Á milli frænda (Between kinsmen): a conference on translation between Norwegian and Icelandic
Please note that because of cancellations the programme below will change, and the conference will run from 10:00 to 12:30
Saturday 7 December 2013, 10:00–16:00, in Þjóðarbókhlaða, the library building at Arngrímsgata 3, lecture hall
Programme
10:00: The Ambassador of Norway to Iceland, Dag Wernø Holter, opens the conference
10:15: Margit Walsø (Director of NORLA (Norwegian Literature Abroad): lecture on currents and trends in contemporary Norwegian literature (in Norwegian)
11:00: Helene Uri (writer and Professor of Linguistics): on her own experience of having her novels translated: “Å bli oversatt: en pur glede?” (in Norwegian)
11:45: Sylfest Lomheim (former Director of Norsk språkråd and author of a textbook on translation studies, Omsetjingsteori). Lecture on subtitling and metaphors (in Norwegian)
12:30: Lunch break: food can be bought in the Library café
13:15: Gauti Kristmannsson: “The North reinvented: the revival of Norse literature in the 18th century, with good help from Scotland” (in English)
14:00: Panel discussion on translation and translated books (in the Scandinavian languages)
Chair: Dagný Kristjánsdóttir.
Panel: Einar Ólafsson, Margit Walsø, Sigurður Svavarsson and Úlfar Bragason.
15:00: Presentation of a gift of books to the University Library
Light refreshments offered by the Embassy
The conference is open to all. Admission free.
Organisers: Per Landrø, Cultural and Information Officer at the Norwegian Embassy in Iceland, and Gro-Tove Sandsmark, Lecturer in Norwegian at the Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Institute for Foreign Languages
Chair: Gro-Tove Sandsmark
The Norwegian Embassy in Iceland and the Norwegian lecturer at the University of Iceland warmly thank their partners