resources available to both online and on-campus students. You will learn from the representatives of our current students about what a TIS graduate student life would be...
2022-12-13 - A new study posted on The New York Times has listed Champaign, IL, as one of the best college towns for postsecondary students, based on lower median rent, average tuition cost, and general cost of living. Check the whole article...
2022-12-06 - The SLCL alumni e-newsletter published a highlighted profile story of our alumnus Matthew Ginsberg-Jaeckle (MA, 2015). He has contributed his expertise to the training of medical interpreters and research in the healthcare field. You can read more about his fascinating story here: ...
2022-11-10 - Dr. Xiaojuan Qian will offer TRST 580 Chinese/English Translation synchronously online in Spring 2023. Meeting time will be arranged according to students’ schedules. This introductory course provides an overview of the history of Chinese/English translation practice and theory and hands-on translation practice (C-E and E-C). Students will focus on the contrastive studies of the Chinese and...
2022-10-24 - It's Graduate Student Appreciation week! Thank you for joining us and being a TIS graduate student. Check the Graduate College website for more activities this week!
2022-10-21 - Last week, TIS students Hebba Abulsaad, Amy Gamble, Muhammad Hassan, and Jacob Brown attended the ATA 63 annual conference in LA, Oct. 12-15! And they met some of our alumni there too! Patricia Worsley, graduated May 2022, presented a poster of her Capstone Project at the conference!
2022-09-29 - On 24 May 2017, the UN declared September 30 as International Translation Day (ITD). This is meant "as an opportunity to pay tribute to the work of language professionals, which plays an important role in bringing nations together, facilitating dialogue, understanding and cooperation, contributing to development and strengthening world peace and security" (UN.org). This year the theme...
2022-04-27 - The World Poetry Reading in Translation, sponsored by Literatures and Languages Library International and Area Studies Library and Program in Translation and Interpreting Studies, will be held virtually this Friday, Apr. 29 at 4:30pm central time. Come for a feast of poetry in Arabic, French, German, Spanish, and a few other languages!!...
2022-04-04 - Dr. Honaida Ahyad will be delivering a presentation, "Sociolinguistic Challenges in Translation" in Chcik Lit Translation at the Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (CSAMES) on Tuesday, Apr. 5, 12 pm CST. The event will be held virtually on Zoom. For registration, please click HERE.- 2022-03-24 - We invite you to participate! The International and Area Studies Library, the Literatures and Languages Library, and the Program in Translation & Interpreting Studies are organizing a Poetry in Translation event on April 29, 2022, from 4:30 pm to 6 pm. The event will take place via Zoom. Poems in any language and any subject are welcome, along with their translation to or...