2022-03-23
- We are so proud to announce that the translation work of our alumnus Hadi Umayra (MA, 2018), "Aisha, Baghdad, and Me" was nominated for the Pushcart Prize, which "honors the best poetry, short fiction, essays, or other literary works published in the small presses over the previous year".
Before joining TIS, Hadi Umayra has served in the US Army as an Arabic translator and cultural...
- 2022-03-22 - Join our TIS Alumni Pathways Webinar 2022 via Zoom on Friday, Mar. 25, 4 pm - 5:30 pm CST! Three of our alumni: Abigail Wright (MA, 2016), Audra Lincoln (MA, 2020), and Jeffrey Miller (MA, 2015), will share their experience in how they have applied the skills/knowledge acquired in our program into their daily work, their experience/ suggestions about networking...
- 2022-02-09 - Congratulations to Dr. Warburton and our MA Alum Kamya Krishnan (MA 2021)! Their work on a localization of our Safer Illinois app has been published in the Journal of Internationalization and Localization. They have been working on a localization of our Safer Illinois app, which until quite recently was used to keep track of Covid-19 contact tracing and test results...
- 2022-01-21 - Would you like to know what a graduate student life is like with us? How do the online and on-campus modes of our program work? What can you expect in a synchronous or asynchronous class? Please join us on our next webinar on Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, 4:00 PM CST. Whether you have applied or are...
- 2021-11-30 - The Graduate Minor in Translation and Interpreting Studies is available beginning in the Spring 2022 semester. Why complete a Graduate Minor in Translation and Interpreting Studies? It is hard to imagine a field of study better positioned to meet the demands of an increasingly global society than Translation and Interpreting. Translation and Interpreting as...
- 2021-11-08 - Thy symposium presented by the School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics highlighted the translations by UIUC faculty, literature in translation, ...
2021-11-01 - Dr. Ahyad will deliver a talk on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2 pm CST, "What Makkans don't say: Political correctness, euphemism, or sheer fear?". It will be presented at the cultural event hosted by the Arabic program. Please see the flyer for the Zoom link or the QR code.- 2021-10-29 - We will hold a webinar on the general information about our MA program on Friday, Nov. 12 at 4:00 pm CDT. We would like to invite you to join us via Zoom, please feel free to REGISTER here! During the event, faculty of the Program in Translation and Interpreting Studies at UIUC...
2021-09-30 - "International Translation Day 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." ...- 2021-09-13 - To join by Zoom, please register in advance HERE. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Taking an online course can be an isolating and alienating experience -- especially during periods of quarantine such as we...
2021-09-01 - To join by Zoom, please register in advance here: After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting....- 2021-08-25 - The American Translators Association (ATA) has written letters to President Biden and other administration officials urging Congress to immediately prioritize the evacuation of Afghan interpreters and their families to a safe location outside Afghanistan. “Acting swiftly is strategically important because linguists are essential in the global war on terror, and their safety is inextricably tied...
2021-08-24 - Do you know Dr. Ahyad is offering a new course this semester? Join TRST 580: Sociolinguistic Challenges To explore the interdisciplinary nature of Sociolinguistics and Translation. You will discuss about language policy and politics, power relations and language identity, diglossia and dialects groups, language variation and change, code-switching, and a lot more interesting topics. By...
2021-08-24 - Join Dr. Jenkins in TRST 403: German-English Translation this semester to learn about the theory and practice of translating technical, commercial, scientific, and literary texts from German into English and vice versa.- 2021-04-30 - It's that time of the year again! Our class of 2021 is ready to present their capstone projects on Monday, May 10 and Tuesday, May 11. The languages involved include English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic, and Japanese. And their topics range from sports terminology to the localization of health apps, Spanish Civil War, remote mental health care, and other amazing...