Luise von Flotow, University of Ottawa

Research

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Latest funding

Tracing transfer via translation: Canadian writing in Latin America
SSHRC · 2010 · Principal investigator
$94,243
Double-dubbing: the French of film translation
SSHRC · 2005 · Principal investigator
$57,125
Charting the institutions and influence of cultural transfer: Canadian writing in German translation
SSHRC · 2001 · Principal investigator
$52,339

All 3 grants and awards

No publications available.

Tracing transfer via translation: Canadian writing in Latin America

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: von Flotow, Luise

Keywords: translation and export of Canadian writing; adaptation; public diplomacy; cultural transfer; Canadian culture in Spanish and Portuguese

$94,243

Double-dubbing: the French of film translation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2005Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: von Flotow, Luise

Keywords: film translation; constructed language

$57,125

Charting the institutions and influence of cultural transfer: Canadian writing in German translation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2001Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: von Flotow, Luise

Keywords: Canadian writing in translation; translation studies; cultural exchange; reception studies; sociology of culture; production of culture

$52,339

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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