Event overview
If you're thinking of applying to the MA in Translation, join us online on 20 March for our Translation Mentoring Scheme taster session, with Translation Mentor Brian Porro.
The MA in Translation at Goldsmiths, University of London, is a translator training programme for anyone who is fluent in English and one or more other languages, and with a degree in any subject or relevant professional experience. The Translation Mentoring Scheme is a unique opportunity for MA in Translation students to gain regular feedback and support from a language-specific translation mentor from the professional translation industry.
If you're unable to join us on the day, or if you have any questions, you can book a time slot to meet us online at a time that suits you. To meet with Programme Coordinator Dr Sarah Maitland, please visit: https://tinyurl.com/36tkwsc3 (for bookings in the Goldsmiths Autumn and Spring terms). To meet with Deputy Programme Coordinator Dr Arianna Autieri, please visit: https://tinyurl.com/yc2m3kkp (for bookings in the Goldsmiths Summer term).
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Brian Porro, BA(Hons) DipEd LLB FCIL, Senior Fellow (Hon) in the former School of Languages, Linguistics and Culture, University of Hull.
Brian has been a professional translator for 35 years and a linguist all his life. He is bilingual in English and Spanish and studied Spanish, French, Linguistics and Education at Stirling University. After teaching MFL in Scotland he returned to university and obtained an LLB from Dundee University. He subsequently worked in the UK Civil Service as a Linguist-Analyst. In 1991 he joined the European Court of Justice as a Lawyer Linguist and, in 2001, was appointed Head of the Maltese Division ad interim. In 2004 he transferred to the Directorate-General for Translation at the Commission in Brussels and in 2010 he was elected Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Linguists.
Brian retired in 2014 and continues to offer legal translation services, with clients in Madrid, Milan and Milton Keynes.
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Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Mar 2024 | 11:00am - 12:00pm |
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