Translating Latin and Greek
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Translating Latin and Greek
An Introduction for Classicists and Others
Speakers and Workshop Participants
- Luigi Battezzato - Scuola Normale Superiore
- Andreas Bendlin - University of Toronto
- Lorenza Bennardo - University of Toronto
- Boris Chrubasik - University of Toronto
- Cristina D’Ancona - Università di Pisa
- Georgia Ferentinou - University of Toronto
- Kat Furtado - University of Toronto
- Alessandro Giardini - Scuola Normale Superiore
- Matthew Ludwig - University of Toronto
- Rachel Mazzara - East Tennessee State University
- Stephanie McCarter - University of the South
- Donald McCarthy - University of Toronto
- Peter von Moellendorff - Justus Liebig-Universität Gießen
- Andrea Monico - Scuola Normale Superiore
- Francesco Morosi - Università di Udine
- Glenn Most - Scuola Normale Superiore
- Peter Osorio - University of Maryland
- Leyla Ozbek - Università di Pisa
- Guido Paduano - Università di Pisa
- Martin Revermann - University of Toronto
- Saskia Schomber - Justus Liebig-Universität Gießen
- David Sutton - University of Toronto
- Oliver Taplin - University of Oxford
- John Wilkins - University of Exeter
Organisers
- Luigi Battezzato - Scuola Normale Superiore
- Martin Revermann - University of Toronto
Programme
MONDAY, JUNE 3, 2024
SALA AZZURRA, PALAZZO DELLA CAROVANA, PIAZZA DEI CAVALIERI, 7 – PISA
DAY 1 - Acts of translation: accounts from translators
10.00 Glenn Most (Scuola Normale Superiore)
Translating, transforming, traducing
11.00 Cristina D’ancona (Università di Pisa)
Literal translation, misunderstanding, and adaptation in the Arabic Proclus
12.30 Lunch
14.00 Oliver Taplin (Magdalen College, University of Oxford)
What pre-priorities nudge the words to fall into place? A case-study from translating Aeschylus’ Agamemnon
15.00 Guido Paduano (Università di Pisa)
Translating as handicraft
16.00 Coffee break
16.30 Stephanie Mc Carter (University of the South)
Translating Latin poetry
TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 2024
SALA AZZURRA, PALAZZO DELLA CAROVANA, PIAZZA DEI CAVALIERI, 7 – PISA
DAY 2 - ‘Practices’ and ‘Histories’: Workshop sessions
9.00 Martin Revermann (University of Toronto)
Introduction
9.20 Andreas Bendlin (University of Toronto) Boris Chrubasik (University of Toronto)
Translating inscriptions
9.40 Francesco Morosi (Università di Udine)
Performance translation
10.00 Alessandro Giardini (Scuola Normale Superiore)
Translating the fragmentary
10:20 Coffee break
10.40 Luigi Battezzato (Scuola Normale Superiore)
Translating metre
11.00 Donald Mc Carthy (University of Toronto)
Bible translation into Greek and Latin
11.20 Georgia Ferentinou (University of Toronto)
Translation and censorship
11.40 Matthew Ludwig (University of Toronto)
Celebrity translation
12.00 David Sutton (University of Toronto)
Translating gender, class and ethnicity
12.30 Lunch
14.00 Peter Osorio (University of Maryland)
Cicero and translation
14.20 Rachel Mazzara (East Tennessee State University)
Translating obscenity
14.40 Kat Furtado (University of Toronto)
Retro-translation into Latin and Greek
15.00 Coffee break
15.30 Lorenza Bennardo (University of Toronto) Leyla Ozbek (Università di Pisa)
Lexicography and translation
15.50 Martin Revermann (University of Toronto)
(Un)Translatability - Prefaces - Controversies
16.40 Wrap-up discussion
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 2024
ALTANA, PALAZZO STROZZI, PIAZZA STROZZI - FIRENZE
DAY 3 - Final translator’s account, pedagogy of translation and wrap-up
10.30 Final translator’s account:
John Wilkins (University of Exeter)
Translation: the best way to understand Galen
11.30 Coffee break
11.45 Pedagogy modules and conclusion
Overall module lead: Saskia Schomber (Justus Liebig-Universität Gießen)
Rachel Mazzara (East Tennessee State University)
Matthew Ludwig (University of Toronto)
Module 1: Teaching in translation
Saskia Schomber (Justus Liebig-Universität Gießen)
Andrea Monico (Scuola Normale Superiore)
Module 2: Evaluating translations
Kat Furtado (University of Toronto)
David Sutton (University of Toronto)
Module 3: Translating in the classroom