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SUMMARY:The Creative Translator: An Ethnographic study of Creativity in th
 e Practice of Translation - Emily Rokobauer\,  University of Newcastle\, A
 ustralia.
DTSTART:20191007T113000Z
DTEND:20191007T123000Z
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CONTACT:Pamela Burnard
DESCRIPTION:This thesis will show that translation is a creative process. 
 Creativity is seen as the bringing into being of novel and valued products
 \, processes\, practices or ideas that are valued in at least one social s
 etting (Hennessey & Amabile 2010). With this definition as a basis the the
 sis uses the systems model of creativity (Csikszentmihalyi 1988\, 1997\, 2
 012b) as a framework to analyse and highlight how individual agents intera
 ct with the field and the domain of translation\, to produce creative work
 . An ethnographic study of translators was used as the basis of data colle
 ction (LeCompte & Schensul 2013\; Spradley 1979). As such this study is pa
 rt of a growing body of knowledge surrounding creativity and the applicati
 ons of the systems model (see McIntyre\, Fulton & Paton 2016). This thesis
  argues that it is in the act of transferring meaning from the source lang
 uage (SL) to the target language (TL) where opportunities for a translator
  to be creative\, that is\, to add valued novelty to the translation\, occ
 ur. The evidence that translation is indeed a creative practice\, may not 
 only affect the ways in which translation is studied and how translations 
 themselves are undertaken\, but the role of the translator may be position
 ed away from being an ancillary one and allow translators to take on a mor
 e prominent and recognised role in the process of transferring meaning fro
 m one language into another. \n\n\nEmily Rokobauer is a fledgling academic
  from the University of Newcastle\, Australia. She graduated in 2017 with 
 a Bachelor of Communication (majoring in Media Studies) with distinction\,
  and then again in 2018 with a Bachelor of Communication (Honours) Class I
 . She currently works as a sessional tutor with the School of Creative Ind
 ustries\, and is also a research assistant. Her research interests include
  creativity theories\, translation theories\, and Japanese language studie
 s. She received her “Ah ha!” moment one day during a third year creati
 vity class when she learnt about Csikszentmihalyi’s systems model\, and 
 has been on the path of research since. Coincidentally\, she is currently 
 teaching that very course. \n\n
LOCATION:Donald McIntyre Building\, Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road\
 , Cambridge\, Room 1S7
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