<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:center"><div style="text-align:center"><b style="font-family:arial"><font size="4">Announcement: Melbourne Linguistics in the pub </font></b><font face="arial" size="4"><b> Tuesday 9th June 2015</b></font><b style="font-family:arial"><font size="4"> - Translation in language documentation and revitalisation</font></b></div><span></span></div><span><font color="#000000" face="arial"><br></font></span></div></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">Translation in language documentation and revitalisation</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">All researchers engaged in linguistic fieldwork have to deal with issues of translation in the course of their work. For some, it is of explicit and direct concern, for example, in the case of lexicographical work or producing educational materials. But issues of translation are also relevant in grammatical description. In this month’s LIP, we will discuss some of the issues translation brings to linguistics fieldwork, including, but not limited to:</p><p style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;margin-left:74.25pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span>Where semantics meets culture.</p><p style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;margin-left:74.25pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span>Idiomaticity vs ‘faithfulness’.</p><p style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;margin-left:74.25pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span>How to best elicit translations from informants.</p><p style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;margin-left:74.25pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span>Accounting for disparities in grammatical categories between the source and target languages.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:13.8000001907349px;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Background Reading:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:13.8000001907349px;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Evans, N. and Sasse, HJ. 2007. Searching for meaning in the Library of Babel: field semantics and problems of digital archiving. <i>Archives and Social Sciences: A Journal of Interdisciplinary Research</i> 1.0. 260-320</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><a href="http://www.hrelp.org/events/workshops/meaningtranslation/evanssasse.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.hrelp.org/events/workshops/meaningtranslation/evanssasse.pdf</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">Hellwig, Birgit. 2010. <a href="http://ifl.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/fileadmin/linguistik/asw/pdf/Publis/Hellwig/Hellwig2010a.pdf" title="Initiates file download" class="" style="line-height:1.3;font-size:small;color:rgb(65,121,158);padding-left:14px;background:url(http://ifl.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/fileadmin/linguistik/asw/images/pdf_icon.gif) 0% 50% no-repeat">Meaning and translation in linguistic fieldwork</a><span style="line-height:1.3;font-size:small">.</span><span style="line-height:1.3;font-size:small"> </span><i style="line-height:1.3;font-size:small">Studies in Language</i><span style="line-height:1.3;font-size:small"> </span><span style="line-height:1.3;font-size:small">34.4: 802-831.</span></p><div class="gmail_quote"><div><span><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></div></span></div></div></blockquote><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><span><div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><div style="line-height:1.35;padding-left:2em"><span title="url_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fzotero.org%3A2&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Pedagogy%20or%20practice%3F%20Indigenous%20youth%20and%20language%20maintenance%20in%20out%20of%20school%20settings&rft.aufirst=Inge&rft.aulast=Kral&rft.au=Inge%20Kral&rft.date=2015-03-12"></span></div></div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><div style="line-height:1.35;padding-left:2em"><span title="url_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fzotero.org%3A2&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Writing%20an%20Endangered%20Language&rft.aufirst=Val%C3%A9rie&rft.aulast=Gu%C3%A9rin&rft.au=Val%C3%A9rie%20Gu%C3%A9rin&rft.date=2008-06&rft.issn=1934-5275&rft.language=en-US"></span></div></div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><div style="line-height:1.35;padding-left:2em"><span title="url_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fzotero.org%3A2&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Natqgu%20Literacy%3A%20Capturing%20Three%20Domains%20for%20Written%20Language%20Use&rft.aufirst=Brenda%20H.&rft.aulast=Boerger&rft.au=Brenda%20H.%20Boerger&rft.date=2007-12-17&rft.issn=1934-5275&rft.language=en-US"></span></div></div></div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial">Date: Tuesday 9th June 2015</span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br><span style="font-family:arial">Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm</span><br></span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial">Venue: Upstairs room, Prince Alfred Hotel</span><br><span><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:medium none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:medium none;padding:0px"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><span style="font-family:arial">191 Grattan St, Carlton</span><span style="font-family:arial"> </span></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:medium none;padding:0px"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><span style="font-family:arial">(corner of Bouverie St)</span><span style="font-family:arial"> </span></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:medium none;padding:0px"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><span style="font-family:arial">ph (03) 9347-3033</span></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></span></span><span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial"><br></font><span style="font-family:arial">Food and drinks available at the venue</span><br></span><font face="arial"><br></font></span><span style="font-family:arial">LIP</span><span style="font-family:arial"> is an occasional gathering of language activists and linguists in
</span><span style="font-family:arial">Melbourne</span><span style="font-family:arial"> and is coordinated by Ruth Singer (</span><span style="font-family:arial">Melbourne</span><span style="font-family:arial"> Uni), Harriet Sheppard, Jonathan Schlossberg, Alan Ray, Giordana Santosuosso and Jonathon Lum (Monash Uni)<br><br></span>Contact Ruth Singer (University of <span>Melbourne</span>) with any questions: <a href="mailto:rsinger@unimelb.edu.au" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">rsinger@unimelb.edu.au</a><br>You can receive these announcements by signing up to the RNLD mailing list: <a href="http://www.rnld.org/node/5" target="_blank">http://www.rnld.org/node/5</a> <br><div><div><img src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif"></div></div></div></div><div><div dir="ltr">Dr Ruth Singer<br>DECRA Postdoctoral Fellow<br>Linguistics Program and Research Unit for Indigenous Language<br>School of Languages and Linguistics<br>Faculty of Arts<br>University of Melbourne 3010<br>Tel. <a href="tel:%2B61%203%2090353774" value="+61390353774" target="_blank">+61 3 90353774</a><br><a href="http://languages-linguistics.unimelb.edu.au/academic-staff/ruth-singer" target="_blank">http://languages-linguistics.unimelb.edu.au/academic-staff/ruth-singer</a><br><a href="http://indiglang.arts.unimelb.edu.au/" target="_blank">http://indiglang.arts.unimelb.edu.au/</a></div></div>
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