The following summary of displays, along with the
"map" showing one possible plan for installation,
comes from the extended text of a proposed multi-media
museum exhibit on the subject of Translators and Interpreters,
which might in the ripeness of time be mounted at
major American institutions. Support for such an exhibition
is earnestly sought, and anyone with specific knowledge
on how to assist or promote this on-going process
is respectfully requested to communicate with the
author as shown below.
|
# |
Brief
Title or Description |
Type
of Exhibit |
Topic |
| 1 |
Keynote:
Sound Chamber |
audio/documents |
ALL |
| 2 |
Gateway
Atrium: Translators/Interpreters |
panel |
ALL |
| 3 |
Two
Kinds of Interpreters |
video/panel |
INT |
| 4 |
Could
You Be a Simultaneous Interpreter? |
audio
feedback |
INT |
| 5 |
Interpreters
vs. Translators |
panel |
INT |
| 6 |
Courtroom
Interpreting |
video/film |
INT |
| 7 |
The
Nüremberg Trials |
videotape |
INT |
| 8 |
Interpreting
in Africa |
artifacts/tableau |
INT |
| 9 |
Interpreting
in Ancient Egypt |
photos/panel |
INT |
| 10 |
Mexico:
The Tale of La Malinche |
artifacts/video |
INT |
| 10A |
Everyone
Listens to Interpreters |
photo
blow-up |
INT |
| 11 |
Gateway
Atrium: Translators/Interpreters |
panel |
ALL |
| 12 |
Is
"I Love You" Always the Same? |
audio
feedback |
TRA |
| 13 |
The
Varieties of Translation |
panel |
TRA |
| 14 |
Doesn't
the Heart Always Mean Love? |
heart-panel |
TRA |
| 15 |
But
Aren't Some Things Always the Same? |
panel |
BAC |
| 16 |
The
Translation of the Bible |
artifacts/books/prints |
TRA |
| 16A |
The
Two Oldest Printed Books |
panel/books |
TRA |
| 17 |
Translation/Interpreting
at the UN |
video/AV |
ALL |
| 18 |
Special
Slide-Show: Quotations about Translation |
slides
or computer |
ALL |
| 19 |
Foreign
vs. English Words |
panel/slides |
ALL |
| 20 |
Not
All Bilinguals Can Translate/Interpret |
panel |
ALL |
| 21 |
What
Is Terminology? |
feedback/panel |
TRA |
| 22 |
Jundishapur
and Baghdad |
artifacts/tableau |
TRA |
| 23 |
R.
F. Burton and The Arabian Nights |
artifacts/audio
feedback |
TRA |
| 24 |
Translation
in Medieval Toledo |
tableau/audio |
TRA |
| 25 |
The
Rosetta Stone & Linear B |
artifacts/panel |
TRA |
| 26 |
Translating
Shakespeare into German |
prints/audio
feedback |
TRA |
| 27 |
The
Missing "Du" in English |
panel |
TRA |
| 28 |
Translating
Native American Languages |
artifacts/tableau/panel |
TRA |
| 29 |
Garcilaso
de la Vega & Peru |
artifacts/drawings/panel |
TRA |
| 30 |
"Journey
to the West"; 19th Century China |
artifacts/tableau/video |
TRA |
| 31 |
Chinese:
Translating Four-Character Proverbs |
panel |
TRA |
| 32 |
Translation
in Japan |
artifacts/tabeaul/audio |
TRA |
| 33 |
English
Words Absorbed into Japanese |
panel |
BAC |
| 34 |
"I
Feel Coke" |
panel |
TRA |
| 35 |
Translating
Pokémon & Power Rangers |
video/panel |
TRA |
| 36 |
Precisely
What Is Untranslatable? |
panel |
TRA |
| 36A |
Professional
Translators as Docents? |
human
interface |
TRA |
| 37 |
The
Many Functions of Language |
slide-show |
TRA |
| 38 |
The
Honor Roll of Literary Translators |
panel/parchment |
TRA |
| 39 |
University
Training Programs for Translators |
panel |
TRA |
| 40 |
Translating
an Advertisement |
videotape |
TRA |
| 41 |
Translating
TV News: US & France |
two
videos/panel |
TRA |
| 42 |
Why
Are Manuals So Badly Written? |
panel |
TRA |
| 42A |
Test
Your Translation Skills |
computer-based
feedback |
TRA |
| 43 |
"Machine
Translation:" Reality or Myth? |
demo/handouts |
TRA |
| 44 |
Who
Are Today's Translators? |
panel |
TRA |
| 45 |
Exit
Chamber Gallery |
engravings/audio |
TRA |
