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SUMMARY:Translation: Theory and Practice in the Modern Language Department
  - Catherine Porter (Modern Languages\; President\, MLA\, 2009)
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CONTACT:Ruth Rushworth
DESCRIPTION:Chair: Ian Patterson (English\, Cambridge)\n\nCatherine Porter
  (Modern Languages\; President\, MLA\, 2009)
:\nTranslation: Theory and 
 Practice in the Modern Language Department\n\nDecades after translation wa
 s abandoned in the United States as the primary tool for foreign language 
 teaching\, it is reappearing in its own right as an object of study in gro
 wing numbers of  universities. Scholarly activity in the field of translat
 ion studies has spread from departments of linguistics and comparative lit
 erature to departments of world languages and literatures\, English\, and 
 social science. At a time of fiscal crisis when universities are at once t
 rimming foreign language programs and embracing globalization\, a curricul
 um built around the theory and practice of translation offers students an 
 alternative to the traditional focus on canonical literature that leads\, 
 theoretically\, toward open\, unsettled notions of globalization and inter
 disciplinarity\, and\, practically\, toward a significantly broadened rang
 e of career paths. Recent developments on a variety of campuses include wo
 rld literature courses in which the fact of translation is highlighted\, i
 ntroductory courses in the art and craft of translation where translation 
 theory and methodology are presented incrementally in relation to practice
 \, and advanced courses on specialized topics in the history\, theory\, an
 d methodology of translation. As student interest in such courses grows\, 
 new questions arise about the training\, selection\, and status of the pro
 fessors who teach them\; the degree to which translation can be viewed in 
 the academy as a form of scholarship that ‘counts’ for hiring\, promot
 ion and tenure is under active debate.\n\nThis lecture is free and open to
  all\, no registration required.\n
LOCATION:Cambridge University Law Faculty
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