“When people mention Lydia and me at the same time, one thing [that] stands out is the dinner we had on Monday evenings for so many years… Even though I’ve lived in this country for many years, I still, naturally, prefer Chinese food. Lydia knew my preference, so she always suggested that we go to […]
Professor Ye has two books coming out this year. First is the Third Edition of his Advanced Course in English-Chinese Translation. This book was originally published 11 years ago by Tsinghua University and Bookman Publishing Company, and has been used as a textbook by Chinese T&I programs around the world. Secondly, Professor Ye’s new book, […]
Some MIIS T&I professors have been busy lately. Professor John Balcom has two new literary translations from Chinese on the shelf and Professor Anthony Pym has recently published a revised and extended meditation on translator ethics: Stone Cell and Trees Without Wind About the authors John Balcom has translated and published more than a dozen […]
Professor Peter De Costa (TESOL/TFL) recently presented a paper, “Becoming a Linguistic Cosmopolitan: The Case of a Vietnamese Designer Student Immigrant in a Singapore School,” at the 18th Annual Conference of the International Association for World Englishes in Hong Kong. The conference ran from December 6th through the 9th, and this year’s theme was “World […]
MIIS Professor Bill Weber (T&I), instructor of Simultaneous and Consecutive Interpretation into French and German, has been having a very busy year. In March, he interpreted at the G-20 Nuclear Summit in Seoul, and, in May, he interpreted at the G-8 summit in Camp David. From July to September, he was in London acting as […]
MIIS Professor Michel Gueldry, below, and James Knuckles (MAIEP and MBA 2012), right, spent last year working on a Directed Study of French and Sustainability Studies. They wrote a joint paper entitled “Promoting Products Sustainability through Life Cycle Analysis (LCA)” which was published in the September issue of VertigO, a French language journal focusing on […]
MIIS alumna, Joyce Kling (MA TESOL ’88), was awarded one of eight doctoral dissertation grants awarded annually by The International Research Foundation for English Language Education (TIRF). Joyce is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Copenhagen writing her dissertation on “Teacher Cognition: English-medium instruction at LIFE [faculty of life sciences].” Her research project […]
The GSTILE Faculty have been busy as ever both on and off campus. Here are a few of the faculty’s recent and future exploits. Russian TI Professor Rosa Kavenoki will be speaking at the Federov’s Readings International Conference in St. Petersburg, Russia. This conference on Translation and Interpreting is held every other year and will […]
The Cross Strait Immersive Module: Shanghai-Taipei is an innovative 4-unit course that is built upon the notion of the “languaging the profession” initiative. It provides field researching and networking opportunities focused on economic, development, and security issues across the straits. This initiative is a joint collaboration between Professor Wei Liang and Professor Jinhuei Enya Dai. […]
MIIS Professor Edgard Coly was one of the commentators featured on the francophone news service La Voix de l’Amérique (The Voice of America) as they covered Wednesday night’s presidential debate. — You can hear Professor Coly’s response, one of the “réactions à chaud” at the bottom of this article. Or directly here.
