Monday, November 30, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
Chris Durban
Esta senhora também já passou por cá.
E fala como ninguém dos assuntos relacionados com a profissão.
E fala como ninguém dos assuntos relacionados com a profissão.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Grande lata!
Afinal o problema não é exclusivo cá do burgo.
"CALL FOR TRANSLATIONS"
Pli - The Warwick Journal of Philosophy is looking for translators for an upcoming special issue. The issue will feature papers that were given at the recent workshop in Venice, 'Between Deleuze and Simondon', organised by the European Network in Contemporary French Philosophy.
**As many of the papers were delivered in French, translations into English are required for their publication in Pli**. [...].
Although we are **unable to offer payment for translations**, this is a **valuable opportunity to have published your translations** of the work of notable Deleuze scholars in a journal with a strong reputation in Deleuze studies".
"CALL FOR TRANSLATIONS"
Pli - The Warwick Journal of Philosophy is looking for translators for an upcoming special issue. The issue will feature papers that were given at the recent workshop in Venice, 'Between Deleuze and Simondon', organised by the European Network in Contemporary French Philosophy.
**As many of the papers were delivered in French, translations into English are required for their publication in Pli**. [...].
Although we are **unable to offer payment for translations**, this is a **valuable opportunity to have published your translations** of the work of notable Deleuze scholars in a journal with a strong reputation in Deleuze studies".
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Uma grande senhora da tradução
Que nos influenciou a todos...
No passado dia 6 de Novembro de 2009, pelas 14 horas, o Instituto de Letras e Ciências Humanas da Universidade do Minho teve a honra de receber a Professora Christiane Nord, da Universidade de Magdeburg, e um dos nomes mais sonantes da chamada Teoria Funcionalista, que proferiu uma conferência intitulada "Translating as a Purposeful Activity: Skopostheorie explained”.
Abstract:
Translating as a Purposeful Activity: Skopostheorie explained
The lecture focuses on the theoretical foundations and practical and/or pedagogical implications of a "function-oriented" approach to translation. In this context, the following questions will be discussed: What is communicative action, what is a text, what is translation? How do we define a culture? How does communicative action work within a culture and across cultural boundaries? How can we identify the communicative functions of a text? Which conditions must be met to assure that the communicative functions intentions of a source-culture author will effectively function for receivers in another culture? What can be done if these conditions are not met? Do theoretical approaches really lead to better translations?
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
As línguas aplicadas no domínio da Hotelaria e do Turismo
As línguas aplicadas no domínio da Hotelaria e do Turismo - um projecto de investigação na área do turismo, do curso de Línguas Estrangeiras Aplicadas, da Universidade do Minho.
Versão de trabalho, disponível aqui.
Versão de trabalho, disponível aqui.
Sunday, November 08, 2009
Homenagem a António Sérgio
Aqui e amanhã segunda-feira, na Antena 3.
A não perder, como é óbvio, tal como a entrevista com o Alvim.
A não perder, como é óbvio, tal como a entrevista com o Alvim.
Friday, November 06, 2009
Se a moda pega
Smart spectacles aid translation
Spectacles that can provide subtitles have been created by hi-tech firm NEC.
Resembling glasses but lacking lenses, the headset uses a tiny projector to display images on a user's retina.
NEC said it planned a version that used real-time translation to provide subtitles for a conversation between people lacking a common language.
The firm said the gadget, dubbed Tele Scouter, was intended for sales people or employees dealing with inquiries from customers.
NEC said the Tele Scouter was intended to be a business tool that could aid sales staff who would have information about a client's buying history beamed into their eye during a conversation.
But, it said, it could also be put to a more exotic use as a translation aid. In this scenario the microphone on the headset picks up the voices of both people in a conversation, pipes it through translation software and voice-to-text systems and then sends the translation back to the headset.
At the same time as a user hears a translation, they would also get text subtitles beamed onto the retina.
"You can keep the conversation flowing," NEC spokesman Takayuki Omino told AFP at a Tokyo trade show where the device was unveiled.
Mr Omino said the system could also be used for confidential talks that would be compromised by the use of a human translator.
NEC said the Tele Scouter would be launched in Japan in November, 2010 but would initially lack the translation feature. A version that can provide subtitles would follow in 2011, it said.
When it goes on sale, a batch of 30 headsets will cost about 7.5m yen (£50,000). The cost does not include the price of the translation tools and software.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8343941.stm
Spectacles that can provide subtitles have been created by hi-tech firm NEC.
Resembling glasses but lacking lenses, the headset uses a tiny projector to display images on a user's retina.
NEC said it planned a version that used real-time translation to provide subtitles for a conversation between people lacking a common language.
The firm said the gadget, dubbed Tele Scouter, was intended for sales people or employees dealing with inquiries from customers.
NEC said the Tele Scouter was intended to be a business tool that could aid sales staff who would have information about a client's buying history beamed into their eye during a conversation.
But, it said, it could also be put to a more exotic use as a translation aid. In this scenario the microphone on the headset picks up the voices of both people in a conversation, pipes it through translation software and voice-to-text systems and then sends the translation back to the headset.
At the same time as a user hears a translation, they would also get text subtitles beamed onto the retina.
"You can keep the conversation flowing," NEC spokesman Takayuki Omino told AFP at a Tokyo trade show where the device was unveiled.
Mr Omino said the system could also be used for confidential talks that would be compromised by the use of a human translator.
NEC said the Tele Scouter would be launched in Japan in November, 2010 but would initially lack the translation feature. A version that can provide subtitles would follow in 2011, it said.
When it goes on sale, a batch of 30 headsets will cost about 7.5m yen (£50,000). The cost does not include the price of the translation tools and software.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8343941.stm
Monday, November 02, 2009
Sunday, November 01, 2009
Até sempre, António!
Hoje estou triste... profundamente triste.
Acabo de ler esta notícia e ainda estou a tentar digerir a mesma.
Não há palavras para descrever o efeito que António Sérgio produziu na minha geração.
Se hoje sou o que sou, devo-o a gente como ele... "Ele", sobretudo, "a voz" que educou o nosso gosto musical, que nos apresentou tantas e tantas bandas alternativas no seu "Som da Frente", programa que diariamente nos acompanhava e mobilizava, e que tantas legiões de fiéis seguidores conquistou.
Os seus programas radiofónicos eram quase uma religião, um momento de culto que dificilmente esqueceremos. O "John Peel português", como diziam. Tantos nomes, tantas memórias, tanta saudade.
Não tenho palavras para lhe agradecer o quanto contribuiu para a minha formação como melómano. A música não será como dantes. Nem a rádio. Resta-me a consolação de que estarás, algures, num estúdio qualquer, curtindo o teu som, devorando "the next big thing", e ditando a moda, juntamente com o teu mentor, John Peel, que também nos abandonou. Definitivamente, o mundo da música está hoje pobre. Bem mais pobre.
Bem-hajas, António e um abraço, onde quer que estejas.
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