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• 16/17 December 2008
  
  Merry Christmas and a happy New Year
  to all sponsors, colleagues, friends and students from a joyful Lehrstuhl Team's Christmas colloquium at ESIT / Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Anne Gorius, Jan Kunold, Vanessa Hildner, Heidrun Gerzymisch-Arbogast,
  Stefanie Maas and Jan Fickert in Paris
  

  
  
  
• 16 December 2008
  A Tribute to Daniel Gile
  

  New Publication: Gyde Hansen, Andrew Chesterman & Heidrun Gerzymisch-Arbogast (eds). 2008. Efforts and Models in Interpreting and Translation Research. A Tribute to Daniel Gile. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.

  Benjamins Translation Library, Volume 80. EST Subseries. ISBN 978 90 272 1689 2
  
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• 1 December 2008
  Congratulations and Celebrations!
  http://www.uni-saarland.de/de/medien/2008/11/1227872215
  http://www.unicum.de/evo/14507_1
  
  Hohe Auszeichnung für Saar-Professorin
  Saarbrücken. Die Webplattform der Zeitschrift "Unikum Beruf" hat Professorin Heidrun Gerzymisch-Arbogast, Lehrstuhlinhaberin für Englische Übersetzungswissenschaft unter die besten zehn Professoren Deutschlands gewählt. Mit dieser Auszeichnung ehrt die Zeitschrift Hochschullehrer, die sich stark für die berufliche Qualifikation ihrer Studenten einsetzen.
  (Source: Saarbrücker Zeitung, November 2008)
  
  Saarbrücken: Saar-Professorin eine der besten
  Die Internet-Plattform der Zeitschrift Unicum Beruf hat Professorin Dr. Heidrun Gerzymisch-Arbogast, Lehrstuhlinhaberin für Englische Übersetzungswissenschaft und Leiterin der Arbeitsstelle Advanced Translation Research Center (ATRC) an der Universität des Saarlandes, in der Kategorie Geistes-, Kultur- und Gesellschafts- wissenschaften unter die besten zehn Professoren gewählt. Mit dieser Auszeichnung ehrt die Zeitschrift Hochschullehrer, die sich stark für die berufliche Qualifikation ihrer Studenten einsetzen. Knapp 800 Professorinnen und Professoren verschiedener Fachrichtungen aus ganz Deutschland waren vorgeschlagen worden.
  (Source: 20 Cent, November 2008)
  
  
  Dear Prof. Gerzymisch-Arbogast,
  In the national contest "Professor des Jahres 2008" of the magazine UNICUM BERUF you rank among Germany's top ten professors. We would therefore like to congratulate you on such huge achievements and we wish you all the best and big success in your future endeavors!
  
  Your Lehrstuhl-Team
  Jan Kunold, Vanessa Hildner, Stefanie Maas, Jan Fickert, Nathalie Kirf
   
  
  
• 28 November 2008
  For all DGÜD members: The DGÜD Yearbooks 1999 - 2006 are now available free of charge online. Please contact us for password information.
  
  
  
• 21 October 2008
  Starting the winter semester 2008/2009 with a "Happy Birthday" to Saarland University's 60th Anniversary
  http://www.60-jahre-uds.de/  (external link: film by VISU 2008)
  
  
  
  
  
  
• 15 October 2008
  A contribution to the ongoing discussion on students' fees...
  
  
  
  
  
  
• 9 October 08
  7th International Conference & Exhibition on Language Transfer in Audiovisual Media, Oct 29-31, 2008, Berlin
  Insights into quality standards for translation, synchronisation and subtitling is one theme of this year's conference. Bringing together delegates from more than 20 countries, Languages & The Media will contribute on the international debate on universal access to mass media on a global scale. The conference will be accompanied by an exhibition, showcasing vendors and manufacturers of language-technology products and providers of language services.
  More:
  Conference Program: http://www.languages-media.com/conference_programme.php
  Languages & The Media: http://www.languages-media.com/ 
  
  
  
• 8 October 08
  Upcoming 2008 Translation Research Lectures at the 'Institut für Angewandte Translationswissenschaft', University of Graz
  First Lecture: 16 October, 19 h, Sarah Mercer: "A qualitative, grounded theory approach to the study of the self-concept of tertiary level language learners"
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• 7 October 08
  Following our successful PhD seminar on 'Training for PhD Projects' (3-5 October 2008) at Saarland University Saarbrücken we are now getting ready for the upcoming PhD School Seminar on Audio Description (5-7 December 2008) at Bavarian Broadcasting BR in Munich. For more information please check the program at http://www.translationconcepts.org/munchen_prog.htm.
   
  Registrations for this event are now welcome. If you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact us.
  
  
  

• 17 September 08
  Video Clips MuTra Vienna Conference 2007: Now Available!
  The video clips of the 'Universal Thought in Translation' theme day at the MuTra Conference in Vienna (May 1, 2007, cf. www.euroconferences.info) are now available under http://translationconcepts.org/interalii.htm.
  These ATRC Group presentations are being prepared for publication as MuTra Journal 1 and will be available online at
  http://www.translationconcepts.org/journals.htm.
  
  Many thanks go to Professor Budin and the 'Translationszentrum' of Vienna University for generously arranging for selected presentations to be videotaped.
  
  

• 15 September 08
  EST colloquium on research assessment in Translation Studies
  Colloque de la European Society for Translation Studies sur l'évaluation de la recherche en traductologie
  Saturday, September 27, 2008, ESIT, Paris
  Samedi 27 septembre 2008, ESIT, Paris, Salle 7
  More: http://www.est-translationstudies.org
  
  

• 11 September 08
  The next PhD Projects Seminar takes place on October 3-5, 2008 at Saarland University, Saarbrücken with workshops by
  Prof. Dr. Andrew Chesterman (University of Helsinki)
  Prof. Dr. Daniel Gile (ESIT, Paris)
  Prof. Dr. Gyde Hansen (University of Copenhagen).
  We are nearly fully booked for this event but are still accepting registrations, especially from graduate students (8 ECTS points). For more information please check our PhD School website at
  http://www.translationconcepts.org/saarbrucken_prog.htm
  or contact
  
  
  Please feel free to forward this announcement to colleagues who may be interested. Do not hesitate to contact us with any questions or suggestions.
  
  

• 8 September 08
  The printed version of the MuTra Journal LSP Translation Scenarios (volume 02), published by the ATRC Group, can now be ordered from Amazon.de. It is also available free of charge in on-line form.
  

  
  
  

• 2 September 08
  Internship Offer
  A localization company in Italy is currently looking for German interns to hold the post of video game linguistic testers, which means "playing" games to check the quality of the translation. They would also occasionally proofread video game translations in German. We need someone of German mother tongue, with an excellent level of English, and with a passion for video games. No spoken Italian is necessary.
  These internships are paid and could lead to a job offer in the field of video game localization.
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• 2 September 08
  Interview with Bernd Benecke on Audio Description:
  http://languages-media.com/press_interviews_benecke.php
  

  
  
  

• 1 September 08
  Georgios Floros of the ATRC Group has been awarded a professorship at the University of Cyprus. Congratulations!
  More on Georgios Floros at
  http://translationconcepts.org/interalii.htm
  http://atrc.info/atrc/de/team.html
  http://www.hum.ucy.ac.cy/ENG/people/floros.htm
  

  
  
  

• 13 August 08
  The MuTra Journal LSP Translation Scenarios (volume 02), published by the ATRC Group, is currently in print. It is available free of charge in on-line form. 
  
  

• 8 August 08
  We have added a new intro page to our website and hope that this will help you navigate through the network. Your suggestions for improvements are always most welcome.
  
  
  
• 29 July 08
  Following our successful PhD seminar on 'Translation Concepts & Methodologies' (Photos) in Fosano/Switzerland we are now getting ready for the upcoming PhD School at Saarland University Saarbrücken in October: 'Training for PhD Projects' (3-5 October 2008). Highlights will be lectures and workshops on translation and interpreting research by Andrew Chesterman (Helsinki), Daniel Gile (Paris) and Gyde Hansen (Copenhagen). Registrations for this event are now welcome. For further information please do not hesitate to contact us.
  
  
  
   Fosano 2008
  

• May 2008
  The MuTra Proceedings for the LSP Translation Scenarios Euroconference in Vienna (29th April - 4th May 2007) are online under www.euroconferences.info (Proceedings).
  
  
  
• March 2008
  We are still in the process of putting the volumes of the DGÜD Yearbook series on the TC website.
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