Our colleague Wine Tesseur is looking for interviewees working for Irish international #NGOs to discuss #language & #translation barriers & solutions for her research on Translation As Empowerment , building on the Listening Zones results. Please spread the word!

A fascinating look at translators' activities and perceptions of their role in development projects.

Our Listening Zones book is expected in October. We're excited to see it featured now on Palgrave's website: palgrave.com/gp/book/978303…

'Translation and the contact zones of International Development' by Hilary Footitt of Listening Zones; and 'Literary translation and soft power: African literature in Chinese translation' by Kathryn Batchelor.

Happy to announce that our project monograph is now out with Palgrave Macmillan: 'Development NGOs and Languages: Listening, power and inclusion' palgrave.com/gp/book/978303… by Prof Hilary Footitt Department of Languages and Cultures at Reading, Dr Angela Crack Politics & IR & Dr Wine Tesseur SALIS at DCU

Call for Papers: Linguistica Antverpiensia Issue 21, publication year 2022 Translation and Inclusive Development Guest editors Marija Todorova and Kobus Marais LinguisticsLanguagePractice lans-tts.uantwerpen.be/index.php/LANS…

I'm preparing for this talk on Wedn. I'm drawing on my research with #NGOs over the past 10 years to reflect on the role of 'informal translators' (=multilingual staff) in NGOs, &why their (unrecognised) work is crucial for principles of inclusion. Cardiff University Translation and Interpreting Modern Languages

Happy to announce the 'Languages for an Inclusive World' online festival I'm organising with @AndreaCiribuco, supported We are now Research Ireland. Speakers will include staff from GOAL Global Oxfam War Child UK &many more. Watch this space for details&updates 👇 sites.google.com/view/translati…

Round table on 'Creating intercultural dialogue before & after COVID-19' with Cari Bottois, Charity Translators Veronica Crosbie, DCU Julie Daniel, Mellie project Domenico Lizzi, Tamat Paolo Antonio Manetti, BottegArt Mavis Ramazani Roots in Africa-Ireland Network Join us! sites.google.com/view/translati…

Join us for a free 1h workshop on 'Using machine translation ethically &efficiently at work' With Sharon O’Brien & Patrick Cadwell, Dublin City University Tell your colleagues & register 👇 sites.google.com/view/translati… Simultaneous interpreting provided in French & Spanish

This event will use our Listening Zones book 'Development NGOs and Languages: Listening, Power &Inclusion' to kick off a broader discussion on inclusive language. What are the challenges of translating COVID-19 terms & #decolonising NGO language? Join us! #globaldev INTRAC

We had a great kick-off of our 'Languages for an Inclusive World' festival with an event for students 'How languages can help your career in the NGO sector'. Thanks Barbara Scottu @JennyAckermann Sara Horcas ahora en @sarahorcas.bsky.social Jess Matthews for being among our speakers! Next up👇 sites.google.com/view/translati…

Our Listening Zones colleague Dr Angela Crack together with Michael Chasukwa obtained funding for a follow-on project to create a development translation glossary & guidance on how to do so. Read more about the plans here 👇 and give them a follow! #globaldev #LanguageMatters

ICRC is soon hosting a Talent Attraction Webinar for interpreters. If you speak #Pashto #Tigrinya #Amharic #Tamasheq #Somali or any other language on the list & are interested in humanitarian work, please sign up. Priority is given to #Pashto speakers! info.icrc.org/career-webinar…

With a section on the Listening Zones project!