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The Only Thing Worth Globalizing Is Dissent: Translation and the Many Languages of Resistance

September 2, 2014 Mona Baker Citizen Media, Events, Translation

A three-day conference to be held in Cairo, 6-8 March 2015 Funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council, UK Organized by Mona Baker, Yasmin El Rifae, and Mada Masr http://globalizingdissent.wordpress.com Activists from various regions and countries connect with and influence one another through practices involving various types of translation, including video subtitling, written translation, and oral interpretation. The Egyptian Revolution and the activists and

Names of Palestinians Killed in the War on Gaza since 8 July (2014)

September 2, 2014 Mona Baker Palestine

For updates, consult http://www.imemc.org/article/68429 Tuesday September 02, 2014 10:00 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC News This list is constantly updated due to the ongoing Israeli assault on Gaza since July 8th. The following 1598 names have been confirmed – the actual death is at least at 2137. We realize the number of slain Palestinians is higher than this. The Ministry of Health has stated

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#GazaUnderAttack, Gaza, Genocide, Israel, Palestine

borders, nations, translations

September 1, 2014 Mona Baker Publications, Translation

06 2008, translate.eipcp.net editorial Rada Iveković Translating Borders Hito Steyerl Politics of the archive Jon Solomon Rethinking the Meaning of Regions Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak More Thoughts on Cultural Translation Encarnación Gutiérrez Rodríguez “Lost in Translation” – Transcultural Translation and Decolonialization of Knowledge Boris Buden A Tangent that Betrayed the Circle Sandro Mezzadra / Brett Neilson Border as Method, or, the

Translating Violence

September 1, 2014 Mona Baker Publications, Translation

11 2007, translate.eipcp.net Editorial Translating Violence/Traduire le silence de la plèbe Jon Solomon Translation, Violence, and the Heterolingual Intimacy Sandro Mezzadra Living in Transition: Toward a Hetrolingual Theory of the Multitude Rita Kothari Diffusing Polarizations: Language and Translation at the Time of the Gujarat Riots Min Dongchao Translation as Crossing Borders: A Case Study of the Translations of the

“A Bitter Disappointment,” Edward Said on His Encounter with Sartre, De Beauvoir and Foucault

August 31, 2014 Mona Baker Articles, Culture, Palestine, Translation

AUGUST 26, 2014 EUGENE WOLTERS In 1979, Edward Said was invited by Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir to France for a conference on Middle East peace. It was in the wake of the Camp David Accords that ended the war between Egypt and Israel, that the author of “Orientalism” and ardent supporter of the Palestinian people, was invited to contribute with other

Israel's Cardinal Fault: The Muses and Death

August 30, 2014 Mona Baker Palestine

by SHLOMO SAND AUGUST 28, 2014 When the muses thunder, the guns stay silent. The adage, habitually inverted, is inaccurate. The propaganda sirens are never as loud as when the cannons, the planes and helicopters buzz and spit their fire. The television chains, in Israel and elsewhere, with their journalists, commentators and special correspondents have, between the advertising, presided over

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#GazaUnderAttack, Gaza, Genocide, Hamas, Israel, Shlomo Sand, Zionism

The Art of Empathy: Celebrating Literature in Translation

August 30, 2014 Mona Baker Publications, Translation

Nineteen thought-provoking essays on the art of translation and its ability to help us understand other cultures and ways of thought by award-winning translators and publishers. Includes recommendations by the essayists of translations that they enjoyed reading. 88 pp. 2014 Download: The Art of Empathy Translation.pdf Table of Contents Preface by NEA Chairman Jane Chu ……………………………………….. i Introduction by NEA

“You know what is happening”: Letter to an Israeli friend

August 30, 2014 Mona Baker Palestine

When Akkas Al-Ali’s Israeli friend accused him of “siding with terrorists” in Gaza, he decided to write the following letter in response. Wednesday, August 27, 2014 By Akkas Al-Ali By now, I expect you are fully aware of the apocalyptic scenes that have been coming out of Gaza over the past few weeks. In case you are not, I hope

Conflict Zone Field Guide for Civilian Translators/ Interpreters and Users of Their Services

August 29, 2014 Mona Baker Publications, Translation

Translators/Interpreters (T/Is) contracted to work in conflict zones are often non-professional linguists yet play a key role in communications. Operating in high-risk environments, they are extremely vulnerable and require special protection both during and after the conflict. Users of T/I services must be aware of their responsibilities to T/Is and of the need to continuously protect them. At the same

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AIIC, conflict zones, FIT, interpreting, Red T

The Case of the Arabic Noirs

August 28, 2014 Mona Baker Articles, Culture, Egypt, Jonathan Guyer, Translating Dissent, Translation

August 20, 2014 | by Jonathan Guyer Cairo: the metal detector beeps. The security man wears a crisp white uniform. He nods and leans back in his chair. The lobby’s red oriental carpet, so worn it’s barely red, leads upstairs to the hotel tavern. Enter the glass doors, where a cat in a smart bow tie and vest reaches for a lonely

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