2020-10-08
- The Global Education Symposium 2020 will take place virtually October 14-17, 2020.
For more information and to register, please visit https://go.illinois.edu/GES20
- 2020-09-18 - Carlos Díaz, Manager, In-Language and Fernando Gutiérrez, Product Owner from In-Language will talk about what it’s like to work as translators for State Farm, within the wider context of the role of translation in a globalized industry. Eric Hughes, RDC Oversight Manager from the Research Park will explain the role of the Research Park, and they will all explain the details of their...
2020-04-11 - We are delighted to announce that the IPRH has recognized Dr. Ahyad’s expertise and the value of translation studies by awarding her a fellowship to conduct research during summer 2020. Dr. Ahyad’s project is to translate Manahil Sindi’s novel Nisf Estiwa (“Half-Cooked”) from Makkan to English. The project has three parts: the translation of Manahil Sindi’s novel Nisf Estiwa...
2020-02-03 - A University of Illinois professor emerita and a former professor have been awarded Literature Translation Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. Armine Kotin Mortimer is a professor emerita of French literature. Elizabeth Lowe, a professor of translation studies, is the founding director of the U of I’...- 2019-12-12 - The Center for Translation Studies was privileged to participate in a recent podcast with our friends at Argo Translation, focusing the conversation on the value of an MA degree in Translation & Interpreting, as well as the importance of close ties between the language industry and academia. Have a listen!
- 2019-03-27 - A great review of Edgar Garbelotto's translation of a novel called 'Lord,' by the celebrated Brazilian writer João Gilberto Noll, has just appeared in the New York Times. Edgar, one of our currently graduating students, has recently been on a book tour promoting this novel. It’s a moving testament to Edgar's translation skills that the novel has been so well reviewed, and especially in a...