ITI Media Arts & Tourism Network

Welcome to the ITI Media, Arts & Tourism Network. Our aim is to provide news and information on relevant event, news, and developments for translators, interpreters, subtitlers and other professional linguists working in the Media, Arts and Tourism sectors. If you want to join our network and/or the Institute of Translation and Interpreting (ITI) follow the link above, or send a message to the network coordinators via LinkedIn.

Festive greetings from the ITI :-)

A seasonal message from SUBTLE:

I took some time away from my desk on Tuesday to catch up on a couple of exhibitions in London before Christmas: "Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers" at the National Gallery and "Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael: Florence, c. 1504" at the Royal Academy. As expected, the almost sold-out Van Gogh show was absolutely packed! Despite that, I loved it. Billed as a "once-in-a-century" exhibition to coincide with the National Gallery's 200th anniversary, it more than lived up to the hype as far as I was concerned. It was focused entirely on the Dutch painter; every work on display was by him, with no "filler", and a number of high-profile loans from the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, the Musée d'Orsay and the big American museums. It was a real shot in the arm of summer at this dreary time of year; the walls of each gallery were painted in vibrant hues that showcased Van Gogh's consummate talent as a colourist to the full. I enjoyed seeing the heavy hitters (The Yellow House, Starry Night over the Rhône, Sunflowers), but I was captivated by a painting I hadn't come across before – The Green Vineyard. In this outdoor scene with thick impasto, I loved the blue gradation of the sky, the vines heavy with ripe, purple grapes and the splashes of red for the parasols. In short, even if you think you've seen Van Gogh, if you can get a ticket, go! My second exhibition of the afternoon was a marked key change, but also dedicated to some of the biggest names in the history of art. The year 1504 provides the impetus; that January, Florence's leading artists gathered in the city to consider a suitable location for Michelangelo's David, which had rather exceeded expectations, to put it mildly! The first room of the exhibition revolves around the only Michelangelo sculpture in the UK, the Taddei Tondo, part of the Royal Academy's permanent collection. The second room focuses on Leonardo, with the Burlington House Cartoon of the Virgin and Child with saints Anne and John the Baptist on loan from the National Gallery. The third and final room considers the commission that pitted Micheangelo and Leonardo against one another, with two battle scenes for the grand chamber of the city's republican government headquarters. Although neither mural survives, the exhibition does well to conjure up the dramatic scenes from a wealth of drawings and documentary material. On a final note, the show is definitely complemented by the "Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty" series currently on the BBC – worth a watch if you're planning to go. ____________________________________________________________________ "Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers" at the National Gallery is open until 19 January 2025; "Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael: Florence, c. 1504" at the Royal Academy is open until 16 February 2025. #LITranslators #MuseumTranslation #Exhibitions

Join us today, 18 December, in celebrating World Arabic Language Day. “World Arabic Language Day is an opportunity to celebrate the great contributions to human civilization, notably through its unique arts, architecture, calligraphy and literature. The language has also been a conduit, channelling knowledge in science, medicine, astronomy, mathematics, philosophy and history.“ — Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO Find out more: https://lnkd.in/eTwHCU4D #WorldArabicLanguageDay #Arabic #Language

Bristol Translates will be back again next summer - more detals below:

With thanks to our editor Miranda Moore for all her hard work, we’re excited to announce that the Winter issue of #TheLinguist has just been published and is available to download from the CIOL website! Top stories include a feature on the challenges of translating the Qur’an, the complexities of working with museums where historical understanding may differ between speakers of different languages, and a pioneering hybrid model of hospital interpreting that could improve patient outcomes. And try our annual Linguist Quiz and test yourself on how well you remember the language stories which made it to the news in the last 12 months! Download to your phone/tablet/laptop and read it wherever you are: https://lnkd.in/ex7MgUyJ #Languages #Linguists #Translation #Interpreting #News #LanguageTech #CIOL #TheLinguist

Join the CIOL Scottish Society on 1 February for a fascinating online session held in Spanish on translating literature. Presented by Argentinian poet Dionisio Salas Astorga and accomplished translator Adriana Uribe: 'A journey into unknown worlds'. Free to attend, full details and registration: https://lnkd.in/e7v45USe #Spanish #Literature #Poetry #Translation #CIOL

Che bello!