Honda Tetsuya is an award-winning writer of Japanese detective fiction. The crafting of a complex identity for each major character is a prominent feature of Honda’s novels and short stories. In this presentation the speaker will discuss the techniques Honda uses to create a unique identity for each character and the challenges those techniques present for the translator. Translating...
We've all heard that AI is coming for our jobs. What's a translator to do? While we might not know what the translation industry will look like in the future, we can employ best practices now to ensure that we are still needed when that future comes. In this session, the speaker will share a range of hard and soft skills she uses to make sure her work not only beats the machine but stands out...
Always funny and entertaining, Sunshine will talk about the difficulty in translating traditional rakugo humour for his frequent shows on Broadway and London's West End, with the possibility of an example or two.