Culinary Translation Traduire le culinaire

Translation and the culinary arts are universal human activities. Both have been practised since time immemorial. They are also eminently cultural. When Larbaud says “you are who you translate” (“Dis moi qui tu traduis, je te dirai qui tu es” – 1946: 95), he is obviously thinking of Brillat-Savarin’s aphorism, “you are what you eat” (“Dis moi ce que tu manges, je te dirai qui tu es” – [1825] 2017, Aphorisme IV, p. 19). Each has long been an object of investigation in the humanities and beyond, and the recent growth of research in the field of Translation Studies has been mirrored in the field of Food Studies. It seems curious that the complementary areas of investigation have not been combined more often. We have therefore decided to marry these two ingredients at an international conference to be held at the University of Lille, France, from 18 to 20 March 2020.Traduction et culinaire. Deux faits universels qui se pratiquent quotidiennement depuis la nuit des temps, qui font chacun de leur côté l’objet de nombreuses études et que nous avons choisi d’associer à l’occasion d’un colloque international qui se tiendra à l’université de Lille du 18 au 20 mars 2020