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URL:https://itiscotland.org.uk/events/spring-2021-translating-childrens-li
 terature/
SUMMARY:Spring 2021 | Translating Children's Literature
DESCRIPTION:In the first public event of our 2021 programme\, we will look 
 at the interesting world of children's literature in translation.\n\nFrom 
 9.30am to 1pm on Saturday\, 20 March\, the ITI Scottish Network will open 
 its virtual doors and welcome delegates to hear and watch presentations fr
 om Gemma Alonso and Guy Puzey\, two experts in translating children's lite
 rature. Registration will be opened to Scottish Network members from 12 Fe
 bruary 2021 and to the general public from 15 February. There will be no c
 harge for this meeting\,\nProgramme\n9.30am – Foregather\nITI Scottish N
 etwork Convenor Lynda Hepburn will open the meeting and invite participant
 s to catch up over tea or coffee while they get settled and comfortable fo
 r the morning's presentations.\n10.00am – THE JOY OF FALLING DOWN A RABB
 IT HOLE – TRANSLATING ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND INTO SPANISH\nThe
  translation of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland\, which was commissioned 
 for the 150th anniversary of its publication\, was one of the jobs Gemma A
 lonso most enjoyed in her career as a children’s book translator.\n\nCar
 roll’s playful text presented many difficulties – the nonsensical paro
 dy of Victorian nursery rhymes\, the puns\, the absurd characters and a co
 nstant distortion of meaning. The author himself had strong reservations a
 bout the linguistic and cultural challenges that his book offered and deem
 ed it almost ‘untranslatable’.\n\nGemma will be sharing her experience
  of translating this ‘untranslatable’ and hugely enjoyable novel – t
 he general strategies she adopted\, a few examples of decisions she made\,
  and a chance to give participants in our session a taste of translating V
 ictorian nonsense into their own languages (if this is not something they 
 habitually do for fun).\n11.15am – Refreshment break\, break-out rooms a
 vailable for socialising in smaller groups\n11.45am – SON OF A SEA BASS!
  PSEUDO-PROFANITIES AND OTHER CHALLENGES IN TRANSLATING THE WORK OF NORWEG
 IAN AUTHOR MARIA PARR\nThe emotive power of language\, and the different w
 ays in which this power is employed from one language to another\, frequen
 tly present translators with considerable challenges. Some words are charg
 ed with such strong emotive power that they may be seen as obscene or prof
 ane\, and may constitute taboos in their own right.\n\nThis practice-based
  talk by Guy Puzey will consider such cultural and historical perspectives
  on swearing and obscenity in society and in literature\, with examples fr
 om both side of the North Sea\, and including cross-cultural reflections o
 n idiolect. The presentation will then focus on specific challenges of tra
 nslating (pseudo-)profane language from Norwegian into English.\n\nPrincip
 al examples will be drawn from personal experience translating three child
 ren’s books by Maria Parr\, who is well known for her creative and idios
 yncratic use of language. In addition to covering approaches taken when tr
 anslating into English\, a selection of strategies used by translators wor
 king with other languages will also be shown. As can reasonably be expecte
 d\, this talk will contain language that some may find offensive (dependin
 g on their sociocultural and linguistic background).\n1.00pm – End\nSpea
 kers\n[caption id="attachment_4986" align="alignleft" width="300"] Gemma A
 lonso[/caption]\n\nEnglish to Spanish translator and aspiring illustrator 
 Gemma Alonso has split her adult life between the sunny port of Cadiz\, wh
 ere she was born\, and the beautiful city of Edinburgh\, where she had her
  two children. Having worked for over twenty years as a freelance translat
 or for clients such as VisitScotland\, the UK Department of Trade and Indu
 stry and the Foreign Office\, in fields including tourism\, advertising\, 
 law and children´s books\, Gemma has now focused her practice on the latt
 er.\n\nShe translates all sorts of texts\, from bedside stories in rhyme t
 o guides on how to become an astronaut\, from ‘lift-the-flap’ books ab
 out the Romans to classical ballets in ‘pop-up’ format with music\, mo
 stly for Usborne Publishing\, her main client. Gemma is planning to combin
 e her current work in translation with writing and illustrating picture bo
 oks and when she's not translating\, she spends a lot of time drawing and 
 painting.\n\n\n\n[caption id="attachment_4987" align="alignright" width="2
 04"] Guy Puzey[/caption]\n\nGuy Puzey is Lecturer in Scandinavian Studies 
 and Deputy Head of European Languages and Cultures at the University of Ed
 inburgh. He grew up in the Highlands of Scotland\, just a short swim from 
 Norway\, and he has translated work by a wide range of authors\, especiall
 y from Nynorsk\, the lesser-used of the two official written standards of 
 Norwegian.\n\nHe was shortlisted for the 2015 Marsh Award for Children's L
 iterature in Translation for Waffle Hearts\, his translation of Maria Parr
 's debut novel Vaffelhjarte\, and he has since translated the author's oth
 er two children's novels to date\, Tonje Glimmerdal (Astrid the Unstoppabl
 e) and Keeperen og havet (Lena\, the Sea and Me)\, as well as several of h
 er short stories.\nRegistration\nThis meeting will be held on Zoom and par
 ticipants will be required to register in advance. Register directly with 
 Zoom at https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcudeqgrDIoE9AcWaYIhOq_iuX9OdglJ
 eN-.
CATEGORIES:Spring workshop
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