UC Research Profile - University of Canterbury - New Zealand

Dr Peter Alan Low

Contact

Department: Global, Cultural and Language Studies ; School of Language, Social and Political Sciences

Email: peter.low@canterbury.ac.nz

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Language: English

Research / Creative works

Fields of Research

French poetry and song
Translation theory

Researcher Summary

Research interests include translation theory and French poetry and song.

Subject Area: Disciplines

Languages & Linguistics: French
Literature: Literature

Resources

Staff webpage

Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

Chapters

Low PA. (2012) Purposeful translating: The case of Britten's vocal music. In Minors HJ (Ed.), Music, Text and Translation: 101-115. London: Continuum.

Low P. (2011) Bishop Pompallier and Te Tiriti. In Martin K; Mercer B (Ed.), The French Place in the Bay of Islands: Essays from Pompallier's Printery: 115-127. Russell: Mätou Matauwhi.

Low P. (2011) The road to a global discourse on ethical values. In Ji FY; Lin JH; Bouterey S (Ed.), Cultural Interactions and Interpretations in a Global Age: 102-114. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press.

Low P. (2006) Multilingualism in Western Musical Culture. In Lin J; Henshall K; Xiao H (Ed.), Ethnic Identities and Linguistic Expressions: Languages, Literatures and Cultural Interaction in an Age of Globalization: 468-486. Beijing: People's Literary Press.

Low P. (2006) Skopos Theory and Literary Translation. In Anderson J; Elder H (Ed.), Literary Translation in New Zealand: 15-22. Wellington: School of Asian and European Languages, Victoria University of Wellington.

Low P. (2005) Song Translation. In al KBE (Ed.), The Elsevier Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics Oxford: Elsevier.

Low P. (2005) The Pentathlon Approach to Song Translating. In Gorlee D (Ed.), Song and Significance: 185-212. Amsterdam and New York: Rodopi.

Journal Articles

Low P. (2013) Far from banal - Poulenc's Banalités. Journal of Singing 69(3): 289-295.

Low P. (2013) When Songs Cross Language Borders: Translations, Adaptations and 'Replacement Texts'. The Translator 19(2): 229-244. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13556509.2013.10799543.

Low PA. (2012) Louis Direy, a French wordsmith in colonial New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of French Studies 33(2): 5-22.

Low P. (2011) An iPod from the 1840s: the Song Collection of François Narbey. New Zealand Journal of French Studies 32(2): 85-101.

Low PA. (2011) Translating jokes and puns. Perspectives 19(1): 59-70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0907676X.2010.493219.

Low P. (2010) La Chanson d'Ève - Fauré and the Poet of Paradise. Journal of Singing 67(2): 163-169.

Low P. (2010) The Lyric Poetry of Leconte de Lisle and the Musical Settings Thereof. New Zealand Journal of French Studies 31(1): 34-45.

Low P. (2008) A Note on Louise Labé's Sonnet XX. NZ Journal of French Studies 29(2): 44-48.

Low P. (2008) Translating Songs that Rhyme. Perspectives: Studies in Translatology 16(1-2): 1-20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13670050802364437.

Low P. (2006) Translations of Songs: What Kind Matches your Purpose? Journal of Singing 62(5): 505-513.

Low P. (2005) Fauré's Cinq Mélodies and the Poet Verlaine. Journal of Singing 61(4): 353-358.

Low P. (2005) French Words and Music a Century Ago: Composers' responses to a 1911 survey. Fontes Artis Musicae 52(3): 157-175.

Low P. (2004) Jules Supervielle, an eco-poet? AUMLA 101: 25-37.

Low PA. (2003) Armand Silvestre and his "totally forgotten" writings. NZ Journal of French Studies 24(1): 37-53.

Low PA. (2003) Singable translations of songs. Perspectives 11(2): 87-103.

Low PA. (2003) Translating Poetic Songs: an attempt at a functional account of strategies. Target 15(1): 95-115.

Low PA. (2003) Who is singing to whom? Pronoun and persona in French and German Art Songs. Australian Voice 9: 69-73.

Low PA. (2002) Poulenc, Eluard and Art: Le Travail de peintre. Australian Voice 8: 29-32.

Low PA. (2002) Surtitling for opera: a specialised translating task. Babel 48(2): 97-110.

Low PA. (1999) The Songs of Chausson. Australian Voice 5: 1-3.

Low P. (1997) New Zealand's responses to the last French nuclear tests. Antipodes (3): 71-83.

Low PA. (1997) No happy Phoenix? Concerning the French sonnet in the 17th century. Australian Journal of French Studies 34(2): 166-192.

Conference Contributions - Published

Low P. (2013) Transgressive Acronyms and Acrimonious Translators. In Proceedings of NZSTI Conference 2012: 7-13.

Low P. (2008) A Toolbox for Extreme Translating. In Re-Writing for New Audiences: Translation between Globalisation and Localisation: 30-40.

Low P. (2007) Translation and word-frequency: Let the common word communicate! In Proceedings of the XVI NZSTI National Conference: 91-102.

Conference Contributions - Other

Low PA. (2014) When translations are really adaptations. Auckland, New Zealand: New Zealand Society of Translators and Interpreters Annual Conference (NZSTI), 21-22 Jun 2014.

Low P. (2013) From Bad joke to Perfect Rendition? Ethical questions in literary translation. Tauranga, New Zealand: New Zealand Society of Translators and Interpreters Annual Conference (NZSTI), 28-30 Jun 2013.

Low P. (2011) Screen Adaptation - the competing paradigms for filming novels. Christchurch, New Zealand: Inter-University French Seminar, 24-25 Nov 2011.

Low P. (2010) New Zealand's Finest Colonial Translator? Louis Direy and the Rhyming Poem. Wellington, New Zealand: International Conference on Literary Translation, 11-13 Dec 2010.

Low P. (2010) Sonnet and Mélodie in the Nineteenth Century. Palmerston North, New Zealand: Interuniversity French Seminar, 29 Nov-1 Dec 2010.

Low P. (2010) Trouble-shooting for Translators. Christchurch, New Zealand: New Zealand Society of Translators and Interpreters (NZSTI) Conference 2010, 10-11 Jul 2010.

Low P. (2009) Is Humour Translatable? Differential Diagnosis and Treatment. Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand Society of Translators and Interpreters Annual Conference, 11-12 Jul 2009.

Low P. (2008) Don't Pause for Reflection - Grammatical Problems in French-English Translating. Wellington, New Zealand: Inter-University French Seminar, 1-1 Jul 2008.

Low P. (2008) The Road to a Global Discourse of Ethical Values. Christchurch, New Zealand: Cultural Interactions and Interpretations in a Global Age, 25-26 Aug 2008.

Low P. (2007) Enhanced guesswork in vocabulary expansion. Dunedin, New Zealand: Interuniversity French Seminar, 1-1 Jun 2007.

Low P. (2007) The ethical status of uranium weapons. Christchurch, New Zealand: Ethics of War and Peace Workshop, 3-3 Jul 2007.

Low P. (2005) Multilingualism in Western Musical Culture. Beijing, China: Cultural Interaction and Nationalism: International Forum on Languages and Literatures in the Age of Globalisation, 24 Aug 2005.

Low P. (2004) Bishop Pompallier and Te Tiriti. Russell, New Zealand: The French Place in the Bay of Islands, 1 Apr 2004.

Low P. (2004) Bishop Pompallier and the Treaty of Waitangi. Russell, New Zealand: Historic Places Conference, 1 Jan 2004.

Low P. (2004) Clumsy cognates and mismatches in word-frequency. Christchurch, New Zealand: NZSTI Conference, 1 Jan 2004.

Low P. (2004) Novelty and banality - Poulenc's setting of Apollinaire. Christchurch, New Zealand: InterUniversity French Seminar, 1 Jan 2004.

Low P. (2004) Skopos Theory and Literary Translation. Wellington, New Zealand: Seminar on Literary Translation, 1 Jan 2004.

Low PA. (2003) Musicians' responses to French poetry 1820-1950. Wellington, New Zealand: AULLA Congress, 1 Feb 2003.

Low P. (2001) Translating Poetic Songs: an Application of Skopos Theory. Conference Proceedings, Auckland: NZ Society of Translators and Interpreters, 1 Jan 2001.

Low PA. (2000) Poems of Eluard, Songs of Poulenc. Auckland, New Zealand: AULLA, 1 Feb 2000.

Low PA. (1999) Gabriel Fauré and the Poets. Canterbury: Inter-University French Seminar, 1 Jul 1999.

Other

Low P. and Mondry H. (2013) Boris Czerny, La Steppe de Tchekhov, nouvelles lectures. New Zealand Slavonic Journal 45: 188-189. [Book Review].

Low P. (2009) French Bishop, Maori Chiefs, British Treaty. Historic Places Trust. [Online article].

Low P. (2008) Ann Miller, Reading Bande Dessinée: Critical Approaches to the French-language Comic Strip. Bristol: Intellect Ltd, 2007. New Zealand Journal of French Studies 29(2): 56-57. [Book review].

Low P. (2008) Jennifer Lindsay (ed.), Between Tongues: Translation and/of/in Performance in Asia. Singapore: Singapore University Press, 2006. The Translator 14(2): 411-413. [Book review].

Low P. (2006) Claire Moran (Ed.), Odilon Redon: Écrits. London: Modern Humanities Research Association, 2006. New Zealand Journal of French Studies 27(2): 52-53. [Book review].

Low P. (2005) French Bishop, Maori Chiefs, British Treaty. The Heritage Press. [Book chapter republished on the web].

Low P. (2005) Translation: "The Sonnets of Louise Labé" (Virtual Book). Oxford: Brindin Press (UK). [Virtual book].

Low P. (2002) English translations of over 100 Art Songs, mostly from French. On The Lied and Song Texts website. .

Additional Publications

Low P. (2013) English as a mongrel language. Queenstown, New Zealand: U3A lecture series.

Low P. (2013) Double Entendre. University of Canterbury School of Music. [Programme of Songs translated from French & German].

Low PA. (2013) Interpret & Transmogrify? The Course on Translation at UC. Riccarton, Christchurch, New Zealand: Professional Interpreter Workshop.

Low PA. (2013) Sequential Patterns in 16th-century Sonnets. Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand: Interuniversity French Seminar 2013.

Low P. (2011) Transgressive Acronyms and Acrimonious Translators - Why translators hate acronyms, and what to do about it. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: School of Languages research seminar.

Low P. (2010) Disarmament, Europe and the Oslo Process. National Centre for Research on Europe, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: Hiroshima Day Topic.

Low P. (2008) Heart on Sleeve. Platform Arts Festival, Christchurch, New Zealand. [Translation and devisement].

Low PA (Ed.) (2003) Depleted Uranium, deadly, dangerous and indiscriminate. (1st ed.) Nottingham: Spokesman. 158.

Low PA. (2003) La Traviata, translation presented as opera surtitles. .

Low P. (2000) English translations devised as surtitles for four operas (three French, one Italian). 20 performances by Canterbury Opera, New Zealand.