This online taster session will give you a feel for what it's like to study French at university. You'll hear a taster lecture by one of our academics in French; there'll be time for questions afterwards; and you'll be able to ask staff and current undergraduates about studying French at Sheffield.

Translation and Truth

The Italian phrase traduttori traditori is usually taken to refer to the impossibility of a perfect translation, with the translator always somehow a ‘traitor’ to the original text and its context.

This talk explores the importance of good translation, and how a translator’s hubris can lead to misrepresentations in the history of decolonisation, and even get murderers off the hook.

This session is suitable for students in years 12 and 13. 

Schedule

Please note that this is an approximate schedule and is therefore subject to change.

• 3.50pm: Log in and get comfortable
• 3.55pm: Welcome and introduction to the department
• 4.05pm: Taster lecture
• 4.50pm: Question and answer session about the taster lecture
• 5pm: Question and answer session about your subject at Sheffield with an admissions tutor and current students

Book your place

Contact us

For informal enquiries email tasterdays@sheffield.ac.uk