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DR HELEN THERESE FRANK



Contact Details

Organization: Languages and Linguistics
Position: Honorary (Fellow)
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Work: 8344 5186
Fax: 9347 2489
Room: 609
Level: 06
Building: Arts Centre
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Translation (French-English / English/French) French culture Australia, France

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
BACHELOR OF EDUCATION Melbourne State College 01-Dec-1982
Graduate Diploma in Children's Literature Victoria College 01-Dec-1985
Diploma of French Chartered Institute of Linguists 01-Dec-1986
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne 16-Feb-2003

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Babar's "wonderful" trip to America: Translating cultural displacement
    Year: 2008
    Journal: inTRAlinea
    Volume: 10
    Page numbers: 1-16
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Looking in the "problem" basket: Shades of censorship in the translation of "Australianness" in children's books


    Year: 2008
    Event name: Forbidden fruit: The censorship of literature and information for young people
    Conference Publication: Forbidden fruit: The censorship of literature and information for young people
    Page numbers: 115-126
    Publisher: BrownWalker Press(Boca Raton)
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Publications in 2007

Books

  • Cultural encounters in translated children's literature: Images of Australia in French translation


    Year: 2007
    Publisher: St Jerome Publishing(Manchester)
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Discovering Australia Through Fiction: French Translators as Aventuriers
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Meta
    Volume: 51
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 482-503
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Australian specificity in titles and covers of translated children's books
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Target
    Volume: 17
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 111-143
    Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co
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  • Patterns in the selection of Australian children's fiction for translation
    Year: 2005
    Journal: The Lu Rees Archives: Notes, Books and Authors
    Volume: 26
    Page numbers: 17-22
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  • Translating the animal kingdom: Australian titles in French
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Bookbird
    Volume: 43
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 25-34
    Publisher: University of Toronto Press(Toronto)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Missing the point? Misprints, mistranslations, and transformations
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Traffic
    Volume: 3
    Page numbers: 163-181
    Publisher: University of Melbourne Postgraduate Association(Parkville)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • "'Cela ne se dit pas...en traduction française': de quelques livres australiens traduits en français."
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Nous Voulons Lire
    Volume: 2002
    Issue: 144-145
    Page numbers: 51-55
    Publisher: Association Nous Voulons Lire(Bourdeaux)
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Australia in children's books: titles, translations and tendencies
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Les Actes de Lecture
    Volume: 76
    Issue: December 2001
    Page numbers: 18-21
    Publisher: Association Francaise pour la Lecture(Aubervilliers)
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