On May 23rd 2023, a group of around 60 professionals, academics, students and laypeople attended the fourth event in our series titled “Whose Voice is it Anyway?” at the University of Edinburgh, to discuss ethical challenges and issues in translation and interpreting. In brief Speakers: Rebecca Tipton (University of Manchester); Charlotte Bosseaux, Hephzibah Israel and Kari Dickson (University of Edinburgh); language professionals - Esther Tyldesley, Denise Muir, Catherine Roux, Raquel Dou and Alicja Tokarska Format: talks; round table panel discussion; reception Following the success of past events in the Whose Voice is it Anyway series, this was an afternoon dedicated to reflecting on ethical challenges in a translation and interpreting context. Comprising talks and a facilitated round table discussion, the event brought together translation scholars and language professionals working in various fields including: literary translation community interpreting subtitling medical translation It was a chance to hear about issues uncovered by recent research projects and through practitioners’ experiences. Speakers and panelists have worked with different language pairs, including Chinese, Italian, Polish, French and English. The talks and discussion were followed by a reception at 6.45pm. The event was organised by the University of Edinburgh and sponsored by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). You can watch recordings of the talks and discussions, as well as find out more information, on the event's website. Watch recordings and find out more on the 'Whose Voice is it Anyway? Ethical challenges' website This article was published on 2024-08-13
