BANGOR INTERNATIONAL June 2013
Three Bangor students win ‘Best Translator’ in European Competition... Three students at Bangor University have come tops in ‘University Challenge’, a fierce pan European translation competition offered by Veritas Language Solutions. The students, who are all studying at Bangor University’s School of Modern Languages, have each won ‘BestTranslators’ in their respective language categories. Dr Laura Rorato, Head of the School of Modern Languages said,
“We’re delighted to see that our students are so successful and they stand out amongst competitors from universities across Europe.” The winning students were Christina Les, Liu Changjing and Matt Jellicoe. In order to seek out the brightest young linguistic minds, the Competition judged their translations of set pieces of literature on the accuracy of their grammar and spelling, evidence of cultural knowledge, use of appropriate language, use of register and tone and their clear comprehension of the provided text. Liu Changjing won the English to Chinese category. She comes originally from Zhejiang in East China, but was attracted to Bangor University to study the MA in Translation Studies, aware that she would have a Chinese
Dr Laura Rorato, Head of the School of Modern Languages with Liu Changjing, one of the winning students
supervisor, and also aware of the UK’s great reputation for education. She was also awarded a School of Modern Languages International Scholarship. Liu is hoping to continue to PhD level and is currently awaiting confirmation of a China Council Scholarship. Christina Les who won the translation from German to English is currently halfway through an MA in Translation Studies at Bangor University. The third winner was Matt Jellicoe who won the Chinese to English
translation. Matt is from Solihull, near Birmingham and is in his year at Bangor University. Dr Yan Ying Lecturer in translational Studies said:
“The source texts of this competition are very demanding. To be the ‘Best Translators’ of three language combinations in this competition testifies the language proficiency as well as translation skills of our students.”
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