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Summer Workshop in Scholarly Translation - Chinese/English

August 3 - 22, 2009 Fudan University, Shanghai

This program is designed to teach the general principles of translation, understood not as a theory, but as a practical way of coping with the choices a translator will make. The workshop is open to graduate students and professionals working in any scholarly discipline with an advanced reading knowledge of Chinese and English. The goal is to teach participants to render scholarly texts in their fields from Chinese into English or English into Chinese. Participants will translate texts of their own choosing relevant to their research interests.

About the Workshop
The workshop will alternate yearly between the Fudan University and UCLA campuses. Each year two language tracks will be offered: Chinese to English translation, and English to Chinese translation. For 2009 the Chinese to English course will be led by Professors Michael Heim and Ted Huters. The English to Chinese track will be led by Professor Deng Zhenglai, Director of the National Institute for Advanced Study on Social Sciences at Fudan University (IAS-Fudan). Admsission to the Chinese to English track will be overseen by UCLA. Students interested in the English to Chinese track should contact Fudan University.

Participants will enroll in the track that allows them to translate texts into their native language (i.e., native English speakers will enroll in the Chinese to English taught by UCLA). During the workshop, participants may audit the other language track, as well as attend specially arranged talks by professionals and scholars and participate in off-campus excursions.

Each week, program participants will attend two three-hour workshop sessions where they will present their translations for discussion with their classmates. Participants in the Chinese to English track will be enrolled in the UCLA graduate-level class Comparative Literature 286 and receive four units of academic credit*.

*Please note that UCLA operates on the quarter system, rather than the semester system.

Enrollment
Interested participants must complete an online application (available March 1) and submit the following supporting documentation:

Photocopy of the Chinese text you wish to translate (an article or book chapter of 10 - 15 pages)
Translation into English of three pages of the above text

One-page curriculum vitae, including a list of language courses and content courses relative to the text submitted
Statement of Purpose outlining the applicants' interests and past training in both the language applied for and other languages
Two Letters of Recommendation, one from an academic professor or professional colleague, most closely acquainted with their scholarly work, and one from their most recent language instructor.
The deadline to apply for this program is April 1st.

Financial Aid
Participants will be enrolled in Comparative Literature 286 free of charge, and be housed in double occupancy rooms in Shanghai for the duration of the program. University of California students will also receive $1,000 towards airfare.

For more information and to register online, please visit www.confucius.ucla.edu/translationworkshop

Application Deadline: April 15, 2009

For more info please contact:
UCLA Confucius Institute
(310) 825-8839
info@confucius.ucla.edu

Confucius Institute

Date Posted: 2/25/2009

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