by Jonathan Downie Why would an interpreter who was beginning to get valuable clients spend his non-working time reading research papers? Why would a translator who was learning to network start applying for conferences on Translation Studies rather than for a nice CAT tool presentation? Those are good questions. In fact, they are questions I […]
Category: Research
Back to School ?
by Katerina Strani The new Academic Year has started and LINCS is full of students again. It’s good to see enthusiastic freshers, new MSc and PhD students as well as old familiar faces. But even though undergraduate students get a break from uni during the summer, staff and postgraduate students are busier than ever. So what […]
Understanding understanding *
“I want people to understand each other” – That was the best I could come up with when asked to sum up my research in fewer than 10 words during last year’s Heriot-Watt Crucible. But it did prompt people to ask me questions such as how are you planning to achieve this, why do you […]
Insign project update
Back in March 2014 I reported on a new research project that we are involved in at The Centre for Translation & Interpreting Studies Scotland at Heriot-Watt University called the Insign project. This pilot project has been funded by the European Commission DG Justice to develop a platform to provide access to European institutions to deaf and hard […]
Deaf juror research update
After a brief summer hiatus, LifeinLincs is back with plans afoot to rejuvenate the regularity of the blog posts…. In the meantime, I wanted to post an update about the deaf juror research that I am involved in with colleagues in Australia. I posted a previous blog about this topic in February this year, and […]
NEW SPEAKERS IN A MULTILINGUAL EUROPE: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES
CALL FOR PAPERS 2nd International Symposium NEW SPEAKERS IN A MULTILINGUAL EUROPE: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES ISCH EU COST Action IS1306 Bernadette O’Rourke, Network Chair, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh Joan Pujolar, Network Vice-Chair, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya 20‒22 November 2014 Barcelona Global social changes are transforming the linguistic ecologies of contemporary societies. They change […]
Not just about Languages
Author: Katerina Strani The Intercultural Research Centre (IRC), established within LINCS, proves that we are not just about Languages. Led by Prof. Máiréad Nic Craith, the IRC makes original contributions to the study of interculturality with particular reference to dimensions of living culture in European societies. “Culture” is defined broadly in anthropological terms. Among the […]
IPCITI 2014 Call For Papers
Author: IPCITI Organising Team IPCITI 2014 10th Anniversary – International Postgraduate Conference in Translation and Interpreting Intersect, Innovate, Interact New Directions in Translation and Interpreting Studies 29-31 October 2014 The IPCITI Conference is the result of a long-term collaboration between Dublin City University, Heriot-Watt University, the University of Edinburgh and the University […]
Vow of Silence: One week later
(After a week of self-imposed silence, acknowledging the British Deaf Association’s Sign Language week, Professor Graham Turner reflects on a week in a signing world.) I don’t remember ever being described as ‘Christ-like’ before. There was a considered and thoughtful explanation. But the starting-point for the person’s comment was a reference to the ‘sacrifice’ that […]
Vow of Silence: Day 2
Surgery performed on Deaf people without their consent. Signers unemployed or under-employed, their talents wasted. Shockingly frequent mental health problems as Deaf people struggle to live within a hostile social system. Deaf children in classrooms where they can’t understand the language of instruction. Police, prisons, banks, Inland Revenue – an endless list of institutions not […]