Date: Wednesday 26 March | Time: 1-2pm | Venue: THB-1003 | Hardiman Research Building (HRB) Floor 1
“Translating Aran into Italian“
Dr Andrea Ciribuco
This seminar considers questions of eco-translation, the practice of translation intended as “a body of ideas and a set of practices … to think about interconnectedness and vulnerability in the age of human-induced climate change” (Cronin 2017). Focusing on the preliminary stages of a future project, I will outline some key questions to consider translation as a textual practice and ethos that can help humans understand landscapes as a source of meaning. Landscapes can be understood multimodally through many systems of signs, and described through countless languages as well as registers (scientific, poetic, political). Each understanding has the potential to activate different responses and understanding – and potentially action – about the landscape. What happens to these when they are translated interlingually? How can we make sure that knowledge and perspective is not lost when speaking about a landscape to a distant audience? In this seminar I will discuss some passages from Tim Robinson’s Stones of Aran: Pilgrimage (1986), a highly interdisciplinary text that attempts to cover the landscape of the isle of Inishmore from the point of view of geology, folklore, history, and botany among others.
I will discuss the challenges of translating the book for an Italian audience, and outline some questions of how interlingual translation can be used as a tool for thinking about landscape diversity and creating connections.
Translation Café is a monthly event run by the Emily Anderson Centre for Translation Research and Practice. It functions as a reading group for colleagues interested in the many facets of the art of translation. The format of the group allows participants to share their interests, research or linguistic investigations with other colleagues in an informal manner.
Colleagues interested in leading future Translation Café events are invited to contact Ira at Irina.ruppo@universityofgalway.ie