European Society for Translation Studies
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The European Society for Translation Studies
(EST) is an international non-profit organization
that promotes research
on translation
, interpreting
, and localization
.
was registered
on May 28, 1993 with the Bundespolizei
direktion in Vienna
as the "Europäische Gesellschaft für Translationswissenschaft (European Society for Translation Studies - EST)". As an association
under Austrian law
, its constitution is in German
but the Society’s official language
is English
, so the English name prevails. The abbreviation
"EST" should be pronounced as separate letters.
are: to foster research in translation and interpreting, to promote further education
for teachers
of translation and interpreting, and to offer advice
on the training
of translators and interpreters.
"Translation Studies
- An Interdiscipline
" in Vienna agreed to establish the Society, which was officially registered on May 28, 1993.
The Society has held congresses every three years, in Prague
(1995), Granada
(1998), Copenhagen
(2001), Lisbon
(2004), Ljubljana
(2007), and Leuven
(2010). The seventh congress
is scheduled to take place in Germersheim
, Germany
, in 2013.
: the Executive Board, the Advisory Board, the Young Scholar Prize Committee, the Event Grant
Committee, the Book
Purchase Grant Committee, the Doctoral Studies Committee, the Research Committee, and the Translation Committee.
Presidents:
In 2011 the Society set up the Research Committee to produce reports on key issues in Translation Studies
research. Short versions of the reports are posted to Wikipedia
. In 2011 the Society also set up the Translation Committee to commission translations of Translation Studies
research.
, for academic departments to purchase Translation Studies publications, and for the organization
of Translation Studies events. Every three years it also gives a prize
to the best young scholar in Translation Studies
.
of tips and guidelines for young researchers.
of its triannual conferences:
Translation studies
Translation studies is an interdiscipline containing elements of social science and the humanities, dealing with the systematic study of the theory, the description and the application of translation, interpreting or both these activities....
(EST) is an international non-profit organization
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
that promotes research
Research
Research can be defined as the scientific search for knowledge, or as any systematic investigation, to establish novel facts, solve new or existing problems, prove new ideas, or develop new theories, usually using a scientific method...
on translation
Translation
Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. Whereas interpreting undoubtedly antedates writing, translation began only after the appearance of written literature; there exist partial translations of the Sumerian Epic of...
, interpreting
Interpreting
Language interpretation is the facilitating of oral or sign-language communication, either simultaneously or consecutively, between users of different languages...
, and localization
Localization
Localization or localisation, and represented as a numeronym as L10n, may refer to:* Language localization, the process of translating a product into different languages or adapting a product for a specific country or region...
.
Name and abbreviation
The SocietySociety
A society, or a human society, is a group of people related to each other through persistent relations, or a large social grouping sharing the same geographical or virtual territory, subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations...
was registered
Registered
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on May 28, 1993 with the Bundespolizei
Bundespolizei
Bundespolizei is German for Federal Police and may refer to:*Federal Police *Federal Police...
direktion in Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
as the "Europäische Gesellschaft für Translationswissenschaft (European Society for Translation Studies - EST)". As an association
Voluntary association
A voluntary association or union is a group of individuals who enter into an agreement as volunteers to form a body to accomplish a purpose.Strictly speaking, in many jurisdictions no formalities are necessary to start an association...
under Austrian law
Law
Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus...
, its constitution is in German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
but the Society’s official language
Official language
An official language is a language that is given a special legal status in a particular country, state, or other jurisdiction. Typically a nation's official language will be the one used in that nation's courts, parliament and administration. However, official status can also be used to give a...
is English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, so the English name prevails. The abbreviation
Abbreviation
An abbreviation is a shortened form of a word or phrase. Usually, but not always, it consists of a letter or group of letters taken from the word or phrase...
"EST" should be pronounced as separate letters.
Aims
Its aims as stated in its ConstitutionConstitution
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are: to foster research in translation and interpreting, to promote further education
Education
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
for teachers
Teachers
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of translation and interpreting, and to offer advice
Advice
Advice may refer to:*AdviSe , in complexity theory, a string with extra information used by Turing machine or other computing device...
on the training
Training
The term training refers to the acquisition of knowledge, skills, and competencies as a result of the teaching of vocational or practical skills and knowledge that relate to specific useful competencies. It forms the core of apprenticeships and provides the backbone of content at institutes of...
of translators and interpreters.
History
On September 12, 1992, the participants at the International conferenceAcademic conference
An academic conference or symposium is a conference for researchers to present and discuss their work. Together with academic or scientific journals, conferences provide an important channel for exchange of information between researchers.-Overview:Conferences are usually composed of various...
"Translation Studies
Translation studies
Translation studies is an interdiscipline containing elements of social science and the humanities, dealing with the systematic study of the theory, the description and the application of translation, interpreting or both these activities....
- An Interdiscipline
Interdiscipline
The term interdiscipline or inter-discipline means a course of study or an organizational unit that involves two or more academic disciplines. As shown in the example of demography below a field may be both a discipline and an interdiscipline at the same time...
" in Vienna agreed to establish the Society, which was officially registered on May 28, 1993.
The Society has held congresses every three years, in Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
(1995), Granada
Granada
Granada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence of three rivers, the Beiro, the Darro and the Genil. It sits at an elevation of 738 metres above sea...
(1998), Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
(2001), Lisbon
Lisbon
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(2004), Ljubljana
Ljubljana
Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia and its largest city. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is located in the centre of the country in the Ljubljana Basin, and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants...
(2007), and Leuven
Leuven
Leuven is the capital of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region, Belgium...
(2010). The seventh congress
Congress
A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different nations, constituent states, independent organizations , or groups....
is scheduled to take place in Germersheim
Germersheim
Germersheim is a town in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, of around 20,000 inhabitants. It is also the seat of the Germersheim district. The neighboring towns and cities are Speyer, Landau, Philippsburg, Karlsruhe and Wörth.-Coat of arms:...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, in 2013.
Committees
The Society works through a system of boards and committees, each charged with a specific taskTask
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: the Executive Board, the Advisory Board, the Young Scholar Prize Committee, the Event Grant
Grant
-United States:*Grant, Alabama*Grant, Inyo County, California*Grant, Sonoma County, California*Grant, Colorado*Grant-Valkaria, Florida*Grant, Iowa*Grant, Michigan*Grant, Minnesota*Grant, Nebraska*Grant, Wisconsin...
Committee, the Book
Book
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Purchase Grant Committee, the Doctoral Studies Committee, the Research Committee, and the Translation Committee.
Presidents:
- Mary Snell-HornbyMary Snell-HornbyMary Snell-Hornby , British-Austrian translator and scholar.-Career:Mary Snell was awarded a State Scholarship to study at Saint Felix School, Southwold, Suffolk, where she attained G.C.E. Advanced and Scholarship Level in English, French and German in 1958...
(1992–1998) - Yves Gambier (1998–2004)
- Daniel Gile (2004–2010)
- Anthony Pym (2010–2013)
In 2011 the Society set up the Research Committee to produce reports on key issues in Translation Studies
Translation studies
Translation studies is an interdiscipline containing elements of social science and the humanities, dealing with the systematic study of the theory, the description and the application of translation, interpreting or both these activities....
research. Short versions of the reports are posted to Wikipedia
Wikipedia
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. In 2011 the Society also set up the Translation Committee to commission translations of Translation Studies
Translation studies
Translation studies is an interdiscipline containing elements of social science and the humanities, dealing with the systematic study of the theory, the description and the application of translation, interpreting or both these activities....
research.
Awards
The Society gives several annual awards: for young scholars to attend summer schools in Translation StudiesTranslation studies
Translation studies is an interdiscipline containing elements of social science and the humanities, dealing with the systematic study of the theory, the description and the application of translation, interpreting or both these activities....
, for academic departments to purchase Translation Studies publications, and for the organization
Organization
An organization is a social group which distributes tasks for a collective goal. The word itself is derived from the Greek word organon, itself derived from the better-known word ergon - as we know `organ` - and it means a compartment for a particular job.There are a variety of legal types of...
of Translation Studies events. Every three years it also gives a prize
Prize
A prize is an award to be given to a person or a group of people to recognise and reward actions or achievements. Official prizes often involve monetary rewards as well as the fame that comes with them...
to the best young scholar in Translation Studies
Translation studies
Translation studies is an interdiscipline containing elements of social science and the humanities, dealing with the systematic study of the theory, the description and the application of translation, interpreting or both these activities....
.
Resources for researchers
The Society’s Resources website (http://www.est-translationstudies.org/resources/resources.html) includes updated links to lists of conferences, online journals, research groups, translator-training institutions, online bibliographies, and video interviews with translation scholars. The site also has Research issues in Translation Studies, an online collectionCollection
Collection or Collections may refer to:* Collection , the abstract concept of collections in computer science* Collection , the actions of a creditor seeking to recoup a debt...
of tips and guidelines for young researchers.
Publications
The Society has edited books based on the proceedingsProceedings
In academia, proceedings are the collection of academic papers that are published in the context of an academic conference. They are usually distributed as printed books either before the conference opens or after the conference has closed. Proceedings contain the contributions made by researchers...
of its triannual conferences:
- Snell-Hornby, Mary, Franz Pöchhacker and Klaus Kaindl (eds). 1994. Translation Studies. An Interdiscipline. Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
- Snell-Hornby, Mary, Zuzana Jettmarová and Klaus Kaindl (eds). 1997. Translation as Intercultural Communication. Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
- Chesterman, Andrew, Natividad Gallardo San Salvador and Yves Gambier (eds). 2000.Translation in context. Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
- Hansen, Gyde, Kirsten Malmkjær and Daniel Gile (eds). 2004. Claims, Changes and Challenges in Translation Studies. Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
- Gambier, Yves, Miriam Shlesinger and Radegundis Stolze (eds). (2007): Doubts and Directions in Translation Studies. Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
- Gile, Daniel, Gyde Hansen & Nike Pokorn (eds). 2010. Why Translation Studies Matters. Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
See also
- Translation StudiesTranslation studiesTranslation studies is an interdiscipline containing elements of social science and the humanities, dealing with the systematic study of the theory, the description and the application of translation, interpreting or both these activities....
- Intercultural communicationIntercultural communicationIntercultural communication is a form of global communication. It is used to describe the wide range of communication problems that naturally appear within an organization made up of individuals from different religious, social, ethnic, and educational backgrounds. Intercultural communication is...
- Bilingualism
- Language localisationLanguage localisationLanguage localisationThe spelling "localization", a variant of "localisation", is the preferred spelling in the US and Canada. is the second phase of a larger process of product translation and cultural adaptation to account for...