Translation symposium set for UNC Charlotte Center City

The Department of Languages and Culture Studies will host the interdisciplinary symposium “Translations Versus Globalization” on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 20-21, at UNC Charlotte Center City.

The symposium will celebrate 20-plus years of international and intellectual exchange between UNC Charlotte and the Université de Limoges, and it will feature 30 speakers from China, France, Spain and the United States focusing on translation issues in 10 languages.

Award-winning translator Esther Allen (CUNY) will offer the keynote talk “The New Normal: Cuba and the Power of Translation.”

Symposium attendees will explore various topics, including philosophical and literary translation, technical translation, translation employment, machine translation and the pedagogy of translation.

The majority of the presentations, which will feature ones from Charlotte-based translation companies, will be in English.

Registration details and more information are on the Web. UNC Charlotte students, faculty and staff not planning to attend meals are invited to symposium sessions at no cost. To reserve a space, email EventsLCS@uncc.edu by Tuesday, Feb. 17.