The next Cognitive Lunch will be held Wednesday, April 29.
Time: 12:10-1:10 p.m.
Place: Psychology Conference Room (room 128)
"Why Translation is Not Mechanical and Why Translators Cannot be Invisible" will be presented by Douglas Hofstadter, Center for Research on Concepts and Cognition, Indiana University.
Abstract:
I will discuss the nature of translation, showing why artistic decisions are involved left and right in every act of translation. Although translators often say that their goal is to be "invisible servants" of their author, this is a vain and naïve hope. I'll use some hopefully entertaining examples to demonstrate why this is the case. (Incidentally, Professor Robert Goldstone has informed me [Personal communication, 24 April 2009] that this talk would qualify as a "cognitive lunch" since -- so he assures me -- translation is a highly cognitive phenomenon.)
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