Book Launch: A Voice of Their Own. Encouraging Caring and Ethical Practices in Trauma Screen Translation

Come and join us for Professor Charlotte Bosseaux's book launch A Voice of Their Own. Encouraging Caring and Ethical Practices in Trauma Screen Translation (Palgrave Pivot, 2025).

Charlotte's book, based on her Ethical Translation project, explores which audiovisual translation methods or techniques are the most ethical when translating personal narratives dealing with trauma and emotions, and provides good practice guidelines for different stakeholders (audiovisual translators, Language Service Providers, charities, survivors and filmmakers) to ensure that the voices of those who have suffered from trauma and Gender-Based Violence are ethically conveyed on-screen. It also shows how subtitlers cope with the translation of challenging sensitive material. The work described in this book is underpinned by a practical component: a multilingual documentary featuring women who have gone through traumatic events and whose first language is not English. Above all, the research emphasises the importance of filming and translating ethically with a focus on making sure survivors and audiovisual translators’ voices are fully heard through respectful translation.

All of Charlotte's research is free to access via links provided above.

Organised by GENDER.ED and co-badged by IASH, the Edinburgh Futures Institute, and the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures.

Charlotte will be in conversation with four discussants: Dr Lena Wånggren (University of Edinburgh), Dr Hannah Silvester (University College Cork), Dr Jan Pedersen (University of Stockholm), and Mark Bradshaw (Screen Language). The event will be chaired by Dr Mavis Ho. The discussion will take place 2pm - 4pm, followed by a soft drinks reception from 4pm - 5pm.

Registration

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This is a free event, which means we overbook to allow for no-shows and to avoid empty seats. While we generally do not have to turn people away, this does mean we cannot guarantee everyone a place. Admission is on a first-come, first-served basis.

This event is hybrid and the virtual element will take place on Zoom. Virtual attendees will be sent the joining instructions via email prior to the event.

Please note, filming, recording and/or photography may take place at this event.

If you have any queries regarding this event, please email gender.ed@ed.ac.uk.