Experiential Translation: Meaning-Making, Engagement and Agency across Media in a Multimodal World

全球化、移民增加和数字化为沟通、社会和文化交流和相遇创造了新的空间。在全球的线上和线下环境中，我们都经历了多语言和多元文化的增长。此外，随着我们在图像、文字、表情包、表情符号、音频等之间切换或滑动，数字技术使交流变得越来越多模态。为应对当前的大流行，全球各地都采取了封锁或保持社交距离的措施，网络平台已成为我们许多人的主要交流场所。然而，虽然跨文化交流的可能性呈指数级增长，但随着仇外心理和极端主义的抬头，社会、种族或国家群体之间的分歧正在扩大。我们的世界正在同时缩小和扩大，无国界的数字平台使派系和分裂达到前所未有的规模。在当今复杂的社会生态中，多种语言和方式可以同时用于交流，因此，在这个高度互联但又碎片化的世界中，提高识字能力，促进个人和社区的能动性和参与度至关重要。我们认为翻译的作用，在语言之间（语际），也在媒介之间（intersemiotic），是这一事业的核心。翻译需要译者与源（文本、声音或图像）密切接触并尊重源，以及用另一种语言或在符号学翻译中，用另一种媒介表达源的创造性行为。在这个网络的框架内，我们正在探索跨符号翻译作为一种创作和交流的方法，作为一种在多语言、多文化和多模式环境下的学习和教学、合作和参与的方法。这包括理解在跨文化交流（线上和线下）、语言教育和翻译中有助于意义创造的许多模式和模式，以及在教育和艺术机构（如图书馆、画廊、博物馆）中接受个人想象力和艺术创作的作用。该网络汇集了来自英国、葡萄牙、波兰、西班牙、匈牙利、意大利和香港的学者和艺术家，他们的专业领域包括翻译研究、戏剧和表演研究、文化和文学研究、策展研究、教育、现代语言、音乐、美术、教师和翻译培训。虽然我们的研究以这些不同学科的理论为基础（将在3场活动中讨论），但我们正在共同开发基于实践的方法，以促进对间期学实践的实际理解，以及如何将其作为一种教学方法更广泛地应用于多元文化教育和社区环境中。我们的大部分研究将以公共社区研讨会的形式进行（根据现行的健康指南，在当地场地和/或在线），通过创造性的方法（例如写作、表演、艺术创作）探索跨符号翻译。这些将为开发培训教育工作者、翻译人员和社区从业人员的工具、协议和道德程序奠定基础。我们将在一个公共网站上记录和传播我们的进展，包括网络参与者之间的博客对话、视频和更正式的学术反思。我们的最后一个活动将包括我们在共同研究期间创作的艺术作品的公开展览。我们还将在正式和非正式环境中对符号学翻译的教学应用的编辑卷中展示我们的发现。

The conjuncture of globalisation, increased migration and digitisation has created new spaces for communication, for social and cultural exchanges and encounters. Both in online and offline environments across the globe, we experience an increase in plurilingualism and multiculturalism. Further, digital technologies have made communication increasingly multimodal as we switch or swipe between images, text, memes, emoticons, audio etc. With lock-down or social distancing measures in place across the globe in response to the current pandemic, online platforms have become the primary site of exchange for many of us. However, while there is exponential growth in the possibilities available for cross-cultural communication, divisions between social, ethnic or national groups are growing as xenophobia and extremism are on the rise. Our world is simultaneously shrinking and expanding, with borderless digital platforms enabling factions and schisms on an unprecedented scale. In today's complex societal ecologies where multiple languages and modalities are simultaneously available for communication, it is vital to develop enhanced literacies capable of fostering individual and community agency and engagement for this highly interconnected but fragmented world. We perceive the role of translation, between languages (interlingual) but also between media (intersemiotic), as central to such an undertaking. Translation requires the close engagement of the translator with, and respect for, the source (be that text, sound or image) as well as the creative act of articulating the source in another language or, in intersemiotic translation, another medium. Within the framework of this network we are exploring intersemiotic translation as a method of creation and communication, as a method for learning and teaching, collaboration and participation within multilingual, multicultural and multimodal settings. This includes understanding the many modes and modalities that contribute to meaning-making in cross-cultural communication (online & offline), language education and translation, and embracing the role of individual imagination and artistic creation in education and arts institutions (e.g. libraries, galleries, museums). In an effort to bring together multiple perspectives and disciplines from scholars and artists in a range of language areas, the network includes colleagues from the UK, Portugal, Poland, Spain, Hungary, Italy and Hong Kong whose areas of expertise range from translation studies, theatre & performance studies and cultural & literary studies to curatorial studies, education, modern languages, music, the fine arts, and teacher & translator training. While our research is grounded in the theories of these diverse disciplines (to be discussed at 3 events), we are jointly developing practice-based methods to facilitate a hands-on understanding of intersemiotic practice and how it can be applied more widely as a method for teaching and learning in multicultural educational and community settings. Much of our research will be conducted in the form of public community workshops (at local venues and/or online according to prevailing health guidelines ) exploring intersemiotic translation via creative methods (e.g. writing, performance, art-making). These will lay the groundwork for the development of tools, protocols and ethical procedures for training educators, translators and community practitioners.We will document and disseminate our progress on a public website via speculative blog conversations between network participants, videos and more formal academic reflections. Our final event will include a public exhibition of the artistic work created during our joint research. We will also present our findings in an edited volume on the pedagogical applications of intersemiotic translation in formal and informal settings.