Yě TIÁN田野
@transla-tian-ology.bsky.social
Scholar in Translation Studies.
A bit too obsessed in “seeing Translation Studies as the intellectual centre of the universe”, as I was warned.
A bit too obsessed in “seeing Translation Studies as the intellectual centre of the universe”, as I was warned.
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Yě TIÁN田野
@transla-tian-ology.bsky.social
· Dec 30
Translating Nations: Culture, Soft Power, and the Belt and Road Initiative
This book critically examines the ways in which translation studies can offer a conceptual framework for understanding and researching international affairs, drawing on examples from China’s Belt and ...
www.routledge.com
Here it is! My monograph Translating Nations is out! www.routledge.com/Translating-...
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The shape of a burger is reinforced in our mental linguistic definitions every time we see a burger but there isn’t a straight-forward definition.
Is a veggie burger still a burger? A linguist explains
The shape of a burger is reinforced in our mental linguistic definitions every time we see a burger but there isn’t a straight-forward definition.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:46 AM
The shape of a burger is reinforced in our mental linguistic definitions every time we see a burger but there isn’t a straight-forward definition.
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🚨Special issue on Global Politics of Cultural Heritage edited by @elifkalay.bsky.social and yours truly for @risjnl.bsky.social is now fully out! The project is about placing cultural heritage at the core of IR. Here is the intro, individual articles in thread👇
Global politics of cultural heritage: Status, authority, and geopolitics | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core
Global politics of cultural heritage: Status, authority, and geopolitics
www.cambridge.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:17 PM
🚨Special issue on Global Politics of Cultural Heritage edited by @elifkalay.bsky.social and yours truly for @risjnl.bsky.social is now fully out! The project is about placing cultural heritage at the core of IR. Here is the intro, individual articles in thread👇
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**Gesture in simultaneous interpreting**
🎙️Celia Martín de León (Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria)
📅 September 19, 2025
⏰ 1:00 PM CET
📍 Online
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/RTI-Martin-d...
Hosted by the MA program in Researching Translation and Interpreting. bit.ly/InfoMARTI
#xl8 #1nt
🎙️Celia Martín de León (Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria)
📅 September 19, 2025
⏰ 1:00 PM CET
📍 Online
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/RTI-Martin-d...
Hosted by the MA program in Researching Translation and Interpreting. bit.ly/InfoMARTI
#xl8 #1nt
RTI Lecture: Gesture in simultaneous interpreting: embodied, embedded and collaborative action – Celia Martín de León | Notion
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September 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
**Gesture in simultaneous interpreting**
🎙️Celia Martín de León (Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria)
📅 September 19, 2025
⏰ 1:00 PM CET
📍 Online
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/RTI-Martin-d...
Hosted by the MA program in Researching Translation and Interpreting. bit.ly/InfoMARTI
#xl8 #1nt
🎙️Celia Martín de León (Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria)
📅 September 19, 2025
⏰ 1:00 PM CET
📍 Online
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/RTI-Martin-d...
Hosted by the MA program in Researching Translation and Interpreting. bit.ly/InfoMARTI
#xl8 #1nt
As #EST2025 kicks off today, I also become part of @lcsleeds.bsky.social as one of the visiting research fellows for the coming year. How nice.
June 30, 2025 at 11:42 PM
As #EST2025 kicks off today, I also become part of @lcsleeds.bsky.social as one of the visiting research fellows for the coming year. How nice.
Eventually, our abstract is accepted by the EST Congress 2025. See you all at Leeds this summer! @lcsleeds.bsky.social
March 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Eventually, our abstract is accepted by the EST Congress 2025. See you all at Leeds this summer! @lcsleeds.bsky.social
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Palestine is not a symbol. Not a metaphor. Not a trending topic. It is a land with a people who sing, grieve, love, and fight for a future they are told they do not deserve. And yet, they exist. And yet, they resist. And yet, they will win.
February 4, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Palestine is not a symbol. Not a metaphor. Not a trending topic. It is a land with a people who sing, grieve, love, and fight for a future they are told they do not deserve. And yet, they exist. And yet, they resist. And yet, they will win.
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"Qu’est-ce qui ressemble à un cauchemar, dans ce rêve ? [...]La logique de ce rêve est aussi une logique patriarcale : offrir du travail aux femmes dans la sphère publique, mais en le transformant en un ghetto qui est une extension de la famille, de la sphère privée." www.jstor.org/stable/1495299
Theorizing Autobiography and Materialist Feminist Pedagogy on JSTOR
Kathleen Martindale, Theorizing Autobiography and Materialist Feminist Pedagogy, Canadian Journal of Education / Revue canadienne de l'éducation, Vol. 17, No. 3, La Pédagogie féministe / Feminist Pedagogy (Summer, 1992), pp. 321-340
www.jstor.org
February 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
"Qu’est-ce qui ressemble à un cauchemar, dans ce rêve ? [...]La logique de ce rêve est aussi une logique patriarcale : offrir du travail aux femmes dans la sphère publique, mais en le transformant en un ghetto qui est une extension de la famille, de la sphère privée." www.jstor.org/stable/1495299
Our paper is out in JoSTrans! Co-authored with Guanpeng, a xiangsheng performer in North America, it explores how xiangsheng grows as translation against political correctness in various political environments while still connected to its roots. Grateful to Lisa, David, Sarah, and all interviewees!
Translation as growth: Xiangsheng’s growing trajectory in China and abroad
| The Journal of Specialised Translation
www.jostrans.org
January 31, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Our paper is out in JoSTrans! Co-authored with Guanpeng, a xiangsheng performer in North America, it explores how xiangsheng grows as translation against political correctness in various political environments while still connected to its roots. Grateful to Lisa, David, Sarah, and all interviewees!
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I did my PhD at Cardiff’s School of Modern Languages. It’s full of clever, committed people producing wonderful research. It runs a terrific MFL outreach programme. It’s a friendly & inclusive space for students. It’s also currently the only place I get to teach.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cardiff: University confirms plans to cut 400 jobs
Vice-chancellor Wendy Larner says
www.bbc.co.uk
January 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I did my PhD at Cardiff’s School of Modern Languages. It’s full of clever, committed people producing wonderful research. It runs a terrific MFL outreach programme. It’s a friendly & inclusive space for students. It’s also currently the only place I get to teach.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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News | Wales spends less on culture than almost all European nations, report finds – nation risks being left behind unless cultural investment increases, says @senedd.wales committee
Wales spends less on culture than almost all European nations, report finds - Museums Association
Nation risks being left behind unless cultural investment increases, says Senedd committee
www.museumsassociation.org
January 28, 2025 at 4:43 PM
News | Wales spends less on culture than almost all European nations, report finds – nation risks being left behind unless cultural investment increases, says @senedd.wales committee
Launched my book at Queen’s — the place I call home. Thanks to Piotr for inviting me back and it was great to see everyone.
January 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Launched my book at Queen’s — the place I call home. Thanks to Piotr for inviting me back and it was great to see everyone.
Aren’t they beautiful 🤩
January 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Aren’t they beautiful 🤩
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Joss Moorkens in Singapore will speak on AI, sustainability, and translation ethics, online on 10 Jan 2025, 4–6 pm! Zoom: nus-sg.zoom.us/j/8912872590... (Passcode: 551819)
January 8, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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International Research School for Media Translation and Digital Culture (MTDC) 2025: Call for applications with @luisperezgonzalez.bsky.social @neilsadler.bsky.social Henry Jones, Jonathan Evans, and Kyung Hye Kim www.monabaker.org/2025/01/03/i... @transla-tian-ology.bsky.social @nvp-tdi.bsky.social
International Research School for Media Translation and Digital Culture (MTDC) 2025: Call for applications, Mona Baker
International Research School for Media Translation and Digital Culture (MTDC) 2025: Call for applications Dates: 23-28 June 2025 Venue: Hong Kong Baptist...
www.monabaker.org
January 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
International Research School for Media Translation and Digital Culture (MTDC) 2025: Call for applications with @luisperezgonzalez.bsky.social @neilsadler.bsky.social Henry Jones, Jonathan Evans, and Kyung Hye Kim www.monabaker.org/2025/01/03/i... @transla-tian-ology.bsky.social @nvp-tdi.bsky.social
Here it is! My monograph Translating Nations is out! www.routledge.com/Translating-...
Translating Nations: Culture, Soft Power, and the Belt and Road Initiative
This book critically examines the ways in which translation studies can offer a conceptual framework for understanding and researching international affairs, drawing on examples from China’s Belt and ...
www.routledge.com
December 30, 2024 at 11:59 AM
Here it is! My monograph Translating Nations is out! www.routledge.com/Translating-...
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My new article looks at Chinese Hui, Uyghur, and Salar Muslims adapting to the dynamics of urban social life in the early years of Xi Jinping. Being Muslim doesn't guarantee social or spatial affinity over class, experience, labor, personal history differences... www.tandfonline.com/eprint/TE97U...
Urbanization, relational space, and practicing Muslim ethnicity in Western China
In recent decades, market reforms, inter-regional mobility, and urbanization have shaped Muslim groups’ social practices, simultaneously encouraging the development of Islamic places (and reinforci...
www.tandfonline.com
December 13, 2024 at 1:54 PM
My new article looks at Chinese Hui, Uyghur, and Salar Muslims adapting to the dynamics of urban social life in the early years of Xi Jinping. Being Muslim doesn't guarantee social or spatial affinity over class, experience, labor, personal history differences... www.tandfonline.com/eprint/TE97U...
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Language Lounge #podcast: Art and Language: A Perfect Match with Gina Gallo podcasts.apple.com/u...
91. Art and Language: A Perfect Match with Gina Gallo
Podcast Episode · Language Lounge · 12/04/2024 · 47m
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December 10, 2024 at 9:57 PM
Language Lounge #podcast: Art and Language: A Perfect Match with Gina Gallo podcasts.apple.com/u...
Great initiative!
www.monabaker.org/2024/12/10/s... @luisperezgonzalez.bsky.social @fruela.bsky.social @nvp-tdi.bsky.social @bowkerl.bsky.social @sharonblack.bsky.social @neilsadler.bsky.social @transla-tian-ology.bsky.social @mattvaller.bsky.social @andreaciribuco.bsky.social @cmymtl.bsky.social @jossmo.bsky.social
Study Grants for Students from Gaza, Mona Baker
The university of Bologna is offering grants to students from Gaza to study in Bologna.
www.monabaker.org
December 10, 2024 at 8:42 PM
Great initiative!
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Glad to be back to Manchester and hold the Masterclass at #IPCITI2024 together with the editorial team of the #NewVoicesinTranslationStudies. Thank you to everyone who participated and special thanks to the organising committee!
December 6, 2024 at 7:06 PM
Glad to be back to Manchester and hold the Masterclass at #IPCITI2024 together with the editorial team of the #NewVoicesinTranslationStudies. Thank you to everyone who participated and special thanks to the organising committee!
Finally out!
Despite established work showing complexity's richness for translation studies, some remain unconvinced. This article highlights how even provocative challenges spark nonlinear evolution—and K. Marais and R. Meylaerts respond brilliantly: shorturl.at/vyVmD.
Why complexity might not be too simple for translation studies
This article reflects on the authors’ work in complexity thinking in translation studies against the background of current debates in the field. It argues that complexity thinking offers better sol...
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December 5, 2024 at 3:58 PM
Finally out!
Yes! I used the exact example on my class last year!
Global language hierarchies at a glance:
Languages of entertainment vs languages of prohibition on an Emirates aircraft
Languages of entertainment vs languages of prohibition on an Emirates aircraft
December 5, 2024 at 12:58 AM
Yes! I used the exact example on my class last year!
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Now available for order, John Guillory's ON CLOSE READING considers close reading within the larger history of reading and writing as cultural techniques.
Alan Thomas (@agthomas.bsky.social)
John Guillory’s “On Close Reading” is here! See also Scott Newsock’s companion website, Close Reading Archive: www.closereadingarchive.org Orders placed directly with Chicago are shipping now (30%…
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December 4, 2024 at 11:47 PM
Now available for order, John Guillory's ON CLOSE READING considers close reading within the larger history of reading and writing as cultural techniques.
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Happy to have a copy of this in print! Congrats to Defeng Li & John Corbett. My chapter with @tonymcenery.bsky.social on the past, present & future of the field reflects on the different concpetual approaches needed to work across texts, languages & cultures. www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
December 3, 2024 at 12:24 PM
Happy to have a copy of this in print! Congrats to Defeng Li & John Corbett. My chapter with @tonymcenery.bsky.social on the past, present & future of the field reflects on the different concpetual approaches needed to work across texts, languages & cultures. www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...