Creativity and Multimodality in Translated Children's Books in Romania and Moldova since the 1990s
Financed by Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research and Innovation, CNCS – UEFISCDI
Multimodal Creativity in Translated Children’s Books
International Conference
Organised by „Ştefan cel Mare” University of Suceava, Romania,
in partnership with „Alecu Russo” University of Bălţi, Republic of Moldova
Research Project: Creativity and Multimodality in Translated Children’s Books in Romania and Moldova since the 1990s, PN-IV-PCB-RO-MD-2024-0497
In the multimodal world of children’s books, images have never been mere decoration; nor has translation ever been just about language.
Multimodality in illustrated books, picturebooks, graphic novels, or digital editions are commonly described in terms of either “meaning multiplication” (Bateman, 2014) or “resemiotization” (Mahasneh & Abdelal, 2022). As noted by Riitta Oittinen (2000), the synergy of text and image in children’s books is essential in highlighting the particular aspects that need to be conveyed to children. It is all the more interesting as the relationship between text and illustration in children’s books is not always symmetrical (with the text and illustrations offering the same information) (see Nikolajeva and Scott, 2006); it may also be complementary (with text and image filling each other’s gaps), enhancing (with either the text, or illustrations, offering more information), counterpointing (text and image contradicting each other to various extents), or sylleptic (text and image putting forward two separate narratives).
On the other hand, if translation in general can be considered a creative activity (see Kussmaul, in Hewson, 2016), then children’s books, with their peculiar openness towards adaptation, make up a corpus which lends itself more easily to (trans)creative rather than normative solutions, for texts as well as for illustrations.
Researchers interested in the ‘polyphonic’ bond between the verbal and the visual in translated children’s books are therefore kindly invited to communicate on topics including (but not limited to) the following:
Bibliography
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- BORODO, Michał; DIAZ-CINTAS, Jorge (2025): The Routledge Handbooks of Translation and Young Audiences. Oxford: Routledge.
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Revisitations of Children’s Classics
Translation, Adaptation, Illustration, and Cultural Memory (e.g., tercentenary of Gulliver’s Travels, bicentenary of Little Muck, centenary of Winnie-the-Pooh)
Text-Image Orchestration
Text-Image Orchestration in Translated Works for Children and Young Adults
From Iconotextuality to Interculturality
Pictorial Representations of Emotions (e.g. joy, sadness, fear, anger) or of One and the Same Character across Various Target Cultures
Peritextual and Epitextual Visibility
Children’s Literature Authors / Translators / Illustrators Highlighted Inside and Outside the Book
Visual Learning and Foreign Language Teaching
The Educational Impact of Translated / Illustrated Children’s Books
Keynote Speakers
Organising Committee
- Daniela HĂISAN
- Raluca-Nicoleta BALAŢCHI
- Daniela-Maria MARŢOLE
- Anton ZAZULEAC
- Anjela COŞCIUG
- Ecaterina FOGHEL
- Daniela PREAŞCĂ
- Tatiana BOGDANICI
Scientific Committee
Submission Guidelines
The proposal should contain:
- Author’s / authors’ name and affiliation
- Title of the presentation
- A 300-word abstract and 5 keywords (in the language of the presentation)
Please submit your proposal to:
creatmodconference@gmail.com
Languages: English and French (studies may focus on any pair of languages)
Publication: Conference Proceedings will be considered for publication in a BDI-indexed journal and/or an edited volume issued by an academic press.
Participation and publication are free of charge.
MULTIMODAL CREATIVITY
IN TRANSLATED CHILDREN’S BOOKS
International Conference
organised by “Ştefan cel Mare” University of Suceava, Romania, in partnership with “Alecu Russo” State University of Bălţi, Republic of Moldova
(Research Project: Creativity and Multimodality in Translated Children’s Books in Romania and Moldova since the 1990s,
PN-IV-PCB-RO-MD-2024-0497 ---
25.80013.0807.49ROMD)
October 23rd-24th, 2026
LA CRÉATIVITÉ MULTIMODALE
DANS LES LIVRES TRADUITS
POUR LES ENFANTS ET LA JEUNESSE
Colloque international
organisé par l’Université « Ștefan cel Mare » de Suceava, Roumanie, en partenariat avec l’Université d’État « Alecu Russo » de Bălți, République de Moldova
(Projet de recherche : Créativité et multimodalité dans les livres pour les enfants traduits en Roumanie et en Moldova depuis les années 1990, PN-IV-PCB-RO-MD-2024-0497 --- 25.80013.0807.49ROMD)
Les 23 et 24 octobre 2026
| THE PROGRAMME IN A NUTSHELL [GMT+3 EEST Bucharest, Romanian Time Zone] |
LE PROGRAMME EN BREF [GMT+3 EEST Bucarest, l’heure de Roumanie] |
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| FRIDAY, October 23rd | SATURDAY, October 24th | VENDREDI, le 23 octobre | SAMEDI, le 24 octobre | ||||
| 10.00-10.15 | Opening Address | 10.00-10.45 | Keynote Lecture # 3 | 10.00-10.15 | Allocution d’ouverture | 10.00-10.45 | Conférence plénière n° 3 |
| 10.15-11.00 | Keynote Lecture # 1 | 10.45-11.00 | Break | 10.15-11.00 | Conférence plénière n° 1 | 10.45-11.00 | Pause |
| 11.00-11.45 | Keynote Lecture # 2 | 11.00-13.00 | Panels # 11-14 | 11.00-11.45 | Conférence plénière n° 2 | 11.00-13.00 | Sessions n° 11-14 |
| 11.45-12.30 | Break | 13.00-13.15 | Break | 11.45-12.30 | Pause | 13.00-13.15 | Pause |
| 12.30-14.30 | Sections # 1-5 | 13.15-13.30 | Closing Session | 12.30-14.30 | Sessions n° 1-5 | 13.15-13.30 | Séance de clôture |
| 14.30-15.00 | Break | 14.30-15.00 | Pause | ||||
| 15.00-18.00 | Sections # 6-10 | 15.00-18.00 | Sessions n° 6-10 | ||||
| FRIDAY, October 23rd / VENDREDI, le 23 octobre | |
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| Plenary / Plénière | |
| Link / Lien ZOOM : https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82943403519?pwd=1lXkYWFPKb6sMyKBBbGP0NbJUaYKOz.1 | |
| Moderator / Modérateur : Daniela HĂISAN | |
| 10.00-10.15 |
Opening Address / Allocution d’ouverture |
| 10.15-11.00 |
Keynote Lecture / Conférence plénière Multimodal Recreation of Style in Picturebook Translation Based on a Tripartite Stylistic Framework Derong XU Ocean University of China |
| 11.00-11.45 |
Keynote Lecture / Conférence plénière Comment traduire quand il n’y a rien à traduire ? La langue des insectes de Du iz tak? en français et en italien (et une retraduction inattendue) Fabio REGATTIN Université d’Udine |
| 11.45-12.30 |
BREAK / PAUSE |
| Section # 1 / Session n° 1 | |
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| Link / Lien GOOGLE MEET : https://meet.google.com/fdr-ffbf-rkh?hs=224 | |
| Moderator / Modérateur : Daniela-Maria MARŢOLE | |
| 12.30-13.00 |
Maria EMMANOUILIDOU & Efi PAPADIMITRIOU Independent Researcher / Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece) “I don’t like me!” Utilization of Intersemiotic Synergies for the Iconotextual Construction of Suppressed Identities and the Journey towards [Self]-Acceptance in Picture Books |
| 13.00-13.30 |
Celestine MANNUTHY BABU University of Salamanca (Spain) Translating across Text and Image: Cultural Memory and Identity in Junot Díaz’s Islandborn and Lola |
| 13.30-14.00 |
Teodora ŞOOŞ “Ovidius” University of Constanța (Romania) Iordan Chimet’s Anthology Of Innocence. The Book as an Art Object |
| 14.00-14.30 |
Alexandra-Maria ILAŞ “Ştefan cel Mare” University of Suceava (Romania) Ion Creangă’s Capra cu trei iezi. A Romanised Transational Folktale |
| Section # 2 / Session n° 2 | |
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| Link / Lien GOOGLE MEET : https://meet.google.com/meet/spt-yaqb-iwr?authuser=0 | |
| Moderator / Modérateur : Daria PROTOPOPESCU | |
| 12.30-13.00 |
Lorena-Clara MIHĂEŞ University of Bucharest (Romania) A Multimodal Comparison of English and Romanian Illustrated Editions of Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer |
| 13.00-13.30 |
Daria PROTOPOPESCU & Iuliana TIMOFTE University of Bucharest (Romania) Multimodality, Resemiotization and the Intersemiotic Re-creation of Eduard Uspensky’s Crocodile Gena and His Friends in the Romanian and Moldovan Translations |
| 13.30-14.00 |
Ella MINTSYS & Olga KULCHYTSKA Vasyl Stefanyk Carpathian National University, Ivano-Frankivsk (Ukraine) From Green Gables to Ukrainian Readers: A Linguostylistic and Visual Study of Anne of Green Gables in Translation |
| 14.00-14.30 |
Dalia MOSTAFA ABDULRAHMAN Cairo University (Egypt) Which Alice Travels? Multimodal Divergence in Arabic Editions of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland |
| Section # 3 / Session n° 3 | |
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| Link / Lien GOOGLE MEET : https://meet.google.com/rzv-teap-iny | |
| Moderator / Modérateur : Evelina-Mezalina GRAUR | |
| 12.30-13.00 |
Yoo KYUNG SUNG & Prisca KIM University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (New Mexico, USA) Literary 정 (Jeong) in Translation: Affect and Multimodal Translation in Korean Picture Books |
| 13.00-13.30 |
Luis Carlos GIRÃO University of São Paulo (Brazil) Beyond the Translated Tales: Building a Multimodal Digital Archive of Korean Folktales for Teaching and Cultural Mediation |
| 13.30-14.00 |
Evelina-Mezalina GRAUR “Ştefan cel Mare” University of Suceava (Romania) From Page to Screen: Translating Words and Images in Mackesy’s The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse |
| 14.00-14.30 |
Zeynep ÇILINGIR Istanbul 29 May University (Turkey) Rectifying Aladdin: Neoliberal Entrepreneurial Subjectivity in Contemporary Magic Lamp Retellings |
| Section # 4 / Session n° 4 | |
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| Link / Lien GOOGLE MEET : https://meet.google.com/gsw-dzay-cra?hs=224 | |
| Moderator / Modérateur : Olga GANCEVICI | |
| 12.30-13.00 |
Jean-Paul MEYER Université de Strasbourg (France) Trois états fondamentaux de la conjonction texte-image, vus à travers l’album Porculus (Small Pig), d’Arnold Lobel |
| 13.00-13.30 |
Otilia NĂSTUŢA Université « Ştefan cel Mare » de Suceava (Roumanie) De l’utopie à la dystopie et retour : orchestration texte-image et traduction dans l’album illustré Orașul înclinat |
| 13.30-14.00 |
Vinicius PEREIRA COELHO Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (Brésil) & Université Paris 8 (France) Traduire pour jouer ou jouer pour traduire : Une étude multimodale de plateau |
| 14.00-14.30 |
Mariana ŞOVEA Université « Ştefan cel Mare » de Suceava (Roumanie) Traduire la BD historique : les défis d’un projet de traduction collective |
| Section # 5 / Session n° 5 | |
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| Link / Lien GOOGLE MEET : https://meet.google.com/vss-ydvf-vgf?hs=224 | |
| Moderator / Modérateur : Anton ZAZULEAC | |
| 12.30-13.00 |
Aya LAOUABDIA SELLAMI Université El Bachir Ibrahimi de Bordj Bou Arreridj (Algérie) Traduire le silence graphique : émotions, cadrage et narration visuelle dans Tintin au Tibet |
| 13.00-13.30 |
Komlan APLA Université de Lomé /Village du Bénin (Togo) La représentation et sens des images dans la littérature médiévale : Cas d’Aucassin et Nicolette |
| 13.30-14.00 |
Yasmine SAOULI & Sihem GUETTAFI Université Mohamed Khider de Biskra (Algérie) Les codes japonais ne restent pas japonais : de l’iconotextualité à la réappropriation interculturelle chez les DZ-mangakas |
| 14.00-14.30 |
Sara Manuela CACIOPPO Université de Palerme (Italie) Traduire les représentations de genre dans les livres illustrés pour la jeunesse : Créativité multimodale et stratégies éditoriales du français à l’italien |
| 14.30-15.00 |
BREAK / PAUSE |
| Section # 6 / Session n° 6 | |
|---|---|
| Link / Lien GOOGLE MEET : https://meet.google.com/zkp-qdow-gfx?hs=224 | |
| Moderator / Modérateur : Cristina BLEORŢU | |
| 15.00-15.30 |
Eliana IONOAIA & Iuliana TIMOFTE University of Bucharest (Romania) "We’re Going on a Bear Hunt": Multimodal Creativity, Intersemiotic Adaptation, and the Pedagogy of Embodied Reading |
| 15.30-16.00 |
Fella BENABED Badji Mokhtar-Annaba University (Algeria) Multilingual / Multimodal Storybooks in Decolonial Education: Lessons from the African Storybook (ASb) Initiative |
| 16.00-16.30 |
Paula RIVERA JURADO University of Cádiz (Spain) From Cultural Repertoire to Multimodal Interpretation: Audiovisual and Literary References in Picturebook Reading |
| 16.30-17.00 |
Ana María ORTEGA-PÉREZ & Angélica GONZÁLEZ-BASTIDAS University of North Carolina, at Charlotte / University of California, Davis (USA) Feeling the Gap in Community: Multimodal Children's Stories Written by and for Heritage Spanish Speakers |
| Section # 7 / Session n° 7 | |
|---|---|
| Link / Lien ZOOM : https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83485498375?pwd=K1YiuzyfYujEwS0yeBn99wiVdIR1jk.1 | |
| Moderator / Modérateur : Daniela HĂISAN | |
| 15.00-15.30 |
Minghui HUAN & Derong XU Ocean University of China Construction of the Image of Chinese Children in Multimodal Translation: A Case Study of Bright Red Star |
| 15.30-16.00 |
Cheng-Ting CHANG Kokushikan University, Tokyo (Japan) Translating Read-Aloud Affordances: Multimodal Reconfiguration in Japanese and Taiwanese Editions of The Very Hungry Caterpillar |
| 16.00-16.30 |
Tatiana BOGDANICI, Anton ZAZULEAC & Daniela HĂISAN “Alecu Russo” State University of Bǎlţi (Republic of Moldova) / “Ştefan cel Mare” University of Suceava (Romania) / idem Getting a Fix on Reverse Adaptation: Tracing The Fixies from Screen to Page |
| 16.30-17.00 |
Hasmik MATIKYAN, Nazeli KARAPETYAN & Armanush VARDANYAN Shirak Center for Armenological Studies NAS RA (Armenia) Characteristics of Armenian Lullabies in Translation: Linguistic & Cultural Perspectives |
| 17.00-17.30 |
Dima MASRI University of Arizona (USA) Translating the Levantine City through Sound: A Case Study of Omar wa Aswat al-Madina [Omar and the Sounds of the City] |
| Section # 8 / Session n° 8 | |
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| Link / Lien GOOGLE MEET : https://meet.google.com/vss-ydvf-vgf?hs=224 | |
| Moderator / Modérateur : Anton ZAZULEAC | |
| 15.00-15.30 |
Duygu YALMAN POLATLAR Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakıf University, Istanbul (Turkey) Becoming Ayşegül: Multimodal Localization in Martine petite maman |
| 15.30-16.00 |
Bahar ESHRAQ & Faezeh MOTESHAKER Kharazmi University, Tehran (Iran) A Multimodal Meaning of Frederick: Words, Images and Translation |
| 16.00-16.30 |
Ketevan DOGONADZE & Akaki TSERETELI State University, Kutaisi (Georgia) From Natsarkekia to Ash-Raker: Translating Humour in a Georgian Folk Tale Across Languages and Media |
| 16.30-17.00 |
Artemis PAPAILIA Democritus University of Thrace (Greece) Translating Wordlessness: Verbal Intervention in Greek Editions of Wordless Picturebooks |
| Section # 9 / Session n° 9 | |
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| Link / Lien GOOGLE MEET : https://meet.google.com/did-qrqw-rgj?hs=224 | |
| Moderator / Modérateur : Corina IFTIMIA | |
| 15.00-15.30 |
Fatiha BENAOUF Université de Relizane (Algérie) Du costume du personnage au miroir patrimonial de soi : Resémiotisation multimodale et paradoxes identitaires de l’astronome turc dans les éditions traduites du Petit Prince |
| 15.30-16.00 |
Georgeta CRISTIAN Université de Bucarest (Roumanie) Le Petit Prince en roumain, entre trahison créative et nouvelles formes de co-auctorialité |
| 16.00-16.30 |
Manel BENAISSA Université Ahmed Zabana de Relizane (Algérie) La médiation iconique d’une langue inventée : enjeux de la traduction intersémiotique dans Du Iz Tak ? de Carson Ellis |
| 16.30-17.00 |
Corina IFTIMIA Université « Ştefan cel Mare » de Suceava (Roumanie) Le rôle de l’image dans la traduction du dictionnaire illustré Le Dico des Indiens de Michel Piquemal en roumain |
| 17.00-17.30 |
Bisera CERO Université de Sarajevo (Bosnie-Herzégovine) La traduction illustrée en littérature d’enfance et de jeunesse au sein de la maison d’édition bosnienne Malik Books |
| Section # 10 / Session n° 10 | |
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| Link / Lien GOOGLE MEET : https://meet.google.com/wdi-rhvu-umj | |
| Moderator / Modérateur : Anjela COŞCIUG | |
| 15.00-15.30 |
Lamiae SLAOUI Centre Régional des Métiers de l’Education et de la Formation – Fès (Maroc) L’interprétation du rapport texte / image dans le discours de la BD : cas des apprenants du cycle collégial au Maroc |
| 15.30-16.00 |
Mouna OUAZZANI TAYBI Centre Régional des Métiers de l’Education et de la Formation – Fès (Maroc) La créativité multimodale dans la didactique du conte en classe de FLE : De la créativité didactique à la créativité interprétative |
| 16.00-16.30 |
Meryem DAHDOUD Université Chouaïb Doukkali, El Jadida (Maroc) Traduction, iconotextualité et mémoire culturelle : La ré-sémiotisation des contes maghrébins dans les albums illustrés pour la jeunesse |
| 16.30-17.00 |
Leïla HADJ SADOK Institut Supérieur des Beaux-arts de Nabeul (Tunisie) ; Université « Dunărea de Jos » de Galați (Roumanie) La re-sémiotisation de l’ironie et du décalage texte-image dans la traduction russe de Karlsson sur le toit : Iconotextualité, rhétorique de l’image et interculturalité |
| 17.00-17.30 |
Mourad BOUZIANE Université de Bejaia (Algérie) Les représentations psychosociales des valeurs du travail dans les adaptations illustrées de Kalila wa Dimna : Une analyse multimodale des interactions entre texte, image et traduction |
| 17.30-18.00 |
Ioana-Crina PRODAN Université « Ştefan cel Mare » de Suceava (Roumanie) De l’imaginaire linguistique dans la traduction roumaine du roman Le Bon Gros Géant de Roald Dahl |
| SATURDAY, October 24th / SAMEDI, le 24 octobre | |
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| Plenary / Plénière | |
| Link / Lien GOOGLE MEET : https://meet.google.com/wng-ffps-sax | |
| Moderator / Modérateur : Daniela HĂISAN | |
| 10.00-10.45 |
Keynote Lecture / Conférence plénière Multimodality in Umberto Eco and Eugenio Carmi’s Picturebooks Svetlana KALEZIĆ-RADONJIĆ University of Montenegro |
| 10.45-11.00 |
BREAK / PAUSE |
| Section # 11 / Session n° 11 | |
|---|---|
| Link / Lien ZOOM : https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88147518477?pwd=ksDZxU7boeIVaubhFuZma9HXuTdY1d.1 | |
| Moderator / Modérateur : Daniela HĂISAN | |
| 11.00-11.30 |
Menglan ZHOU Guizhou University (China) A Study on English Translation Strategies of Children’s Literature from the Perspective of Translation Aesthetics: A Case Study of Cao Wenxuan’s The Grass House |
| 11.30-12.00 |
Yuan TAO & Junshu WANG Dalian University of Technology (China) Multimodal Creativity in the Translation of Contemporary Chinese Children’s Literature Book Covers: A Visual Grammar Analysis |
| 12.00-12.30 |
Nadina VIŞAN & Daria PROTOPOPESCU University of Bucharest (Romania) Translating Covers: Retranslating Peritexts of Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz from English to Romanian (1900-1991) |
| 12.30-13.00 |
Junnan ZHOU Tianjin Normal University (China) From Translation to Reception: Chinese Preschoolers’ Multimodal Meaning-Making in Anthony Browne’s Piggybook |
| Section # 12 / Session n° 12 | |
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| Link / Lien GOOGLE MEET : https://meet.google.com/ihc-ipby-kxd?hs=224 | |
| Moderator / Modérateur : Daniela-Maria MARŢOLE | |
| 11.00-11.30 |
Anda DIMITRIU University of Bucharest (Romania) Wizards, Castles and Demons: The Changing Illustrations of Diana Wynne Jones’ Howl’s Moving Castle |
| 11.30-12.00 |
Carola KOBLITZ & Veronika NAGY University of Vienna (Austria) / iLanguage Association Multilingual Picturebooks in Practice: Classroom Reception of Translated Kai & Kiki Series |
| 12.00-12.30 |
Diana PRODANOVIĆ STANKIĆ & Helga BEGONJA University of Novi Sad (Serbia) / University of Zadar (Croatia) Multimodal Children’s Literature as a Resource for Translation Pedagogy |
| 12.30-13.00 |
Andreea-Maria SĂRMAŞIU “Babeș-Bolyai” University of Cluj-Napoca (Romania) Recontextualising Children’s Classics through Translation, Illustration and Pedagogical Mediation |
| Section # 13 / Session n° 13 | |
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| Link / Lien GOOGLE MEET : https://meet.google.com/ozm-eumy-aas?hs=224 | |
| Moderator / Modérateur : Nicoleta-Loredana MOROŞAN | |
| 11.00-11.30 |
Marharyta HORDEIEVA Palacký University Olomouc (Czechia) Translating Fragility across Words and Images: Trauma in How War Changed Rondo |
| 11.30-12.00 |
Adrian CÎRDEI “Ştefan cel Mare” University of Suceava (Romania) Behind the Composite Helmet: Translating Trauma, Typography, and Emotion in Red Hood Graphic Novels |
| 12.00-12.30 |
Ana-Maria OVADIUC “Ştefan cel Mare” University of Suceava (Romania) The Multimodal Adaptation of the Story The Arrogant Bunny. Semiotics of Images and Animated Texts |
| 12.30-13.00 |
Nicoleta-Loredana MOROŞAN “Ştefan cel Mare” University of Suceava (Romania) Expressing Emotions and Attitudes in the Continuum Text-Illustration of the Translation of Peter Rabbit |
| Section # 14 / Session n° 14 | |
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| Link / Lien GOOGLE MEET : https://meet.google.com/dpt-cbpi-pfe?authuser=0&hs=122 | |
| Moderators / Modérateurs : Raluca-Nicoleta BALAŢCHI & Ecaterina FOGHEL | |
| 11.00-11.30 |
Ahlem ZERROUK Université Mohamed El Bachir El Ibrahimi Bordj Bouariridj (Algérie) Quand l’image prend la parole : Traduire le dialogue entre mots et dessins, de Diary of a Wimpy Kid de Jeff Kinney à The Arrival de Shaun Tan |
| 11.30-12.00 |
Ecaterina FOGHEL, Anjela COŞCIUG & Raluca-Nicoleta BALAŢCHI Université « Alecu Russo » de Bǎlţi (République de Moldova) / idem / Université « Ştefan cel Mare » de Suceava (Roumanie) Stratégies de médiation et de vulgarisation scientifiques dans les romans de Jules Verne traduits en roumain |
| 12.00-12.30 |
Olga GANCEVICI Université « Ştefan cel Mare » de Suceava (Roumanie) Matéi Visniec pour la jeunesse : poétique bilingue et créativité multimodale |
| 12.30-13.00 |
Anton ZAZULEAC, Daniela HĂISAN & Ecaterina FOGHEL Université « Ştefan cel Mare » de Suceava (Roumanie) / idem / Université « Alecu Russo » de Bǎlţi (République de Moldova) (In)visibilité et multimodalité dans les livres pop-up pour enfants traduits en roumain |
| 13.00-13.15 |
BREAK / PAUSE |
| Plenary / Plénière | |
|---|---|
| Link / Lien GOOGLE MEET : https://meet.google.com/cpn-bzbb-kkc | |
| Moderators / Modérateurs : Daniela HĂISAN & the CREATMOD Team | |
| 13.15-13.30 |
Closing Session / Séance de clôture |
Dr. Daniela HĂISAN
Associate Professor of Linguistics and Translation at the Faculty of Letters and Sciences of Communication („Ştefan cel Mare” University of Suceava, Romania). Board member of academic journals such as Atelier de traduction, Concordia Discors vs. Discordia Concors, Messages, Sages and Ages, Meridian Critic, Anadiss, SUSh Scientific Proceedings. Involved in projects Cultural Translation (2012–2016) and Translation History (2019–2025). Published three books on translation and sixty papers.
danielahaisan@litere.usv.ro
Dr. Anjela COȘCIUG
Associate Professor, PhD („Alecu Russo” State University of Bălţi, Republic of Moldova). Founder and editor-in-chief of Limbaj şi context / Speech and Context (2009–2025). Founder and director of the „Mircea Ioniţă” Laboratory of Comparative Linguistics and Translation Studies. Research interests: Contrastive Linguistics and Translation Studies.
angela.cosciug@usarb.md
Dr. Daniela HĂISAN
Associate Professor of Linguistics and Translation at FLSC, USV Suceava. Board member of academic journals. Involved in Cultural Translation (2012–2016) and Translation History (2019–2025). Published three books and sixty papers on translation.
danielahaisan@litere.usv.ro
Dr. Raluca-Nicoleta BALAȚCHI
Associate Professor at USV Suceava. 23 years in teaching French, Translation Studies, Pragmatics and Discourse Analysis. PhD on subjectivity in French; postdoctoral project Translating Subjectivity (CNCS, 2011–2013). Over 50 articles.
raluca.balatchi@usm.ro
Dr. Daniela-Maria MARȚOLE
Associate Professor in English at USV Suceava. 25 years in English linguistics and Translation Studies. PhD on Shakespeare's Macbeth. Authored 2 books and thirty papers. Interested in cultural, social and political factors in translation.
daniela.martole@usv.ro
Anton ZAZULEAC
PhD student in Philology at USV. Research: Translation Studies, Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Cinematography. Doctoral thesis: Analysis of Cinematic Discourse. Multiple Erasmus+ scholarships. Assistant lecturer at USV.
anton.zazuleac@usm.ro
Dr. Ecaterina FOGHEL
PhD in Philology, university lecturer at „Alecu Russo” Bălți State University. Research: conceptology, philosophy of language, translation studies, psycholinguistics. Two bachelor's degrees (philology + education sciences).
kateafoghel@gmail.com
Dr. Anjela COȘCIUG
Associate Professor at „Alecu Russo” USV Bălți. Founder and editor-in-chief of Limbaj şi context / Speech and Context. Founder and director of the „Mircea Ioniţă” Laboratory. Research: Contrastive Linguistics and Translation Studies.
angela.cosciug@usarb.md
Daniela PREAŞCĂ
Master in Public Administration (2012), BA in Foreign Philology (1998, State University of Moldova). Teacher of French and English, philologist, and interpreter. Speaks English, French, and Russian.
preascadaniela@gmail.com
Tatiana BOGDANICI
Educational professional with PhD from Alecu Russo State University of Bălți. Teaches Russian at Polytechnic College of Bălți since 2018. Research: functional-semantic fields and children's literature translation.
galandzovskayatanya@gmail.comThe scope of this project is to explore the relationship between translation, semiotics, and didactics in the context of interculturality and glocalization. The research enhances collaboration between researchers from Romania and the Republic of Moldova and sustains the progress of younger researchers from Moldova.
Corpus Development
Making a reliable, updated corpus of translated children's books into Romanian after the 1990s, accessible on a platform by all team members.
Iconotextual Specificities
Identifying iconotextual specificities in children's books translated from English, French and other languages into Romanian.
Concept Enrichment
Illustrating, re(de)fining and enriching key concepts in translated children's literature: adaptation, retranslation, dual readership, multimodal text, creativity, education through fiction.
Text/Image Redefinition
Taking stock of how translation redefines text/image for young readers.
Transnational Research
Contributing to a transnational approach to children's literature: investigating translation flows, translation policy, and the role of agents (institutions, translators, publishers, teachers, promoters of creative industries).
2025
The results of the first stage (September–December 2025)
4 Papers Presented at Conferences
- Ecaterina FOGHEL (Bălţi) and Raluca-Nicoleta BALAȚCHI (Suceava), plenary talk: “Aspects ludiques et créativité dans la traduction des titres de littérature de jeunesse”, Student Conference Liter@t, „Ştefan cel Mare” University of Suceava, 13–15 November 2025.
- Daniela HĂISAN (Suceava) and Ecaterina FOGHEL (Bălţi), “Multimodality in Children's Books: A Romanian Version of Oscar Wilde's The Devoted Friend (2020)”, The Annual International Conference of the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures (Visibility in Translation, Terminology and Lexicology, IV), University of Bucharest, 20–22 November 2025.
- Daniela HĂISAN (Suceava) and Anjela COȘCIUG (Bălţi), “O istorie a traducerilor în limba română (2021–2025): 5000 de pagini de traductologie românească”, Conference on Contemporary Perspectives in Translation Studies, „Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iaşi, 4–5 December 2025.
- Anton ZAZULEAC (Suceava) and Daniela PREAŞCĂ (Bălţi), “Multimodality, Creativity, and Localization in the Pixar Animated Film Onward (2020)”, Conference on Contemporary Perspectives in Translation Studies, „Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iaşi, 4–5 December 2025.
6 Papers Published / Accepted
- “La dynamique des traductions pour les enfants sur les marchés éditoriaux roumain et moldave après 1989. Esquisse d’une cartographie”, Raluca-Nicoleta BALAȚCHI & Anjela COȘCIUG, Limbaj şi Context / Speech and Context, ISSN 1857-4149 Published
- “Aspects ludiques et créativité dans la traduction des titres de littérature de jeunesse”, Ecaterina FOGHEL & Raluca-Nicoleta BALAȚCHI, Atelier de traduction 43-44, ISSN 2344-5610 Accepted
- “Transliteration as Freedom. The Romanian Language in the Republic of Moldova after 1989”, Daniela-Maria MARȚOLE & Tatiana BOGDANICI, Concordia Discors vs Discordia Concors 24/2025, ISSN 2065-4057 Accepted
- “Some Features of the Romanian Interpretation of the Animated Series Masha and the Bear: A Cultural-Pragmatic Approach”, Tatiana BOGDANICI & Daniela-Maria MARȚOLE, Limbaj şi Context / Speech and Context, ISSN 1857-4149 Published
- “Certaines considérations sur les particularités psycholinguistiques de la traduction et de l’autotraduction comme processus de médiation culturelle”, Daniela PREAŞCĂ & Anton ZAZULEAC, Limbaj şi Context / Speech and Context, ISSN 1857-4149 Published
- “Macro- and Micro-Context Determinations in the Selection of Texts for Translation”, Ecaterina FOGHEL & Anjela COȘCIUG, Philologica Jassyensia (A category, Web of Science) Accepted
2026
Results for 2026 will be available after the completion of the second stage of the project.
2027
Results for 2027 will be available after the completion of the final stage of the project.
Romanian Translations Database
The database of Romanian translations will be developed during the project and made accessible to all team members.
November 13th 2025: Liter@t (Scientific Student Conference)
„Ştefan cel Mare” University of Suceava — Two members of the research team (Ecaterina FOGHEL and Raluca-Nicoleta BALAȚCHI) delivered a plenary speech.
