Translation Theory and Development Studies

Marais, Kobus

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“…Furthermore, the importance of local embeddedness was raised by respondents in both countries, and particularly in Malawi, where working with a local interpreter was considered as critical in establishing relationships of trust with local communities, which are vital for development projects to be successful. These findings thus destabilise Western notions of professionalism that lie at the very roots of the disciplines of Translation and Interpreting Studies, which were established after the introduction of academic training programmes (Marais 2014;Tymoczko 2006). They indicate the necessity for T&IS to engage more fully with translation phenomena in non-Western societies, forcing scholars to rethink some of the Western key concepts and understandings (Marais & Delgado Luchner 2019).…”

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“…Development projects therefore tend to be multilingual efforts in which translation and interpreting between the different languages of actors occur. Despite the centrality of these interlingual practices in development projects, recent research has shown that languages and translation generally have a low profile in international development, and this in a variety of contexts, including health, civil society development and local economic development (Chibamba 2018;Crack 2018;Delgado Luchner 2018;Footitt 2017;Marais 2014;Todorova 2018).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…While research on translation and development has seen a recent rise (e.g. Marais 2014Marais , 2018Crack, Footitt & Tesseur 2018), understanding the role of translation and interpreting practices in development contexts remains limited. This article aims to contribute to this small but growing body of research by focusing on one particular area that has received little attention, i.e.…”

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confidence: 99%

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‘These are all outside words’: Translating development discourse in NGOs’ projects in Kyrgyzstan and Malawi

Tesseur

Crack

2020

JTSA

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This article discusses the challenges encountered by NGO staff when translating the discourse of international development into the local languages of low-income countries as part of their efforts to communicate with the communities with which they work and to deliver successful projects. Development discourse is characterised by the use of vague and complex English buzzwords, which are not directly translatable into other languages and carry culturally specific connotations. This issue has rarely been problematized in Development Studies or in Translation Studies. We address this gap by drawing on data from 69 semi-structured interviews with staff from international and Southern NGOs in Kyrgyzstan and Malawi. Participants were asked to explain how they translated development discourse when designing, delivering or evaluating development projects and to describe the linguistic and cultural challenges they encountered when doing so. They were also asked to evaluate the impact of translation and interpreting issues on project outcomes. Our findings indicate that poor translation of buzzwords can seriously compromise the ability of communities to understand the purpose of projects and to participate in them in a meaningful way. The findings also underline the value of using local interpreters to build understanding and trust between NGOs and communities.

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‘These are all outside words’: Translating development discourse in NGOs’ projects in Kyrgyzstan and Malawi

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Crack

2020

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“…There is no such thing as Jakobson' s (1959) "translation proper". Marais (2013Marais ( , 2014 was probably one of the first, if not the first, to apply complexity theory, or the study of complex systems, to Translation Studies. He promotes complexity theory as a theoretical framework because it opposes all forms of reductionism, which is also why he questions the usefulness of adding one 'turn' to the next in TS when new phenomena need to be explained.…”

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From translators to accessibility managers: How did we get there and how do we train them?

Remael

Orero

Black

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MonTI

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Translation continues to reinvent itself. Different human actors and non-human actants drive this change, generating new forms of translation and diverse professional profiles. Audiovisual Translation (AVT) and Audiovisual Translation Studies (AVTS) have always been at the centre of these developments: AVT has been technology and industry-driven from the start and AVTS has incorporated technological and societal change as well as the forces that propel it from its inception. Meanwhile, AVT has incorporated media accessibility and has moved beyond the domain of audiovisual media in the strict sense 1. Acknowledgements: This article is part of the research outcome from the EU funded KA2 project ACT, Accessible Culture and Training with the reference 2015-1-ES01-KA203-015734. Pilar Orero and Anna Jankowska are members of TransMedia Catalonia, research group funded by Generalitat de Catalunya under the SGR funding scheme (2017SGR113).

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“…Continuity and change must be shown. Last year, I discussed these matters a little with a researcher in Translation Studies, a field which might contain some useful theoretical views about this subject (Marais, 2014).…”

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30 Years of Consulting and Developing for Food Processing

Suurmond¹

2015

Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Business Modeling and Software Design

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The paper gives an overview of the company I have been working at and the practical work I have been doing for some 30 years, as well as the impact of the practical work on my theoretical positions. The company is rather exceptional in its application of a broad scope of knowledge areas in a specialised market. At RBK we both design production facilities & technical installations, and develop and implement information systems for the food processing industry. Short descriptions illustrate some characteristics of our projects and systems, the problems we attacked and the solutions we found. The impact of the practical experiences on my theoretical insights is discussed in the last part.

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Translation Theory and Development Studies

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‘These are all outside words’: Translating development discourse in NGOs’ projects in Kyrgyzstan and Malawi

‘These are all outside words’: Translating development discourse in NGOs’ projects in Kyrgyzstan and Malawi

From translators to accessibility managers: How did we get there and how do we train them?

30 Years of Consulting and Developing for Food Processing

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