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Department of Greek Philology Democritus University of Thrace

Investigating the Translation Process

in Humanistic Latin Translations

of Greek Texts

Komotini, Greece
28 – 29 April 2017

The Conference

The Department of Greek Philology at Democritus University of Thrace is pleased to organise the International Conference “Investigating the Translation Process in Humanistic Latin Translations of Greek Texts”. 
Topics for discussion include: 
-    Acquisition of translation competence (methods and practices, education and training, grammars and dictionaries, etc.)
-    Translation challenges and solutions (difficulties in the translation process as can be traced in manuscripts, dedicatory epistles, other paratexts, etc., and ways of dealing with them)
-    Translation practices and strategies
-    Cases of retranslation – relations with earlier translations (reasons for retranslation, cases of plagiarism, etc.)
-    Witnessing translators at work (paraphrases or simplifications of hard or complicated parts of the original, interlinear or marginal translation notes/glosses, rough translations, translation attempts, corrections, erasures, omissions, substitutions, insertions, etc.) 
-    Translation and ideology (deliberate alterations of the original in the translation for moral, religious, ideological, political and/or other purposes)
-    Theories on translation (humanistic treatises on translating and translation practices, etc.)
-    Creating a translation canon (what texts are translated, classification, genres, etc.)
-    Social position and function of the translator (prestige, status, position within the “republic of letters”, etc.)
-    Gender issues (women as translators, women authors translated, etc.)
-    The translator as “cultural mediator”
-    Other topics (translators and translations, readership, preferences for particular translators and/or Greek texts and authors, manuscripts and incunabula, bilingual editions, relations with book production, spatiotemporal circulation of the Latin translations, identification of Greek manuscripts used by translators, etc.)
 
The Conference
Committees

Conference Committee

 

  • Prof. Christopher Celenza, Johns Hopkins University, USA

  • Prof. Silvia Fiaschi, Università degli Studi di Macerata, Italy

  • Prof. Martine Furno, IRHIM, Ens-Lyon, & Université Grenoble Alpes, France

  • Prof. Fabio Stok, Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Italy 

  • Prof. Keith Sidwell, Emeritus Professor of Latin and Greek, University College Cork, Ireland, & Adjunct Professor, University of Calgary, Canada

  • Assoc. Prof. Giancarlo Abbamonte, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy

  • Prof. Paolo Eleuteri, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italy

  • Dr Paola Tomè, University of Oxford, UK

  • Prof. Flora Manakidou, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece

  • Assoc. Prof. Vaios Vaiopoulos, Ionian University, Greece

  • Assist. Prof. Anna Mastrogianni, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece

  • Assist. Prof. Charilaos Michalopoulos, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece

  • Assist. Prof. Ioannis Deligiannis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece

Organizing Committee


Chair

  • Assist. Prof. Ioannis Deligiannis, Democritus University of Thrace

Members

  • Prof. Zoe Gavriilidou, Democritus University of Thrace

  • Assist. Prof. Anna Mastrogianni, Democritus University of Thrace

  • Assist. Prof. Charilaos Michalopoulos, Democritus University of Thrace

  • Ms. Artemisia Archontogeorgi, PhD Cand., Democritus University of Thrace

Contact
Contact
Ioannis Deligiannis
Tel: 0030 25310 39956
Mob: 0030 6934 605 632
Fax: 0030 25310 39901
e-mail: inteligi@helit.duth.gr
Programme
Friday 28 April 2017
 
09.00-09.30: Registration – Tea/Coffee
09.30-09.45: Welcome
 
Session 1
Translators at Work I
Chair: Giancarlo Abbamonte
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09.45-10.15: Francesca Manfrin, "Euthyphron Platonis de sanctitate. Investigating the genesis of Marsilio Ficino's Latin translation of the Platonic corpus"
10.15-10.45: Rocco Di Dio,"The Translator and Philologist at Work: Marsilio Ficino and Plato’s Republic"
 
10.45-11.30: Keyonote Speaker                                                      Martine Furno
“How did they use dictionaries?”
 
11.30-12.00: Tea/Coffee
 
Session 2
Translators at Work II
Chair: Noreen Humble
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12.00-12.30: Ioannis Deligiannis, "'Witnessing' a translator at work: Observations on Mattia Palmieri’s Latin translation of Herodotus’ Histories"
12.30-13.00: Vasileios Pappas, "Leucippe and Clitophon in Latin: the translation of Achilles Tatius’ novel by Annibal Cruceius"
 
13.00-13.45: Keynote Speaker                                                       Paola Tomè

“Giovanni Tortelli’s contribution to the dissemination of Greek knowledge in 15th century Europe”

 
14.00-16.00: Lunch
 
Session 3
Cases of Retranslation
Chair: Silvia Fiaschi
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16.15-16.45: Martin M. Bauer, "Bad Retranslations – The Strange Case of Bartholomaeus Picenus de Monte Arduo"
16.45-17.15: Michael Malone-Lee, "Leonardo Bruni’s contested translation of Aristotle’ Ethics"
 
17.15-18.00: Keynote Speaker                                                Giancarlo Abbamonte
“Guarinus of Verona Translator of Plutarch's De liberis educandis (1411) and the Last Legacy of the Pope Alexander V (Peter Filargis)
 
18.00-18.30: Tea/Coffee
 
Session 4
Translation Practices and Strategies
Chair: Keith Sidwell
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18.30-19.00: Michael Paschalis, "Comparative Challenges: Theocritus into Latin, Virgil into Greek"
19.00-19.30: Anna Mastrogianni, "The Latin Translation of Maximus of Tyre by Cosimo De’ Pazzi"
19.30-20.00: Sophia Kouteri, "Bruni as translator of Aristophanes: Translation practices and strategies in Plutus"
 
20.15-22.15: Dinner
 Saturday 29 April 2017
 
Session 5
Acquisition of Translation Competence
Chair: Paola Tomè
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09.30-10.00: Eleni Gasti & Evaggelos Gougoulis, "Melanchthon’s Latin translations of Bacchae and Orestes"
10.00-10.30: Roumpini Dimopoulou, "Ciriaco d’ Ancona, De septem spectaculis mundi: aspects on his language"
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10.30-11.15: Keynote Speaker                                                          Silvia Fiaschi
“Translations as repertoires of antiquity: the mythographic collection of Palaephatus, between erudition and Greek learning”
 
11.15-11.45: Tea/Coffee
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Session 6
Translation Challenges and Ideology
Chair: Vaios Vaiopoulos
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11.45-12.15: Liana Lomiento, "Anacreon and Anacreontic Odes translated by Henricus Stephanus and André Élie in an Italian         (trilingual) edition of 1712"
12.15-12.45: Garyfallia Athanasiadou, "Epigrams on Myron's cow in translation: an example by Thaddeus Ugoletus"
12.45-13.15: Adam Foley, "Epic Failure: Refusals to translate Homer in the Renaissance"
 
13.30-15.30: Lunch
 
16.00-16.45: Keynote Speaker                                                           Fabio Stok
“Latin translations of the Oraculum de isthmo”
 
Session 7
Translation and Ideology
Chair: Michael Paschalis
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16.45-17.15: Malika Bastin-Hammou, "Translator as editor, translator as director : two case studies"
17.15-17.45: Noreen Humble, "Translating Ancient  Greek: the case of Xenophon's Cyropaedia"
17.45-18.15: Maria Luísa de Oliveira Resende, "Jorge Coelho’s Latin translation of De Dea Syria (1525?-1540) and Portuguese Inquisitorial censorship in the sixteenth century"
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18.15-18.45: Tea/Coffee
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18.45-19.30: Keynote Speaker                                                      Keith Sidwell
“Step by step and even verse: translation as a tool for Greek learning in the early modern period”
 
19.30-19.45: Closing Remarks
20.00-20.45: Wine reception and tour at the Archaeological Museum of Komotini
21.00-23.00: Dinner
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Sunday 30 April 2017
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The Organising Committee is planning a short trip to the archaeological site of ancient Philippi and the city of Kavala for Sunday, April 30, from 09.00 to 18.00, at extra cost based on the number of participants. Please indicate whether you intend to participate or not. 
About
Speakers

Keynote Speakers

  • Prof. Silvia Fiaschi, Università degli Studi di Macerata, Italy

  • Prof. Martine Furno, IRHIM, Ens-Lyon, & Université Grenoble Alpes, France

  • Prof. Fabio Stok, Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Italy

  • Prof. Giancarlo Abbamonte, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy

  • Prof. Keith Sidwell, University of Calgary, Canada

  • Dr. Paola Tomè, University of Oxford, UK

Abstracts
Travel and Accommodation

Travel and Accommodation

 
The Conference will be held at the Municipal Library of Komotini, located at the very heart of the city and just a few minutes’ walk from hotels, cafés and restaurants around the “Plateia”, the central city square.
 
Travel
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Komotini is a city in the region of East Macedonia and Thrace, NE Greece. It is the capital of the Prefecture of Rhodope, an administrative centre of Thrace and home of Democritus University of Thrace.  
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Arriving at Komotini from Athens International Airport “Eleftherios Venizelos” (http://www.aia.gr/traveler/)
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Komotini is mainly served by Alexandroupolis Airport “Democritus”, located 69 km far from Komotini. One may take a bus or a taxi from the airport to the Intercity Bus Station (KTEL) of Alexandroupolis, and then another bus from there to Komotini. There are daily bus routes to and from Komotini (approx. 1 h).
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Flight schedule to and from Alexandroupolis Airport
Athens – Alexandroupolis (1h), Thursday, April 27: 05:25, 11:15, 20:10. 
Alexandroupolis – Athens (1h), Sunday, April 30: 12:40, 21:30.
 
Further details available at: https://www.olympicair.com/
Further details available at: https://en.aegeanair.com/
 
Intercity Bus (KTEL) Timetable
Alexandroupolis to Komotini: Monday – Friday: 06:30, 07:45, 08:45, 09:45, 11:15, 12:30, 13:35, 15:00, 16:00, 17:00, 18:30, 19:00, 20:10. Saturday: 07:30, 08:45, 09:45, 11:15, 12:30, 15:00, 16:00, 17:00, 18:30, 19:00, 20:10. Sunday: 07:45, 09:30, 11:15, 12:45, 15:30, 17:30, 18:30, 20:10.
 
Komotini to Alexandroupols: Monday – Friday: 06:15, 07:30, 08:45, 10:00, 11:00, 11:30, 12:30, 13:40, 14:40, 15:40, 17:00, 19:00, 20:10. Saturday: 07:30, 08:45, 11:00, 11:30, 12:30, 14:40, 15:40, 17:00, 19:00, 20:10. Sunday: 07:30, 09:30, 11:00, 12:30, 14:20, 16:00, 19:00, 20:10.
 
Further details available at: http://www.ktelevrou.gr/
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Alternatively one may fly to Kavala Airport “Alexander the Great” at distance of 82 km from Komotini. Again one will need to take a bus or a taxi from the airport to Intercity Bus Station (KTEL) of Kavala, and then another bus from there to Komotini. There are daily bus routes to and from Komotini (approx. 1.1/2 h).
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Flight schedule to and from Kavala Airport
Athens – Kavala (1h), Thursday, April 27: 08:20, 21.:00. 
Kavala – Athens (1h), Sunday, April 30: 22:30.
 
Further details available at: https://www.olympicair.com/
Further details available at: https://en.aegeanair.com/
 
Intercity Bus (KTEL) Timetable
Kavala to Komotini: Monday – Friday: 06:30 (change bus at Xanthi), 08:30, 13:05, 20:30. Saturday and Sunday: 10:40, 20:30.
Komotini to Kavala: Monday – Friday: 06:45, 08:45, 14:35, 19:00. Saturday: 19:00, and Sunday: 07:00 and 19:00.
 
Further details available at: https://www.ktelkavalas.gr/
 
Arriving at Komotini from Thessaloniki International Airport “Macedonia” (http://www.thessalonikiairport.com/)
 
One may also fly to and from Thessaloniki International Airport “Macedonia”. The airport is served on a 24-hour basis by Thessaloniki Urban Transport Organization (OASTH). Take bus no. 78/N78 to the very end of the route (1h, cost: 2 euros), the Macedonia Intercity Bus Station (KTEL), from where buses depart for Komotini (approx. 3.1/2 h).
 
Intercity Bus (KTEL) Timetable
Thessaloniki to Komotini: Monday – Sunday: 08:30, 11:30, 14:30, 16:30, 18:00, 20:00 (except Saturday), 22:00.
Komotini to Thessaloniki: Monday – Sunday: 05:30 (except Sunday), 07:00 (only Sunday), 08:30, 10:30, 12:30, 14:30, 16:00, 18:00, 20:30.
 
Further details available at: http://ktelmacedonia.gr/en/home/list/
 
Accommodation details follow below the map.
Accommodation
 
 
Single and double en-suite rooms for conference delegates are available at the local hotels listed below. Most of them are conveniently located only a few minutes’ walk from the conference venue. Bookings are not handled by the conference organizers. If you have any questions or queries before booking, please direct them to the hotel booking services.
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ANATOLIA HOTEL (10 min walk from Conference venue) Website: http://www.anatoliahotel.gr
 
ARCADIA HOTEL (15 min taxi ride from Conference venue, approx. 7.00 euros) Website: http://www.arcadiahotel.gr
 
ASTORIA HOTEL (5 min walk from Conference venue) Website: http://www.astoriakomotini.gr
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CHRIS & EVE MANSION (15 min taxi ride from Conference venue, approx. 7.00 euros) Website: http://www.chris-eve.com/en
 
DEMOCRITUS HOTEL (1 min walk from Conference venue) Website: https://www.hoteldemocritus.gr/en
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KIRIDIS HOTEL (5 min walk from Conference venue) Website: http://www.hotelkiridis.gr/
 
OLYMPOS HOTEL (7 min walk from Conference venue) Website: http://www.hotel-olympos.gr/
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ORPHEUS HOTEL (5 min walk from Conference venue) Website: http://hotelorfeas.gr/en
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RODOPI HOTEL (15 min taxi ride from Conference venue, approx. 7.00 euros) Website: http://www.rodopihotel.gr/

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