1. Memory Studies and Translation

2. Values in Academic Research Novelty Building on existing research Plausibility Clarity

3. Research Question and Definitions In what ways is the notion of cultural memory relevant to translation? Definition of ‘cultural memory’ Definition of ‘translation’

4. Memory Number of people Cultural memory as shared memory. Components Types of memory Duration of time Transmission

5. Translation Interlingual Intralingual Intersemiotic Intercultural Transmission

6. Your existing Knowledge Retranslation Walter Benjamin ‘The Task of the Translator’

7. Existing Literature (i) Data bases: TSA, LLBA, MLA Brodzki, Bella ‘History, Cultural Memory, and the Tasks of Translation in T. Obinkaram Echewa’s I Saw the Sky Catch Fire’ Kuhiwczak, Piotr ‘The Grammar of Survival. How do we read Holocaust Testimonies?’

8. Existing Literature (ii) Bassnett, Susan. ‘Translation as Re-membering’

9. Your own thinking A. Content of Texts Cultural memory as a community’s knowledge of the past B. The Texts Themselves Cultural memory as incorporating a community’s knowledge built up over time of cultural items

10. Content of Texts Specific SC historical knowledge contained in a text to be translated Memory of past intercultural relations may impact on translating & translation policy A text or translation may create historical knowledge Translation contributes to creating transcultural memory of the past

11. The Texts Themselves Texts are re-iterated and remediated. This may lead to canonization of a text. Retranslation of canonical texts keeps the ST ‘alive’. Translation contributes to transcultural memory of cultural items.