SPECIAL PROGRAM SUPPORTED BY CHICATA

The Caxton Club/Newberry Library 2007 Symposium on the Book

Remodeling the Tower of Babel: The Translator's Role in a Shrinking World

Saturday, March 31, 2007

9:00 A.M.

—Romancing the Public
(Clare Ingham, Indiana University)

Linguistic, National, and Global Communities
(Thomas Hahn, University of Rochester)

11:00 A.M.

—The Translator's Responsibility: A Divided Loyalty?
(Göran Malmqvist, The Swedish Academy)

—Who Is the Real Author of a Translated Book?
(Douglas Hofstadter, Indiana University)

2:30 P.M.

—Today and Tomorrow
(Panel discussion with the Four Morning Speakers, Moderated by Diana Robin, The Newberry Library)

Program to be followed by a reception.

The morning session will be held in Ruggles Hall of the Newberry Library, 60 W. Walton Street, Chicago.

The afternoon session will be held at the Alliance Française de Chicago, 54 W. Chicago Avenue, Chicago.

The program is free and open to the public, but seating is limited and advance registration is required.

For program details and registration information, visit Symposium on the Book

The Chicago Area Translators and Interpreters Association (CHICATA) was established in 1987 as an independent professional association of individual translators and interpreters.