Two translation-related teaching positions at Kent State University

[Judy Wakabayashi]

In conjunction with the new Ph.D. in Translation program (see http://appling.kent.edu/IAL-PhD-Sequence.html) starting next fall and the long-established M.A. in Translation program (French, German, Japanese, Russian, Spanish), Kent State University is seeking to hire two additional full-time tenure-track faculty. One position is in Translation Studies, and the other is in Translation Informatics. Further information is available below.

 

Judy Wakabayashi, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Japanese Translation

Kent State University

jwak...@kent.edu

 

 

1.  Kent State University
Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies

Job Description - Translation Studies

 

Assistant or Associate Professor of Translation Studies specializing in
translation theory, translation research methods, or interdisciplinary
approaches to translation and translation pedagogy. Full-time tenure-track
Assistant or Associate Professor to begin August 2007. The successful
candidate will support a translation studies program at the masters and
doctoral level within the internationally recognized translation program
(Institute for Applied Linguistics http://appling.kent.edu ) of the
Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies at Kent State
University. A Ph.D. is required by the date of hire. Experience in the
teaching and practice of translation of any language to or from English is
required. Experience in empirical translation studies and cognitive science
approaches to translation is especially desirable. For consideration at the
Associate Professor rank, an appropriate publication record is expected.
Potential to attract extramural funding is essential. Teaching duties include
graduate courses in translation studies as part of the Masters and Doctoral
programs in Translation at Kent State University. Applications will be
accepted until the position is filled. Review of applicants will begin January
1, 2007. Send letter of application, vita, graduate transcript, and three
current confidential letters of recommendation to: Gregory M. Shreve,
Chair, Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies, Kent State
University, PO Box 5190, Kent, Ohio 44242- 0001. Kent State University is
an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

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2.  Kent State University
Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies

Job Description - Translation Informatics

 

Assistant or Associate Professor of Translation Informatics specializing in
translation informatics, the application of computer and information
science methods to problems of translation and multilingual document
management. Full-time tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor to
begin August 2007. The successful candidate will support translation
degree programs at the masters and doctoral level within the
internationally recognized translation program (Institute for Applied
Linguistics http://appling.kent.edu) of the Department of Modern and
Classical Language Studies at Kent State University. A Ph.D. is required by
the date of hire. Command of English is required, and proficiency in any
other language is highly desirable. For consideration at the Associate
Professor rank, an appropriate publication record is expected. The
doctorate (discipline open), or combination of doctorate and relevant
research experience should focus on areas of computational linguistics,
information science or computer science relevant to one or more of the
following research and teaching competencies: corpus analysis; document
engineering and management; computational lexicography/terminology;
translation technology; and markup languages and metadata as they
relate to multilingual issues. Practical knowledge of application
development, programming, markup languages, and related information
technologies is assumed. Potential to attract extramural funding is
essential. Teaching duties include graduate courses in translation
informatics as part of the Masters and Doctoral programs in Translation at
Kent State University. Applications will be accepted until the position is
filled. Review of applicants will begin January 1, 2007. Send letter of
application, vita, graduate transcript, and three current confidential letters
of recommendation to: Gregory M. Shreve, Chair, Department of Modern
and Classical Language Studies, Kent State University, PO Box 5190, Kent,
Ohio 44242- 0001. Kent State University is an Affirmative Action/Equal
Opportunity Employer.

 

[Marc Adler]

Judy Wakabayashi(e)k dio:

> University. A Ph.D. is required by the date of hire. Experience in the
> teaching and practice of translation of any language to or from English is
> required. Experience in empirical translation studies and cognitive science
> approaches to translation is especially desirable.

Out of curiosity, does anyone on this list have a PhD in translation
studies?

--
Marc Adler
ma...@adlerpacific.com

Gauzak ez dira multzutu eta berretu
behar, mengoarik eta premiarik gabe.

[Judy Wakabayashi]

Ph.D. coursework programs focusing specifically on the relatively new discipline of translation studies are still very rare, Marc, but they do exist in Europe (and now in Ohio!). Probably more common are Ph.Ds in sister disciplines such as linguistics or comparative literature, with a particular focus on some aspect of translation in a particular language pair. My own Ph.D. was on J-E translation and it drew on concepts from translation studies, but the discipline has evolved enormously in the past decade.

 

For these two jobs at Kent State, a Ph.D. is required, as well as knowledge and experience of translation, but the Ph.D. does not necessarily have to be in translation studies. It could, for instance, be in cognitive linguistics or corpus linguistics.

 

Judy Wakabayashi

Associate Professor of Japanese Translation

Kent State University

jwak...@kent.edu