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Archive for May, 2009

One click away from the truth: talk by Vali Tóth, 28 May

On Thursday 28 May, London-based journalist Vali Tóth will give a talk at UCL-SSEES entitled ‘One click away from the truth?’, on how the internet has transformed Hungarian media, and in particular, news language. Modern technology has changed both form and content of the news, and Vali will discuss these changes and characteristics of language used [...]

Posted on May 10th, 2009 under Current affairs, Events. Comments: 2

Translation seminar with Len Rix

On Thursday 27 March, we once again had the pleasure of Len Rix’s company, this time discussing his translations of Antal Szerb, Utas és holdvilág, 1937 (Journey by Moonlight, Pushkin, 2000), Magda Szabó, Az ajtó, 1987 (The Door, Vintage, 2005), and his article ‘In Praise of Translation’, recently published in the Hungarian Quarterly.
Len described the [...]

Posted on May 10th, 2009 under Activities, Literature, Translation. Comments: None