Category: GSTILE

Film Series Screens Argentine Comedy

The T&I Spanish Program of GSTILE is proud to present the twenty-fourth film in its Argentine Film Series. This is a continuing, free-of-charge event, open to all MIIS students, faculty, staff and guests. Films are in Spanish with English subtitles. The blockbuster comedy UN NOVIO PARA MI MUJER (A BOYFRIEND FOR MY WIFE, 2009) will be screened Tuesday, October 6 at 6:30 PM in Room B 104. The film stars award-winning actor and producer Adrián Suar as Valeria Bertuccelli’s husband. Valeria is the “perfect” manifestation of pessimism, bad vibes and constant nagging and whining. Adrián is so fed up with her that he tries to find a man who will seduce her, since he can’t bring himself to ask for a divorce.

A BOYFRIEND FOR MY WIFE has been recognized both by film critics and audiences alike, and has been nominated for four Silver Condor Awards—the statuette of the Argentine Film Critics Association—for Best Actor (Adrián Suar), Best Actress (Valeria Bertuccelli), Best Supporting Actor (Gabriel Goity) and Best Screenplay (Pablo Solarz).

Watch the trailer (in Spanish) on YouTube

Future screenings will include The Signal (November 10) and Argentina’s representative to the 2009 Oscars® Leonera.

Special screenings on demand. Please contact Prof. Marcos Celesia.

** See poster attached **

Kathi Bailey Chairs TIRF Board

Monterey Institute Professor, Dr. Kathleen M. Bailey, has been elected as Chair of the Board of Trustees of TIRF (The International Foundation for English Language Education), and as President of the Foundation. TIRF is a charitable foundation that raises funds for research, solicits and vets proposals, and disseminates the findings. The current focus of the foundation is on creating and disseminating research evidence on the international role of English, to support best practices in the development of English language skills in our 21st century global society. For further information, please visit www.tirfonline.org

Found in Translation: the latest in T&I research

MIIS faculty, staff and students are invited to visit the world of translation and interpreting research in an ongoing series of talks that bein next Tuesday, September 29.

The series provides a forum to share and discuss recent developments in research on the practice and training of translators, interpreters and localizers. All sessions will be  interpreted by Practicum students.

September 29 (Tue) 12:15 – 1:45 @Irvine

“Experimenting on/with students – applications of process research to translator training” – Anthony Pym

There is a growing body of research on what happens in the translator’s brain. The challenge is now to find ways to apply that research to the ways translators are trained. One way is to conduct simple experiments in the translation class, not so that students become guinea pigs but to help them discover things about their own translation processes.

This talk will present the results of experiments conducted in my classes in Monterey in 2008 and 2009, dealing with language-specific translation norms, the impact of different translation instructions, the use of human-revised machine translation output, and the speed variable.

Students who have been experimented upon are very welcome to attend, as are instructors who might like to experiment.

October 27 (Tue) 12:15 – 1:45 @Irvine

“Translation and Globalization: the Spanish-language translation publishing market” – María Sierra Córdoba Serrano

November 17 (Tue) 12:15 – 1:45 @Irvine

“Building Corpora for Translator Education: methodology and applications” – Wallace Chen

Please contact Kayoko Takeda (kayoko.takeda@exchange.miis.edu) for details.

Burian Receives Eliason Award

The recipient of the Fourth Annual Leslie
Eliason Excellence in Teaching Award is Professor Laura Burian.  Professor
Burian has a record of excellence in teaching and an ongoing, inspiring
commitment to providing our students the highest quality education
possible.  She has a wonderful rapport with her colleagues and students,
an exceptional teaching record that reflects her ability to provide an
excellent learning experience to our students, and an intensive commitment
to the Institute’s mission.

As a professor dedicated to her students and to delivering quality
education, Professor Burian embodies much of what Professor Eliason also
dedicated her teaching efforts towards.  Leslie Eliason was a strong
woman, dynamic and passionate about her chosen profession of teaching.
She pursued her responsibilities as a teacher and mentor with great warmth
and care for her students and colleagues, reflecting her intelligence,
integrity, good humore, and commitment to quality in all of her endeavors.
Professor Burian has a similar thoroughness in her role as teacher,
colleague, mentor and advisor.  As was true for Professor Eliason,
Professor Burian is interested in building the capacities of her students,
in helping them and the Institute reach their greatest potential, and in
working collaboratively with her colleagues to achieve their goals.  There
is no question that Professor Burian reflects the qualities Professor
Eliason valued the most — hard work, intense and at times passionate
commitment to students and sound academic programming, and good colleagial
interactions and collaborations.  Her commitment to excellence both inside
and outside of the classroom is greatly appreciated and valued.

Congratulations to Professor Burian — we will celebrate her selection on
April 21st during the “quiet hours” at lunchtime in the Samson Center
Reading Room.  More details will follow about this celebration.

Thanks to all of you who nominated faculty for this award and helped in
the selection process.

–Provost Sands