"Damit das Mögliche entsteht, muß immer wieder das Unmögliche versucht werden"
(Hermann Hesse)

"To reach the possible, one must strive for the impossible"

The "Gerzymisch Stiftung zur Förderung des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses im Bereich Übersetzen und Dolmetschen" was founded in 1996 in Saarbrücken with the aim to support measures for promoting young researchers in translation and interpreting.

The Foundation achieves its aims by:

• Promoting and financially supporting international translation and interpreting conferences
• Supporting the participation of young researchers in international conferences
• Supporting advanced training in translation and interpreting (research)
• Supporting young researchers in the publication of their research projects and findings

Since 1996 the Foundation has financed and co-financed several projects, publications and initiatives, including the:

• Advanced Translation Research Center (ATRC) in all its initiatives and colloquia since 1996
• Saarbrücker Symposia (1996 - 1998) organized by the Advanced Translation Research Center (ATRC) at Saarland University
• Euroconferences series (1999 - 2007) at the Universities of Copenhagen, Prague and Vienna as well as at Saarland University (www.euroconferences.info)
• A research project of MEUM - Modulentwicklung Überstezungsmanagement 2004/2005
• MuTra Advanced Training and PhD School (since 2005)
• Yearbook Series of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Überstezungs- und Dolmetschwissenschaft since 1999

The Foundation co-financed the publications of the following individual researchers:

• 1998: Sylvia Kalina (Cologne)
  Dolmetschen als Komplexes Handeln. Tübingen:Narr
• 1999: Silke Buhl (Saarbrücken)
  Fach.Text.Übersetzen. St. Ingbert: Universitätsverlag Roehrig
• 2003: Georgios Floros (Athens)
  Kulturelle Konstellationen in Text und Translation Jahrbuch Übersetzen und Dolmetschen. Tübinge: Narr
• 2004: Rothfuß-Bastian, Dorothee
  Frauen und Männer im Übersetzerberuf: Eignung, Motivation und Engagement.
  SOFIE. Schriftenreihe zur Frauenforschung an der Universität des Saarlandes. St. Ingbert: Röhrig.

The Foundation provided financial grants to

• Jan Kunold/Saarbrücken for his research project on musical translation (2004 - 2005)
• Min Sunwoo/Bonn for finishing her dissertation on Operationalizing the Translation Purpose
• Lihua Jiang/Saarland University and Sichuan/China for starting her PhD on community interpreting at Saarland University

The Foundation supported young researchers attending international workshops and conferences, including Monika Kusztor (GAL Conference 2000), Young-Jee Kim (Gal Conferences 2003, lectures and seminars at Aarhus Business School 2004), Jan Kunold (Monterey/Cal. MIIS 5oth Anniversary Conference 2005)

The Foundation supports research into Multidimensional Translation, MuTra publications and advanced training (www.translationconcepts.org)

Gerzymisch-Stiftung
zur Förderung des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses
in der Übersetzungs- und Dolmetschwissenschaft
Prof.Dr.H.Gerzymisch-Arbogast
Universität des Saarlandes
Campus
D-66123 Saarbrücken

Executive Board

Prof.Dr.Heidrun Gerzymisch-Arbogast
Alfred Arbogast

Board of Trustees

Prof. Dr. Daniel Gile (Paris)
Prof. Dr. Ernst-August Gutt (UK)
Jörn Marx (Saarbrücken)
Prof. Dr. Klaus Mudersbach (Heidelberg)

The Foundation is a member of the Federal Association of German Foundations (Bundesverband Deutscher Stiftungen) und is financed by sponsors through contributions to :

Gerzymisch-Stiftung zur Förderung des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses in der Übersetzungs- und Dolmetschwissenschaft
Konto-Nr.: 030309900
Bankleitzahl: 590 700 70
Deutsche Bank Saarbrücken
BIC: DEUTDEDB595
IBAN: DE84 5907 0070 0030 3099 00