Translating Ireland Symposium
As part of the Dynamic Translation Lab, Professor Clíona Ní Ríordáin (University of Notre Dame) and Patrick Lonergan (University of Galway) are co-organizing a symposium to mark the 30th anniversary of the publication of the influential book Translating Ireland by Michael Cronin. This is a collaborative project that involves the Keough-Naughton Institute, Notre Dame Dublin, the Royal Irish Academy, Literature Ireland, and the University of Galway. The event will feature a 40-person seminar with an international cohort of academics, including participants from the US, the UK, Canada, and Ireland. Sessions are open to the public.
Michael Cronin's ground-breaking book Translating Ireland was published by Cork University Press 30 years ago. It offered innovative and incisive analysis of the role translation and translators played in on the island of Ireland from the middle ages to the twentieth century. Acknowledging the role translation played as "a weapon of political propaganda, a catalyst for cultural renewal," the volume drew attention to the central role translation played in the contact zone between languages and the way in which it shaped the development of language of literature and the construction of identity in Ireland. This conference responds to the work of Michael Cronin in Translating Ireland and re-evaluates the position and role of translation and translators in contemporary Ireland.
Foilsíodh leabhar ceannródaíoch Michael Cronin, Translating Ireland, le Preas Ollscoil Chorcaí 30 bliain ó shin. D’ofráil sé anailís nuálach ghéar ar an ról a bhí ag an aistriúchán agus ag aistritheoirí ar oileán na hÉireann ón mheánaois go dtí an fichiú haois. Thug sé aird ar an aistriúchán mar "arm bolscaireachta polaitiúla, agus mar splanc a thionscain an athnuachan cultúrtha." Léirigh sé an ról lárnach a bhí ag an aistriúchán ag an gcrosbhóthair idir teangacha agus thaispeán sé an bealach inar mhúnlaigh sé forbairt na litríochta agus na féiniúlachta in Éirinn. Is ceiliúradh é an chomhdháil seo ar Translating Ireland. Déanfaidh sé athbhreithniú ar ról agus tábhacht an aistriúcháin agus na n-aistritheoirí in Éirinn sa lá inniu.
Day One: Royal Irish Academy
To register for day one of the event, at the Royal Irish Academy (19 Dawson Street, Dublin), reserve tickets here.
Day Two: University of Notre Dame Dublin
To register for day two of the event, at Notre Dame Dublin (O’Connell House, 58 Merrion Square South), please email dublin@nd.edu. Please be aware that space is very limited for day two.
Programme/Clar
Thursday, April 16th: Day One
Royal Irish Academy (19 Dawson Street, Dublin)
10:00 |
Fáilte | Welcome addressPatrick Lonergan (Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway) Focail Tosaigh | Opening remarksMichael Cronin (Coláiste na Trínóide – TCD) |
10:30 |
Seisiún 1 | Session 1: Aistriúcháin trí GhaeilgeCathaoirleach - Chair: Meidhbhín Ní Úrdail, An Coláiste Ollscoile Baile Átha Cliath – UCD Ken Ó Donnchú (Coláiste na hOllscoile, Corcaigh – UCC) |
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11:30 |
Sos Caife — Coffee Break |
12:00 |
Seisiún 2 | Session 2:Alan Titley i gcomhrá le Michael Cronin (le haistriúchán comhuaineach) |
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13:00 |
Lón do chainteoirí (Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann) - Lunch for speakers (Royal Irish Academy) |
14:30 |
Seisiún 3 | Session 3:Cathaoirleach - Chair: Enrico Terrinoni, Università per Stranieri di Perugia Susan Bassnett: “Finding & Fetching: What Translation Means” |
15:30 |
Seisiún 4 | Session 4:Cathaoirleach – Chair: Enrico Terrinoni, Università per Stranieri di Perugia Cormac Ó Cuilleanáin (Coláiste na Tríonóide – TCD): “Make Aistriúchán Great Arís: Why translation has flourished in Ireland” |
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16:00 |
Sos Caife — Coffee Break |
16:15 |
Seisiún 5 | Session 5:Cathaoirleach - Chair: Margaret Kelleher, An Coláiste Ollscoile Baile Átha Cliath – UCD Declan Kiberd (University of Notre Dame): “Translating Ireland: thirty years on” |
17:15 |
Seisiún 6: Freagairt ar Imeachtaí na Comhdhála | Session 6: Respondents from the RIA’s Committee for Language, Literature, Culture and Communications:Cathaoirleach - Chair: Patrick Lonergan, Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway Sabine Egger (Ollscoil Luimní – UL) |
Friday, April 17th: Day Two
University of Notre Dame Dublin, O’Connell House (58 Merrion Square South)
9:30 |
Seisiún 7: Aistriúchán agus Teicneolaíocht | Session 7: Translation and Technology:Cathaoirleach - Chair: Anne O'Connor, Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway Dorothy Kenny agus Joss Moorkens (Ollscoil Chathair BAC – DCU): "Translation technologies and the commodification of style" |
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10:30 |
Sos Caife — Coffee Break |
11:00 |
Seisiún 8: Aistriúchán Drámaíochta | Session 8: Theatre Translation:Cathaoirleach - Chair: Marianne Kennedy, Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway David Johnston (Ollscoil na Ríona, Béal Feirste – QUB) “Tiocfaidh ár lá and no surrender. Or is the play really the thing?” |
12:00 |
Seisiún 9: Litríocht na hÉireann a Aistriú Lasmuigh den Tír | Session 9: Translating Irish Literature out of Ireland:Cathaoirleach - Chair: Clíona Ní Ríordáin, University of Notre Dame Marco Sonzogni (Victoria University, NZ) |
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13:00 |
Lón do chainteoirí (Tigh Uí Chonaill) - Lunch for speakers (O’Connell House) |
14:00 |
Seisiún 10: Ceisteanna Aistriúcháin | Session 10: Questions of Translation:Cathaoirleach – Chair: Rebecca Braun, Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway Anne O'Connor (Ollscoil na Gaillimhe - University of Galway) |
14:45 |
Seisiún 11: Foilsitheoirí agus Ceist an Aistriúcháin | Session 11: Publishers’ Roundtable:Cathaoirleach - Chair: Rióna Ní Fhrighil, Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway Bridget Farrell (Bullaun Press) |
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15:45 |
Sos Caife — Coffee Break |
16:00 |
Seisiún 12 | Session 12:Frank Wynne i gcomhrá le Sinéad MacAodha Frank Wynne in conversation with Sinéad MacAodha |
17:00 |
Focail scoir | Closing Remarks |
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