Translation as Position-Taking

Twitter home of the conference ‘Translation as Position-Taking in the Literary Field’ (University of Leeds, 22-23-24 April 2021).

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👩‍🎨🎨If you are wondering who the artist being the eye-catching artwork featured in our conference materials is, here's the answer you were looking for: it's Francesca Ferrario (@ngnoire)! Check out her amazing works at https://t.co/timTYchkh1.
Thank you very much, Francesca!

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We are still recovering from the conference – and missing those days a lot –, and we wanted to say thank you to @lalifranz, who did a great work on our promotional material. Our programme, Twitter and Facebook headings, and posters are all results of her creativity! Grazie!

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The conference is over, and we have the weirdest mix of emotions: joy, proudness and melancholy. Thanks to all our speakers and chairs: you have made this conference so great. We know it's a quick way to say thank you, but we need more time to process this and do it properly.

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We reached the last and very lively and interesting discussion with @tersi_core14 (@UniofOxford) and Marco De Cristofaro (@UniStraSiena @Universite_Caen), greatly managed by Anna Baldini (@UniStraSiena). Thank you so much! #TranslationStudies #tptlf21

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Our last speaker, Marco De Cristofaro (@UniStraSiena @Universite_Caen) is starting his talk called '«Seuls nous importaient les anonymes des bibliothèques»: Italians of Le Promeneur challenge main French publishing houses'.

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Last panel's theme is 'Exporting Italian literature: Publishers, book series and anthologies'. @tersi_core14 (@UniofOxford) and Marco De Cristofaro (@UniStraSiena @Universite_Caen) will present their papers, and the session will be chaired by Anna Baldini (@UniStraSiena).

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Marta Arnaldi (@tersi_core14) from @UniofOxford (@oxfordmodlangs) is introducing her fantastic presentation on 'Sociologies of Diaspora: Translating the Peripheries of Contemporary Italian Poetry in the US'. #TranslationStudies #Poetry #tptlf21

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The panel “Power relations and cultural flows between literary systems” generated a very fascinating discussion on African Croatian and Slovene literature in translation. #tptlf21

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Last panel's theme is 'Exporting Italian literature: Publishers, book series and anthologies'. @tersi_core14 (@UniofOxford) and Marco De Cristofaro (@UniStraSiena @Universite_Caen) will present their papers, and the session will be chaired by Anna Baldini (@UniStraSiena).

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Closes a great panel Martina Ožbot (@FFLjubljana) with an inspiring contribution on “Italian and Slovene Literary Cultures - How Close, How Far Apart?”. #tptlf21 #translationstudies

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Marta Huber and Vanda Mikšić (Uni of Zadar) presenting a thought-provoking paper on “Translation and Reception of Italian Literature in Croatia (1991 – 2020)”. #tptlf21 #translationstudies

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Thank you very much @SerenellaZanot1 for your precious contribution!

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Very grateful to have been part of this conference. Thanks to all that made this happen! @AndreaRomanzi @francescadelz @DanielaLaPenna1 @gigliols

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Marco Bucaioni (@ULisboa_) opens the panel with a fascinating paper titled “Translating #AfricanLiterature from Portuguese into Italian: Text-selection as
position-taking against the literary status quo”. #tptlf21 #translationstudies

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Alessio Baldini (@LeedsUniAHC) chairs today’s first panel on “Power relations and cultural flows between literary systems”, with contributions by Marco Bucaioni (@ULisboa_), Marta Huber & Vanda Mikšić (University of Zadar), Martina Ožbot (@FFLjubljana). @ab_alessio #tptlf21

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As expected, a great Q&A session is following Susan Bassnett's keynote lecture. We are so honoured of having her with us! Thanks to our amazing chair Jacob Blakesley (@LeedsUniAHC), who is perfectly conducting such an interesting debate! #TranslationStudies #tptlf21

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Eminent Prof Susan Bassnett gives the final keynote for the @tptlf21 with an intro by Jacob Blakesley. Well done @AndreaRomanzi @francescadelz @UniRdg_Lang @cbcp_UniRdg @SMLCLeeds

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Prof Susan Bassnett (@UofGArts @warwickuni) is talking about the importance of studying translations, and her keynote lecture is chaired by Jacob Blakesley (@LeedsUniAHC). @LeedsAHRI @UniversityLeeds #tptlf21 #TranslationStudies

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Let's not think about the fact that today is the last day of the conference. Let's focus on the fact that Susan Bassnett's keynote lecture is about to start, followed by two panels on power relations and cultural flows between different national literary systems will be. #tptlf21

[Gigliola Sulis @gigliols]

I’m so grateful to @AndreaRomanzi e @francescadelz for inviting me to chair this panel on William Weaver, to Carolina Rossi, @AnnaSaroldi, @SerenellaZanot1 for their thought-provoking papers, and to the whole group for the discussion (@DanielaLaPenna1, @SaraSullam, Anna Baldini)!

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The second day is officially finished. We already miss the conference, and it's not even over. Tomorrow we start with a lecture by the amazing Susan Bassnett (@UofGArts @warwickuni). See you at 9:00 (BST) – which it's still acceptable for a Saturday, at least it's not 8:00.