Reine Meylaerts
Biographic Data
| ID | 1537559 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Reine Meylaerts |
| GIVEN NAMES | Reine |
| FAMILY NAME | Meylaerts |
| SIGNATURE | MEYLAERTS R |
| AFFILIATIONS | KU Leuven |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8088-1519 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 46 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Literary Translation
This entry starts with a definition of literary translation as a time‐ and culture‐bound concept. It then explores the most important research models on literary translation since 1945, to end with a reflection on future developments of literary translation in the current digital age.
Thick and thin trust in translated cross-cultural vaccination messaging
Vaccination messaging can be seen as an extreme case of trust-dependent communication. Since most receivers cannot grasp all the science, they must decide whether to trust or not trust the message based on a wide range of possible factors and opinions. When vaccination messaging is translated or otherwise mediated across languages, trust takes on dual dimensions, as doubts may rise about the source of the message and the reliability of the mediat…
Why complexity might not be too simple for translation studies
This article reflects on the authors’ work in complexity thinking in translation studies against the background of current debates in the field. It argues that complexity thinking offers better solutions to translation studies than do linear and reductionist thinking. For instance, in a complexity framework, empirical and conceptual work are not seen in opposition but as mutually enriching perspectives. Equally, reducing the ambit of complexity t…
Trust to test translation practices
Trust is important in public health communication to culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities during pandemics. This empirical research, using quantitative data from 107 foreign nationals at a university in Shanghai, probes into how trust varied in official translation services (OTS) and non-official translation services (NOTS) during COVID-19. Statistical analysis was carried out by IBM SPSS Statistics 26 and it was found that (1…
How should we study interactions between translation policies, practices, and beliefs? Comparing case studies from a time of crisis
sponsorship: This work was supported by Melbourne Research, University of Melbourne; Onderzoeksraad, KU Leuven; University of Melbourne. (Melbourne Research, University of Melbourne, Onderzoeksraad, KU Leuven, University of Melbourne)
The Routledge Handbook of Translation Theory and Concepts
Translation policies in times of a pandemic
In 2020–22, multilingual vaccination communication became an urgent priority around the world, requiring trusted communication in non-official languages. In Brussels, Melbourne and Shanghai, quite different legal frameworks and language policies were challenged by the need for behavior-change communication in a wide range of culturally and linguistically diverse communities. In all three cases, practices were developed that showed the limitations…
Literary Translation and Cultural Mediators in 'Peripheral' Cultures
La nécessité des traductions. Translating legislation in a young parliamentary regime. The case of Belgium (1830–1895)
In order to better understand the features and purposes of translation in multilingual states, this study looks at nineteenth-century translation policies in Belgium, a young state (founded in 1830) with liberal ambitions and a multilingual population. More specifically, it deals with the parliamentary debates on the translation into Flemish of the Bulletin des Arrêtés, Bulletin Officiel and Moniteur belge , the consecutive official journals for …
Complexity Thinking in Translation Studies
No language policy without translation policy
A major challenge for authorities in the modern world is the linguistic integration of minorities. In this context, language policies play a key role as authorities are increasingly faced with the challenge of adjusting their language policies in order to secure the linguistic rights and thus the integration of their multilingual populations. In multilingual democracies, these language policies must include choices about the use or non-use of tra…
Cultural Mediators in Cultural History
China’s minority language translation policies (1949–present)
Current studies on translation policy towards minority languages are largely confined to the Western context. This paper aims to investigate translation policy in modern China (1949–present) to cast a critical eye on its experiences in policy making, using examples from official regulations, existing studies, and personal networks. It is found that modern China’s translation policy during the Hanyu monolingual period (1957–1977) is characterized …
Towards a Multipolar Model of Cultural Mediators within Multicultural Spaces. Cultural Mediators in Belgium, 1830-1945
Naar een multipolaire benadering van culturele bemiddelaars in multiculturele ruimtes. Culturele bemiddelaars in België, 1830-1945. In dit artikel wordt een diepgaand conceptueel en methodologisch begrip van de culturele bemiddelaar beoogd. Deze bemiddelaar wordt hier als een persoon gedefinieerd die taalkundige, artistieke en politiek-geografische grenzen overschrijdt en die culturele uitwisselingen onderneemt. Vooral in een heterogene context, …
What about Translation? Beyond “Persianization” as the Language Policy in Iran
Against the background of language policy research on Iran, and drawing on insights from recent scholarship on the role of translation in language policy, this article calls into question the claim that “Persianization” of non-Persian peoples is the main element of language policy in Iran. In so doing, the article examines closely the role of translation as enacted in two legal instruments: the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the…
Présentation
status: Published
Simultaneous interpreting and working memory executive control
Working memory is a complex cognitive component responsible for maintenance of information during processing. Interpreting research has so far focused on working memory capacity rather than on the central executive functions. In the study described here, 28 professional interpreters completed a battery of four central executive tasks and three simultaneous interpretations (from English into Czech or Dutch ‘A’). The results show that: (a) certain …
Literary Translation
“Time has come for a systematic reconsideration of the entire question of literature and translation,” Lambert wrote in 1991 (Lambert,1991, p. 33).
Translational Justice in a Multilingual World
Since democratic societies are based on the ideal of participatory citizenship and since participatory citizenship presupposes, among other things, the citizens'rightto communicate with the authorities, one of the biggest challenges for contemporary multilingual societies is the elaboration of a fair translation policy: there is no language policy without a translation policy. However, among the numerous studies on language rights, on language po…
La traduction dans les cultures plurilingues
La traduction est couramment définie comme une opération qui relie deux cultures nationales monolingues. Mais qu’en est-il des traductions produites au sein de cultures nationales ou régionales plurilingues comme le Canada, la Belgique, la Suisse ou les Caraïbes ? Peut-on encore arguer à leur propos de « sources » et de « cibles » ou de relations de « symétrie » et d’« équivalence », sachant que les cultures diglossiques ou pluriglossiques instau…
Et pour les Flamands, la même chose
Les recherches sur les politiquesde languepassent le rôle clé des politiques detraductionsous silence. Le présent article défend l'idée que toute politique de langue présuppose une politique de traduction. À l'aide de divers exemples de conflits et de réglementations relatifs à la langue et à la traduction en Belgique (surtout) et ailleurs, il cherche à illustrer comment, dans un contexte de mondialisation grandissante, accompagnée de confrontati…
Conference Reports
“Translation Studies: Doubts and Directions”, European Society For Translation Studies 4th Congress - Portugal, Lisbon, 26-29 September 2004; “Challenges of Multidimensional Translation”, EU High Level Scientific Conferences Series - Marie Curie, Saarbrücken, Germany 2-6 May 2005
La construction d’une identité littéraire dans la Belgique de l’entre-deux-guerres
La question de la littérature en Belgique a fait couler beaucoup d’encre. Presque immédiatement après l’élaboration du cadre politique et institutionnel belge en 1830, des voix se sont fait entendre sur la nécessité — ou, à l’inverse, sur l’impossibilité — de doter la jeune nation d’une littérature nationale. Au cours des quelque 165 années qui ont suivi, on semble ne pas avoir cessé d’inventer de nouvelles variations — aussi discrètes soient-ell…
Simultaneous interpreting and working memory executive control
Working memory is a complex cognitive component responsible for maintenance of information during processing. Interpreting research has so far focused on working memory capacity rather than on the central executive functions. In the study described here, 28 professional interpreters completed a battery of four central executive tasks and three simultaneous interpretations (from English into Czech or Dutch ‘A’). The results show that: (a) certain …
No language policy without translation policy
A major challenge for authorities in the modern world is the linguistic integration of minorities. In this context, language policies play a key role as authorities are increasingly faced with the challenge of adjusting their language policies in order to secure the linguistic rights and thus the integration of their multilingual populations. In multilingual democracies, these language policies must include choices about the use or non-use of tra…
Translational Justice in a Multilingual World
Since democratic societies are based on the ideal of participatory citizenship and since participatory citizenship presupposes, among other things, the citizens'rightto communicate with the authorities, one of the biggest challenges for contemporary multilingual societies is the elaboration of a fair translation policy: there is no language policy without a translation policy. However, among the numerous studies on language rights, on language po…
What about Translation? Beyond “Persianization” as the Language Policy in Iran
Against the background of language policy research on Iran, and drawing on insights from recent scholarship on the role of translation in language policy, this article calls into question the claim that “Persianization” of non-Persian peoples is the main element of language policy in Iran. In so doing, the article examines closely the role of translation as enacted in two legal instruments: the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the…
Et pour les Flamands, la même chose
Les recherches sur les politiquesde languepassent le rôle clé des politiques detraductionsous silence. Le présent article défend l'idée que toute politique de langue présuppose une politique de traduction. À l'aide de divers exemples de conflits et de réglementations relatifs à la langue et à la traduction en Belgique (surtout) et ailleurs, il cherche à illustrer comment, dans un contexte de mondialisation grandissante, accompagnée de confrontati…
Translation policies in times of a pandemic
In 2020–22, multilingual vaccination communication became an urgent priority around the world, requiring trusted communication in non-official languages. In Brussels, Melbourne and Shanghai, quite different legal frameworks and language policies were challenged by the need for behavior-change communication in a wide range of culturally and linguistically diverse communities. In all three cases, practices were developed that showed the limitations…
China’s minority language translation policies (1949–present)
Current studies on translation policy towards minority languages are largely confined to the Western context. This paper aims to investigate translation policy in modern China (1949–present) to cast a critical eye on its experiences in policy making, using examples from official regulations, existing studies, and personal networks. It is found that modern China’s translation policy during the Hanyu monolingual period (1957–1977) is characterized …
Présentation
status: Published
La construction d’une identité littéraire dans la Belgique de l’entre-deux-guerres
La question de la littérature en Belgique a fait couler beaucoup d’encre. Presque immédiatement après l’élaboration du cadre politique et institutionnel belge en 1830, des voix se sont fait entendre sur la nécessité — ou, à l’inverse, sur l’impossibilité — de doter la jeune nation d’une littérature nationale. Au cours des quelque 165 années qui ont suivi, on semble ne pas avoir cessé d’inventer de nouvelles variations — aussi discrètes soient-ell…
Conference Reports
“Translation Studies: Doubts and Directions”, European Society For Translation Studies 4th Congress - Portugal, Lisbon, 26-29 September 2004; “Challenges of Multidimensional Translation”, EU High Level Scientific Conferences Series - Marie Curie, Saarbrücken, Germany 2-6 May 2005
Et pour les Flamands, la même chose
Les recherches sur les politiquesde languepassent le rôle clé des politiques detraductionsous silence. Le présent article défend l'idée que toute politique de langue présuppose une politique de traduction. À l'aide de divers exemples de conflits et de réglementations relatifs à la langue et à la traduction en Belgique (surtout) et ailleurs, il cherche à illustrer comment, dans un contexte de mondialisation grandissante, accompagnée de confrontati…
La traduction dans les cultures plurilingues
La traduction est couramment définie comme une opération qui relie deux cultures nationales monolingues. Mais qu’en est-il des traductions produites au sein de cultures nationales ou régionales plurilingues comme le Canada, la Belgique, la Suisse ou les Caraïbes ? Peut-on encore arguer à leur propos de « sources » et de « cibles » ou de relations de « symétrie » et d’« équivalence », sachant que les cultures diglossiques ou pluriglossiques instau…
Literary Translation
“Time has come for a systematic reconsideration of the entire question of literature and translation,” Lambert wrote in 1991 (Lambert,1991, p. 33).
Translational Justice in a Multilingual World
Since democratic societies are based on the ideal of participatory citizenship and since participatory citizenship presupposes, among other things, the citizens'rightto communicate with the authorities, one of the biggest challenges for contemporary multilingual societies is the elaboration of a fair translation policy: there is no language policy without a translation policy. However, among the numerous studies on language rights, on language po…
Towards a Multipolar Model of Cultural Mediators within Multicultural Spaces. Cultural Mediators in Belgium, 1830-1945
Naar een multipolaire benadering van culturele bemiddelaars in multiculturele ruimtes. Culturele bemiddelaars in België, 1830-1945. In dit artikel wordt een diepgaand conceptueel en methodologisch begrip van de culturele bemiddelaar beoogd. Deze bemiddelaar wordt hier als een persoon gedefinieerd die taalkundige, artistieke en politiek-geografische grenzen overschrijdt en die culturele uitwisselingen onderneemt. Vooral in een heterogene context, …
What about Translation? Beyond “Persianization” as the Language Policy in Iran
Against the background of language policy research on Iran, and drawing on insights from recent scholarship on the role of translation in language policy, this article calls into question the claim that “Persianization” of non-Persian peoples is the main element of language policy in Iran. In so doing, the article examines closely the role of translation as enacted in two legal instruments: the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the…
Présentation
status: Published
Simultaneous interpreting and working memory executive control
Working memory is a complex cognitive component responsible for maintenance of information during processing. Interpreting research has so far focused on working memory capacity rather than on the central executive functions. In the study described here, 28 professional interpreters completed a battery of four central executive tasks and three simultaneous interpretations (from English into Czech or Dutch ‘A’). The results show that: (a) certain …
China’s minority language translation policies (1949–present)
Current studies on translation policy towards minority languages are largely confined to the Western context. This paper aims to investigate translation policy in modern China (1949–present) to cast a critical eye on its experiences in policy making, using examples from official regulations, existing studies, and personal networks. It is found that modern China’s translation policy during the Hanyu monolingual period (1957–1977) is characterized …
Cultural Mediators in Cultural History
Literary Translation and Cultural Mediators in 'Peripheral' Cultures
La nécessité des traductions. Translating legislation in a young parliamentary regime. The case of Belgium (1830–1895)
In order to better understand the features and purposes of translation in multilingual states, this study looks at nineteenth-century translation policies in Belgium, a young state (founded in 1830) with liberal ambitions and a multilingual population. More specifically, it deals with the parliamentary debates on the translation into Flemish of the Bulletin des Arrêtés, Bulletin Officiel and Moniteur belge , the consecutive official journals for …
Complexity Thinking in Translation Studies
No language policy without translation policy
A major challenge for authorities in the modern world is the linguistic integration of minorities. In this context, language policies play a key role as authorities are increasingly faced with the challenge of adjusting their language policies in order to secure the linguistic rights and thus the integration of their multilingual populations. In multilingual democracies, these language policies must include choices about the use or non-use of tra…
The Routledge Handbook of Translation Theory and Concepts
Translation policies in times of a pandemic
In 2020–22, multilingual vaccination communication became an urgent priority around the world, requiring trusted communication in non-official languages. In Brussels, Melbourne and Shanghai, quite different legal frameworks and language policies were challenged by the need for behavior-change communication in a wide range of culturally and linguistically diverse communities. In all three cases, practices were developed that showed the limitations…
Trust to test translation practices
Trust is important in public health communication to culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities during pandemics. This empirical research, using quantitative data from 107 foreign nationals at a university in Shanghai, probes into how trust varied in official translation services (OTS) and non-official translation services (NOTS) during COVID-19. Statistical analysis was carried out by IBM SPSS Statistics 26 and it was found that (1…
How should we study interactions between translation policies, practices, and beliefs? Comparing case studies from a time of crisis
sponsorship: This work was supported by Melbourne Research, University of Melbourne; Onderzoeksraad, KU Leuven; University of Melbourne. (Melbourne Research, University of Melbourne, Onderzoeksraad, KU Leuven, University of Melbourne)
Thick and thin trust in translated cross-cultural vaccination messaging
Vaccination messaging can be seen as an extreme case of trust-dependent communication. Since most receivers cannot grasp all the science, they must decide whether to trust or not trust the message based on a wide range of possible factors and opinions. When vaccination messaging is translated or otherwise mediated across languages, trust takes on dual dimensions, as doubts may rise about the source of the message and the reliability of the mediat…
Why complexity might not be too simple for translation studies
This article reflects on the authors’ work in complexity thinking in translation studies against the background of current debates in the field. It argues that complexity thinking offers better solutions to translation studies than do linear and reductionist thinking. For instance, in a complexity framework, empirical and conceptual work are not seen in opposition but as mutually enriching perspectives. Equally, reducing the ambit of complexity t…
Literary Translation
This entry starts with a definition of literary translation as a time‐ and culture‐bound concept. It then explores the most important research models on literary translation since 1945, to end with a reflection on future developments of literary translation in the current digital age.
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