Richard Hoggart Building Room 304
Goldsmiths, University of London
14 September 2017
08:45 – 09:15 Registration
09:15 – 09:30 Welcome (Susanne Tietze and Sarah Maitland)
09:30 – 11:30 Professor John Blenkinsopp: The world comes to us: How migration creates multilingual workplaces in the most unlikely settings
Mary Cousins: Being a small fish in a large e-pond: Intercultural communication,
language and translation challenges (faced by small companies within e-commerce)
Dr Wine Tesseur: The role of translation in international UK-based NGOs
Associate Professor David Heath: An insider’s view of translating for an international broadcaster
11:30 – 12:00 Peripatetic coffee
12:00 – 12:30 Questions and answers (Susanne Tietze and Sarah Maitland)
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 15:30 Carol Borg: Managing diversity in a multinational company
Professor Chris Steyaert: Translation as practice of translanguaging
Dr Christopher Fricker: Commissioning multilingual research: linking research,
translation and content in a global business context
Professor Annjo Klungervik-Greenall: Is there a translator in the house? On varying
translator roles and how bad things can get
15:30 – 16:00 Peripatetic coffee
16:00 – 16:30 Question and answers (Susanne Tietze and Sarah Maitland)
16:30 – 17:00 Summary, close and signposting towards Event Two
Please note that while attendance is free of charge, prior registration is essential at: https://translationandinterpretationworkinmultilingualbiz1.eventbrite.co.uk
For up-to-date details of public and private transport options to and from Goldsmiths, please visit: www.gold.ac.uk/find-us/
Travel bursaries are available for doctoral students and early career researchers (the deadline for bursary applications is 14 July 2017). For further details about travel bursaries or any other aspect of the project and events, please contact Professor Susanne Tietze, Keele University, and Dr Sarah Maitland, Goldsmiths, University of London, at: s.tietze@keele.ac.uk and s.maitland@gold.ac.uk
