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Dr. Carmen Mangiron
Biographical Details:
Carmen Mangiron is a lecturer in Spanish in the School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies at DCU. She took a BA in Translation and Interpreting in the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain. She gained an MA in Anglo-Irish Literatura and Drama from University College Dublin with her research on Roddy Doyle's works. Her Ph. D. research is the descriptive study of seven translations in three different languages of the Japanese classic Botchan and examines the relationship between cultural references, the techniques used to translate them and the translation norms present in a given target culture at the time of the translation. She is also researching in video games localisation.
Research Interests:
Literary translation, translation of cultural references, translation techniques, explicitation in translation, videogames localisation
Selected Peer Reviewed Journals
- Mangiron, Carmen. 2006. `Video Games Localisation: Posing New Challenges to the Translator¿. Perspectives - Studies In Translatology, 14, 4, pp306-317.
- Carmen Mangiron Hevia. 2006. `Video Games Localisation: Unleashing Imagination with Restricted Translation¿. Journal Of Specialised Translation,
Selected Non-peer Reviewed Journals
- Carmen Mangiron Hevia. 2004. `Localizing Final Fantasy ¿ Bringing Fantasy to Reality¿. Globalisation Insider - LISA newsletter,
Conferences:
- O'Hagan, M., Mangiron, C., `Turning 花鳥風月 into a Painkiller: Extreme Cultural Adaptation or Fragrant Approach?¿, LISA Forum Asia, 07-APR-09 - 08-APR-09, Taipei
- Mangiron, Carmen, `Els reptes de la traducció de videojocs¿, Spring Culture Week, 23-MAR-09 - 27-MAR-09, Universidad de Alicante, Spain
- Mangiron, Carmen , `The Five Lives of Botchan: a Comparison of the Five English Translations of Natsume Soseki´s Classic¿, Translation: Right or Wrong?, 06-MAR-09 - 07-MAR-09, Trinity College Dublin
- Mangiron, Carmen, `Cultural Localisation in Video Games¿ , Languages and the Media, 29-OCT-08 - 31-OCT-08, Intercontinental Hotel, Berlin
- Mangiron, C., 'Video Games Localisation: Theoretical and Practical Issues', E-week: setmana digital a Vic - Seminar on Games Localisation, 06-NOV-06 - 10-NOV-06, Universitat de Vic
- Mangiron, C., `What is Video Games Localisation?, E-week: setmana digital a Vic, 06-NOV-06 - 10-NOV-06, University of Vic
- O'Hagan, M., Mangiron, C., Putting Pleasure First: What is Different about Translating and Localising Video Games?, Language and the Media, 25-OCT-06 - 27-OCT-06, Intercontinental Hotel Berlin
- Mangiron, C., O'Hagan, M., Video Games Localisation: Unleashing Imagination with Restricted Translation¿., In: Dr. Jorge Díaz-Cintas Dr. Pilar Orero ed.Media for All, 06-JUN-06 - 08-JUN-06, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
- Mangiron, C., `Video Games in Catalan: the Final Fantasy for the Catalan Player?¿, Catalan Studies: Pride and Prejudice and the Translation Process, 30-MAR-06 - 31-MAR-06, University of Manchester
- Mangiron, Carmen, `Games Localisation: When Translation Becomes Transcreation¿, Research seminar given in the CTIS at the University of Manchester., 25-OCT-05 - 25-OCT-05, University of Manchester
- O'Hagan, M., Mangiron, C., Video Games Localisation and GILT: Localisation Meets Screen Translation., Language and the Media Conference, 03-NOV-04 - 05-NOV-04, Intercontinental Hotel Berlin
- O'Hagan, M., Mangiron, C., "Games Localization: When Arigato Gets Lost in Translation", New Zealand Game Developers Conference, 26-JUN-04 - 29-JUN-04, Univeristy of Otago
- Mangiron, C., El tratamiento de las referencias culturales en las traducciones inglesas de la novela Botchan de Natsume Soseki, V Congreso de la Asociación de Estudios Japoneses en España, 18-SEP-98 - 19-SEP-98, Escuela Oficial de Idiomas de Barcelona
