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CGE Seminar Wednesday 7th December: Dr Caroline Tagg

Please join us for the next Centre for Global Englishes (CGE) seminar. When: Wednesday 7th December, 5-6.30pm Where: LTC, Building 65, Avenue Campus Who: Dr Caroline Tagg, The Open University In this talk, I draw on data from a large ethnographic project to explore the ways in which migrant small-business owners exploit mobile phone messaging apps to do business, establish and maintain informal support networks, and perform identities as entrepreneurs of a particular heritage background. Continue reading →

Webinar on ‘Working as a translator or interpreter: ask the experts’ this week

Routes into Languages is launching a new series of webinars on the topic of employability this week, with its first session taking place this Friday 10 July 2015 from 12:30 – 13:30. Entitled ‘Working as a translator or interpreter: ask the experts!’, the event aims to address an audience of students, teachers and trainers who are invited to ask questions to a panel of experts. Continue reading →

Ask the experts webinar: Working as a translator or interpreter

Routes into Languages is holding a webinar on 10th July at 12:30pm for linguists with an interest in translation and interpreting for the private and public sectors. Aimed at students, teachers and trainers, the webinar will be hosted by a panel of experts including teachers, practitioners, academics and students, who will be answering questions about working as a translator or interpreter. Continue reading →

Translation app launched by Welsh language theatre company

The Telegraph has reported on a new app launched by a Welsh language theatre company, designed to allow audiences to listen to its plays in other languages. The app is called Sibrwd (meaning Whisper in Welsh) and will allow audiences of the Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru to listen to lines from particular scenes through their headphones, an experience which is hoped to provide a more “fulfilling experience” for theatre-goers than subtitles. Continue reading →

Talk on careers in the EU institutions today

John Evans, staff translator for the European Commission, will be giving a talk on careers opportunities available for language graduates in EU institutions on Monday 10th March from 6:00-7:00pm, in Lecture Theatre A, Avenue Campus, University of Southampton. Focusing in particular on careers in translation, the talk will offer an insight into the challenging and varied work on offer, and will provide an explanation of the recruitment procedure and information on the traineeship scheme. Continue reading →

Youtube videos translated into 300+ languages

YouTube, the video hosting platform, is using Google Translate technology to translate videos into over 300 languages – from Turkish to Tagalog to Tswana – in order to reach wider audiences. CNET reports how video producers can use the automatic caption translation service that uses Google Translate to translate into over 60 languages or the new service which translates more uncommon languages by letting users integrate the YouTube Video Manager with the Google Translator Toolkit. Continue reading →

Youtube videos translated into 300+ languages

YouTube, the video hosting platform, is using Google Translate technology to translate videos into over 300 languages – from Turkish to Tagalog to Tswana – in order to reach wider audiences. CNET reports how video producers can use the automatic caption translation service that uses Google Translate to translate into over 60 languages or the new service which translates more uncommon languages by letting users integrate the YouTube Video Manager with the Google Translator Toolkit. Continue reading →