Doctorate opportunity in Tarragona, Spain: Translation policies for culturally and linguistically diverse communities in Catalonia For three years (even though the Call says one year) sgr.urv.cat/cgi-bin/progra…

Starting in September, a three-year diploma program devoted to learning and teaching the Oneida language will be available through Fanshawe College. cbc.ca/news/canada/lo…

Join us for our next Language and Sustainable Development webinar on 23rd July! Dr Kate Spowage will present 'Prosperity and Exploitation: Language and Sociolinguistic Structure in Capitalist Rwanda' essex-university.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Nice freelance opportunity for an English>French #translator with an interest in #humanitarian content. Consultancy: Framework Agreement for French Translators alnap.org/jobs-opportuni…

While the Translation As Empowerment project is drawing to a close, my Listening Zones colleague Angela Crack with Michael Chasukwa have obtained funding for a follow-on project to create a development translation glossary + guidance on how to do so. Read more here 👇 & give them a follow!

Reminder: Welcoming the submission of abstracts to our Crisis Translation Panel at the EST Congress in Oslo in 2022. Deadline is October 15th. See details here: bit.ly/3zon7cx With @FMFederici & Minako O'Hagan

How does the lack of #translation impact the multilingual #Brum communities? Here's what my colleague at Aston Languages and Translation, Sue Campbell, has to say.

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…

'Why NGO hiring practices are sparking protests in South Sudan': amongst other issues, staff who had an English-language education (from the Equatorias, or in the refugee camps of Kenya and Uganda) tend to get jobs more easily than the Arabophone north thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/2021/…

"Towards using agent-based modelling for collaborative translation of crisis information". Just published with Robert Ogie (University of Wollongong UOW) and @FMFederici (CenTraS): authors.elsevier.com/c/1eEtr7t2zZ5n…

Date for the diary - 25 Feb. This Workshop on #Translation and/in #Development looks at impacts of local communities' vernacular knowledge on development #policy & #practice dsaireland.org/updates/events…

Putting the final touches on the plans for tomorrow’s workshop! Michael Chasukwa and Angela Crack of @UoPTCS have been planning the Translation Glossary project for 2+years. They first worked together for the Listening Zones research project…

What #Chichewa terms do you think are important priorities for development, but cannot be easily translated into English? Do our Twitter followers have any suggestions? Our workshop participants have lots of ideas!

I'm running a free online introductory workshop (in German!) for volunteer interpreters with Ukrainian and Russian on March 25. We will cover professional ethics and basics of interpreting. Infos below! INT-FTI Mona Baker @monabaker11.bsky.social

A major Translation as Empowerment project outcome 😊

Now also in French: Interpreting 101 - role, principles and risks in 33 minutes. Useful for any volunteer or ad hoc interpreter without professional training. German version available on the same channel! Elisabet Tiselius Rachel Herring Mona Baker @monabaker11.bsky.social @adrechsel youtu.be/7JVpQOGJ9K8

Looking forward to giving this talk next week! I'll be talking about one of the chapters in my forthcoming book 'Translation as Social Justice'. Join us if you can! More about the book 👇 routledge.com/Translation-as…

🎉Official launch tomorrow! 🎉The Chichewa-English Translation Glossary for International Development Work 🇲🇼 Created by local communities. Containing dozens of terms not included in commercial dictionaries. All welcome! Crossroads Hotel, 2-4pm, Lilongwe 🇲🇼