Conference, London: Children's Literature in Translation

‘TRANSLATING THE WONDERFUL’ – CHILDREN’S LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Laura Atkins

The European Commission Representation in the UK, the National Centre for Research in Children’s Literature of Roehampton University and the Translation Group of Imperial College London cordially invite you to:

‘TRANSLATING THE WONDERFUL’
CHILDREN’S LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION

6 DECEMBER 2011
3:00pm-8:00pm
Europe House
32 Smith Square
London SW1P 3EU

On Tuesday 6 December Europe House will host an event on translating children’s literature into English. It will take the format of workshop sessions, where students working from various languages into English will translate samples from classic children’s literature or literature closely related to the classics in style and theme, followed by a panel discussion and evening reception.

No single universe is as diverse and intriguing as the world of children’s literature and yet so many visions pass us by because so little is translated into English. The idea then is to carry out translations of extracts from selected texts and to discuss
the various possible approaches to the translation of children’s literature and in particular the differences and similarities in translation strategies across languages.

Each workshop will be coordinated by a leading translator of the respective language pair, with the findings of each workshop presented to the other participants in a concluding panel discussion.

The workshops will be preceded by an opening introduction by Dr. Gillian Lathey (the National Centre for Research in Children’s Literature) and concluded by an open cross-panel discussion, which will aim to draw conclusions regarding strategies for translating children’s literature from across Europe into English. This will be followed by a reception offered by the European Commission

Entrance to this event is free but places are limited. To reserve a place please email Tom Barbanneau at: t.barbanneau@imperial.ac.uk (specify for which part you register: workshop+panel&reception OR panel&reception).