Translation and Publishing

Since its first session was convened in 2007, the Nida School of Translation Studies has sought to advance research in translation through active collaboration with scholars from around the globe, bringing together varying perspectives and methodologies, challenging traditional disciplinary boundaries, and encouraging original thinking about what translation is and where it takes place in a globalized world. As part of this effort, each fall since 2011, NSTS has held a high-level research symposium in New York City, a creative event that brings into dialogue varied perspectives on an established theme. Since 2015, the Center for Applied Liberal Arts at NYU’s School of Professional Studies has joined forces with NSTS and the San Pellegrino Foundation (Italy) to carry forward this tradition of a one-day translation-oriented research event. This year’s symposium will engage ongoing discussions around translation, materiality and publishing, drawing together theoretical and practical perspectives on both print and digital formats and the many movements in between.

Complexity and Translation

Since its first session was convened in 2007, the Nida School of Translation Studies has sought to advance research in translation through active collaboration with scholars from around the globe, bringing together diverse perspectives and methodologies, challenging traditional disciplinary boundaries, and encouraging original thinking about what translation is and where it takes place in a globalized world. As part of this effort, each fall since 2011, NSTS has held a high-level research symposium in New York City, a creative event that brings into dialogue varied perspectives on an established theme. Since 2015, the Center for Applied Liberal Arts at NYU’s School of Professional Studies has joined forces with NSTS and the San Pellegrino University Foundation (Italy) to carry forward this tradition of a one-day translation-oriented research event. This year’s symposium will focus on the theory of complexity, as we explore together the lessons and implications for Translation Studies that can be drawn from this dynamic field.

Untranslatability and Cultural Complexity

Lydia H. Liu, Michael Wood, Mary Louise Pratt, and Philip E. Lewis

Translating Biblical Poetry & World Literatures

Robert Alter, David Damrosch, Adriane Leveen, Lydia Liu

Cultural Translation

Robert JC Young, Bella Brodzki, Christi A Merrill, and Suzanne Jill Levine

Translation, History, and Methodology

Anne E. B. Coldiron, Lawrence Venuti, Michael N. Forster, and Mary Helen McMurran

Localized Translation in a Globalized World

Anthony Pym, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Sandra Bermann, and Edwin Gentzler