Publications
Katz, Silvina (2024). A Sensory Study for the Translation of Atmosphere in Silvina Ocampo’s Short Stories. PhD thesis The Open University.
Katz, Silvina and Hubscher-Davidson, Séverine (2022). Hermeneutics as a route to translating auditory aspects of emotion in Silvina Ocampo’s fictional worlds: An analysis of Okno, el esclavo. Yearbook of Translational Hermeneutics, 2 pp. 207–241.
Impact and Engagement
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2019: ALTA42 Conference: Sight and Sound, November 7–10, 2019
Panel: Poetry of the Senses: Translating Perception and the Sensorial
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2020: Powerful Literary Fiction Texts Conference
Paper: The Sounds of Silvina Ocampo’s Fictional Worlds
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2021: Workshop “Perspectives on Perspective” at Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Paper: The Secret of Those Eyes: A Leitmotif as Viewpoint in Silvina Ocampo’s Hombres Animales Enredaderas (‘Men Animals Vines’) -
2022: 15th World Congress of Semiotics
Paper: A Sensory (and Emotional) Reading of Silvina Ocampo’s Short Story Hombres Animales Enredaderas
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2022: CIOL Webinar, December 2, 2022
Topic: Managing Emotions – A Linguist’s Choice and Use of Words
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2023: Joint Publication with Dr. Séverine Hubscher-Davidson
Title: Hermeneutics as a Route to Translating Auditory Aspects of Emotion in Silvina Ocampo’s Fictional Worlds: An Analysis of Okno, el esclavo
Journal: Yearbook of Translational Hermeneutics 2, pp. 207–241
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April 2024: Immersion Symposium, University of Nottingham
Paper: Immersion in Translation: A Sensory Study of Silvina Ocampo’s Short Story Hombres Animales Enredaderas -
June 2024: PALA 2024 Conference, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
Paper: Experiencing Silvina Ocampo's (Fictional) Houses: Understanding the Role of Domestic and Affective Space in Shaping Atmosphere and How Translation Can Help
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September 2024: IAPTI 2024 Conference, Bursa University, Turkey
Paper: From Translator to Scholar: Translating Sensory Atmospheres in Silvina Ocampo’s Short Stories https://www.iapti.org/BSconference/silvina-katz-2/
Services Offered
- Specialized language advice and consultations
- Tutoring/training/examination in language and translation matters
- Translation from/into Spanish (with a special interest in Literary Translations)
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