The meanings associated with modalities typically concern notions such as the perceived truth or likelihood of events, orders, suggestions, wishes, intentions, necessity, obligation, moral desirability, politeness, etc. They are extremely subtle, highly frequent and clearly play a key role in human communication.

Translating modalities is all the more demanding since equivalent meanings are conveyed in languages through widely differing methods (moods, modal verbs, particles, syntax, lexical solutions, intonation, etc.).

The purpose of this one-day workshop is to provide a generic and jargon-free framework to help understand, explore and translate modalities across languages.

Full information on content with feedback from previous participants: https://www.jpmlanguageservices.com/translation-workshops/modalities/

Programme

9.00 – 9.25 Arrival & Registration
9.25 – 9.30 Welcome and organisational matters
9:30 Start of the workshop
10:50 Coffee break
11.10 Workshop
12:30 Buffet lunch & Networking
13.15 Workshop
14:35 Coffee break
15.55 Workshop
16:15 Questions & Answers / Feedback
16:30 End

Speaker bio

Jean-Pierre Mailhac

After obtaining two degrees (English, French) and an MA certificate from a French university, Jean-Pierre completed a PhD in theoretical linguistics in the UK. He started his career as a lecturer in 1974, having previously worked as a French assistant in Cardiff and as a university lecturer in Newcastle and Salford. Over the years, his teaching has focused essentially on linguistics, advanced translation theory and practice (including audiovisual translation), as well as liaison interpreting. He has supervised many dissertations and projects on MA translation courses. He left his full-time post as Senior Lecturer and Director of the Language Resource Centre at Salford University in 2004 to devote his time to advanced translation training (in the UK and various European countries), part-time/guest lecturing and recording.