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| Moffat welcomes Moscow |
Top level Russian government connections dating back two hundred years will be revived 20-22 Sept 2013 when the historic spa town of Moffat in the south of Scotland, hosts a ground-breaking Russian translation conference organised by Scottish charity Moffat Book Events with the State Institute of Translation, Moscow and the Moscow-based State Library for Foreign Literature (VGBIL).
The spa town was visited by Grand Duke (later Tsar) Nicholas of Russia in 1816 during his tour of Britain following victory over Napoleon*. The conference is to be opened by Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs, Fiona Hyslop MSP and State Secretary, Grigory Ivliev, Deputy Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation - see conference programme below
* The future Tsar Nicholas I stayed at the Annandale (then known as the King's) Arms hotel -
see www.annandalearmshotel.co.uk
see www.annandalearmshotel.co.uk
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| The Annandale Arms known in 1816 as The King's Arms |
For attendance booking inquiries please contact:
Alan Thomson alan.thomson25@gmail.com or visit www.moffatbookevents.co.uk
All other inquiries to Elizabeth Roberts info@moffatbookevents or tel 07968801178
Moffat Book Events is a registered Scottish charity no SCO42782
Programme Friday 20th September
17.45 Reception and official conference opening by Cabinet Secretary for Culture and
External Affairs, Fiona Hyslop and State Secretary, Grigory Ivliev, Deputy Minister of
Culture of Russia
19.01 Presentation by the Museum-Estate ‘Yasnaya Polyana’
Antonina Klyuchareva and Nadezhda Pereverzava
20.00 The Art of the Translator: Three Poems by Duncan Ban MacIntyre, Sorley MacLean
and Vladimir Mayakovsky by Professor Alan Riach to be followed by a screening of
the documentary film ‘Russia’s Open Book’ by Paul Mirchell and Sarah Wallis
09.15 Delegate registration. Moffat House Hotel
09.30 The Importance of Translation in a 21st Century digital age - an introduction
Dr E Genieva and Evgeny Reznichenko with Dimitry Bak
10.30 Coffee
11.00 Why do we need to continue to re-translate the classics?
Speaker: Dmitriy Bak, Chair: Dr Oliver Ready, Panelists: Prof Peter France, Natalia
Ivanova and Irina Kirillova
12.30 Introducing The Institute of Translation
Evgeny Reznichenko and Vitaly Efimov supported by Dr E Genieva and A Livergant
13.00 Lunch break and an opportunity to explore the shops and cafes of Moffat
14.30 Can a Translation ever be better than the original?
Speaker: Alexander Livergant, Chair: Dr Oliver Ready, Panelists: Arch Tait and
Aleksey Varmalov
15.30 Afternoon tea
16.00 In conversation with Alexey Varlamov
Chair: Dr E Genieva, Panelists:
17.30 Session ends
19.30 Glasgow University student readings of translated poems
19.45 Conference Dinner
20.50 Dr Tom Hubbard presents Lermontov inspired poems
21.15 Burns and Vysotsky songs in Russian and English from Thomas Beavitt
22.00 Evening ends
Programme Sunday 22nd September
09.45 Coffee Moffat House Hotel
10.00 Capturing the moment in contemporary fiction
Speaker: Natalie Ivanova, Chair Dmitiry Bak, Panelists: Arch Tait and Oliver Ready
12.00 Lunch break
13.00 The Challenges of Translating Lermontov ( and Burns)
Speaker: Prof Peter France, Chair Robyn Marsack, Panelists: Dr Tom Hubbard,
Alexander Livergant and Irina Kirillova
15.30 Closing conclusions and valedictory
Led by Liz Roberts and Natalia Ivanova
16.30 Conference closes
17.00 Drinks and Presentation of the Vladimir Suzdal Museum Reserve
Sveltlana Melnikova
For booking information see www.moffatbookevents.co.uk
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