Showing posts with label INACAP Apoquindo. Show all posts
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012

"Debabelizing minds beyond language" - Day 1

This year I had the chance for the second time to be a part of the 2012 Translation and Interpretation Students Congress celebrated at INACAP Apoquindo on October 25th and 26th.

Gertrudis Payàs at
Debabelizing Minds Beyond Language
INACAP Apoquindo
After the welcoming speeches, the first exposition on day one started. It was someone we already knew from last year. Gertrudis Payàs and her investigation about the Linguistic of Translation. Payàs is a PhD in Translation Studies from Ottawa University. Today, she is a teacher and a researcher at Universidad Católica de Temuco. She was firm about that language caused differentiation and social exclusion, whether for better or worse. Payàs insisted that we must prevent languages from disappearing. We have to keep our identity, translate and keep our language alive, not a mix with the invasive English.