DELC Research Seminar Series: Philippe Laplace In brief Date - 29 October 2025Venue - Lecture Theatre 4, Appleton TowerSpeaker - Professor Philippe Laplace (Marie et Louis Pasteur University)Title - Translating Scots into French and French into Scots About the eventThis talk will examine the historical and linguistic relationships between Scots and French. We will first explore how the connections between the two languages have evolved over time. We will then consider a range of translations produced in both directions—from Scots into French and from French into Scots—throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.We will also assess the potential and limitations of contemporary Neural Machine Translation systems for translation between Scots and French, evaluating how accurate and sensitive they are to the distinctive linguistic features of both languages.About the speakerProfessor Philippe Laplace teaches in the Department of Anglophone Studies (School of Linguistics, Humanities and Societies) at Université Marie et Louis Pasteur (Besançon, France).He has published widely on 19th- and 20th-century Scottish Literature, and he is the author and editor of the collective volume 'Environmental and Ecological Readings: Nature, Human and Posthuman Dimensions in Scottish Literature & Arts (XVIII-XXIe)' (2020).How to attendThis event is free to attend and open to all. No registration is required - just come along!About the seminar seriesThe DELC Research Seminar Series (DRSS) encourages collaboration and coproduction between staff and students across European Languages and Cultures and beyond.Entry is free and everyone is welcome. No registration is necessary.Are you interested in studying European Languages and Cultures?Our interdisciplinary environment brings together specialists in nine European languages, and the many cultures worldwide in which they're spoken, with experts in film, literature, theatre, translation and intermediality. Working with colleagues elsewhere in LLC, and across the wider University, we are able to support research which crosses boundaries between disciplines and/or languages. Find out more about studying with us Tags European Languages and Cultures French and Francophone Studies Oct 29 2025 16.00 - 17.00 DELC Research Seminar Series: Philippe Laplace An in-person seminar by Professor Philippe Laplace (Marie et Louis Pasteur University) examining the historical and linguistic relationships between the Scots and French languages. Lecture Theatre 4 Appleton Tower 11 Crichton Street University of Edinburgh EH8 9LE Find the venue: Appleton Tower
DELC Research Seminar Series: Philippe Laplace In brief Date - 29 October 2025Venue - Lecture Theatre 4, Appleton TowerSpeaker - Professor Philippe Laplace (Marie et Louis Pasteur University)Title - Translating Scots into French and French into Scots About the eventThis talk will examine the historical and linguistic relationships between Scots and French. We will first explore how the connections between the two languages have evolved over time. We will then consider a range of translations produced in both directions—from Scots into French and from French into Scots—throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.We will also assess the potential and limitations of contemporary Neural Machine Translation systems for translation between Scots and French, evaluating how accurate and sensitive they are to the distinctive linguistic features of both languages.About the speakerProfessor Philippe Laplace teaches in the Department of Anglophone Studies (School of Linguistics, Humanities and Societies) at Université Marie et Louis Pasteur (Besançon, France).He has published widely on 19th- and 20th-century Scottish Literature, and he is the author and editor of the collective volume 'Environmental and Ecological Readings: Nature, Human and Posthuman Dimensions in Scottish Literature & Arts (XVIII-XXIe)' (2020).How to attendThis event is free to attend and open to all. No registration is required - just come along!About the seminar seriesThe DELC Research Seminar Series (DRSS) encourages collaboration and coproduction between staff and students across European Languages and Cultures and beyond.Entry is free and everyone is welcome. No registration is necessary.Are you interested in studying European Languages and Cultures?Our interdisciplinary environment brings together specialists in nine European languages, and the many cultures worldwide in which they're spoken, with experts in film, literature, theatre, translation and intermediality. Working with colleagues elsewhere in LLC, and across the wider University, we are able to support research which crosses boundaries between disciplines and/or languages. Find out more about studying with us Tags European Languages and Cultures French and Francophone Studies Oct 29 2025 16.00 - 17.00 DELC Research Seminar Series: Philippe Laplace An in-person seminar by Professor Philippe Laplace (Marie et Louis Pasteur University) examining the historical and linguistic relationships between the Scots and French languages. Lecture Theatre 4 Appleton Tower 11 Crichton Street University of Edinburgh EH8 9LE Find the venue: Appleton Tower
Oct 29 2025 16.00 - 17.00 DELC Research Seminar Series: Philippe Laplace An in-person seminar by Professor Philippe Laplace (Marie et Louis Pasteur University) examining the historical and linguistic relationships between the Scots and French languages.
