Lost in Translation Studies

Things that happen to a PhD student in the wonderful world of Translation Studies

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‘Translation Studies? But don’t you just need a dictionary?’

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When people go into Translation Studies because they are ‘good with languages’.

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When I have an assignment due the next day.

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What academia tells you once you’ve climbed up the first few steps of the ivory stairs …

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Certainly (Flipped It)

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When someone looks at my source text and goes ‘This is untranslatable!’

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‘Translation Studies? That’s cool … So you speak all the languages and stuff?’

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This one guy translated some stuff. But then again maybe not. I didn't really get that far.

Chinese Area Studies, Kenyon College. 

Ezra Pound, Imagism and the Development of Chinese Translations in the West

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Helping other students both with their translations and their essays while struggling to keep up with my own work.

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When the editors of the journal to which I’ve submitted an article reduce the word limit for their papers out of nowhere simply because reasons.

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Reading the little note at the beginning of some German texts that says ‘while we’re using male forms only, we of course mean to refer to both men and women’.

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When after my talk at a conference on the topic of translation and power, someone from the audience asks ‘but isn’t your argument a political one?’

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what it's like being a grad student

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In Translation Studies, you have no friends in several languages even.

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renegadewaltz says:

Love your blog! Keep it up!! :)

Aw, that’s great, thanks a lot! :) I have been terribly ill lately but I will update soon again. Sorry for the pause in posting; thanks for staying tuned!

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When the student next to me says ‘I think we shouldn’t think so much about translating and instead simply do it.’

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How do you pronounce doge?

from http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/11/15/doge_pronunciation_how_do_you_pronounce_the_name_of_the_shibe_doge_meme.html

Personally, I think I’m somewhere between [ˈdoʊɡeɪ] and [ˈdoʊɡə].

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Hi! I just found your blog and I'm so happy I did! I finished my degree in translation & interpreting last year and it's great to find people you can relate to in here ;)

Woo, thanks! It’s great to know there are people out there who actually enjoy this tumblr thing I’m trying to do. ^^ Congrats for finishing your degree! :)