In my posting of today's date, the 10th November, 2010, about my recent first-time translation from French into English of a lesser-known, obscure literary work by Jules Verne,i've reverted to fulfilling the original mission of this blog, which is to discuss contemporary Translation Studies and especially literary translation.
It's a relief for me to be posting a translation-related article to the blog after an absence of several months.
The reason i've been away from this blog for those few months, since earlier in 2010, is that I have been busy applying for academic jobs in such areas as TEFL, TESOL, French and Translation Studies - not that there is currently a great deal on offer internationally, at present. Still, hardly a week goes by without there being at least one or two advertised academic posts in my above-mentioned specializations, mainly in French, and occasionally in Translation Studies and in TEFL/TESOL.
It's a difficult time to be a newly-minted PhD graduate seeking an academic post, at least in my own areas of the Humanities, viz. Linguistics, TEFL, French and Translation Studies. So the last few months since my graduation have been a busy and challenging period, but making academic job applications and being interviewed (if short-listed) is all valuable experience.
At the end of the day, though, bread has to be put on the table. Therefore - and as so many people in Ireland and elsewhere are painfully aware (given our current recession) - being 'between jobs' is not much fun!
However, i've been determinedly ploughing away with academic job applications, and i'm happy to report that there may finally be a glimmer of very hopeful, promising light on the horizon... Meaning that in the next couple of months, I will most likely be making postings to this blog, not from a computer in Dublin, but rather, from a quite distant part of the globe, and one which is exotic and exciting.
At least the wheels are in motion. I've been praying and working hard to get a post-PhD break within an educational career, and my prayers may finally have been answered.
Watch this space ...
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