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Translating In a Wilderness of Mirrors: Translation and Counterespionage
8 January 2020 @ 08:00 - 17:00
Translating In a Wilderness of Mirrors: Translation and Counterespionage
Dr Sergey Tyulenev, Durham University
Date/Time: Wednesday 8th January 2020, 1:00-2:00pm
Venue: Old Library Building 2.20
James Angleton, a CIA counterintelligence chief, described counterintelligence work as wanderings ‘in a wilderness of mirrors’. Using an image from T.S. Eliot’s poem ‘Gerontion’, Angleton here sought to express the challenges of operating in a world where secretiveness, deception and double-crossing reigned, and where one was never sure which truth to believe. Translation is an active participant of counterintelligence activities, given that these are more often than not carried out across linguistic and cultural boundaries. There are differences between translation that takes place ‘in the open’ and translation that is carried out ‘in a wilderness of mirrors’. The focus will be especially on the social aspects of counterintelligence translation, with specific reference to the so-called Venona project (1943–80)–the US programme of decrypting Soviet espionage correspondence from WWII onwards.
This event is open to everyone to attend, no need to register.
The above information is quoted from https://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/news-events/events/item/sergeytyulenev8thjanuary.html
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, our calendar was temporarily suspended due to the cancellation and postponement of all kinds of meetings and events worldwide with the growing challenges brought on by the increasing spread of COVID-19. Our translation calendar will be published again soon.