Sherry Simon is Canadian

translation scholar Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. The English language draws a terminological distinction (which does not exist in every language) between ''transla ...

, who is best known for her work in

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and

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Biography

Simon is a Professor in the Department of French Studies at

Concordia University Concordia University ( French: ''Université Concordia'') is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1974 following the merger of Loyola College and Sir George Williams University, Concordia is one of the t ...

. She has also held the position of Canada Research Chair in Translation and Cultural History (

York University York University (french: Université York), also known as YorkU or simply YU, is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's fourth-largest university, and it has approximately 55,700 students, 7,0 ...

, 2005) and served as Director of Concordia’s interdisciplinary PhD in Humanities Program.

Research and impact

Simon's early work on translation and gender has had a great impact when it comes to feminist issues in

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Selected publications

* Sherry Simon. ''Gender in Translation - cultural identity and the politics of transmission.'' Londin & New York: Routledge * Sherry Simon. "Yiddish and Multilingual Urban Space in Montreal", in Laurence Roth et Nadia Valman (dirs.), ''The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Jewish Cultures'', London / New York, Routledge, 2014, p. 272-285. * Sherry Simon. "The City in Translation: «Urban Cultures of Central Europe» ", in Elke Brems, Reine Meylaerts and Luc van Doorslaer (dir.), ''Known Unknowns of Translation Studies'', Amsterdam, John Benjamins, 2014, p. 155-171 * Sherry Simon. "Afficher la langue dans l’art public", in Marc-André Brouillette (dir.), ''Des textes dans l’espace public / Words in Public Space'', Montréal, Éditions du Passage, 2014, p. 68-77 and 143-146. * Sherry Simon. ''Villes en traduction: Calcutta, Trieste, Barcelone et Montréal'', Montréal, Presses de l’Université de Montréal, 2013.Sherry Simon (dir.). ''Speaking Memory. How Translation Shapes City Life'', Montréal, McGill-Queen͛s University Press, 2016. * Sherry Simon. ''Cities in Translation: Intersections of Language and Memory'', New York, Routledge, 2011.Sherry Simon. Translation sites: A Field Guide. Routledge. 2019.

References

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