Topic: translation

In the last decades, the post-transcriptional control of gene expression has become an area of intense investigation, delineating a complex scenario where several factors (e.g. RNA-binding proteins, coding and non-coding RNAs) orchestrate the fate of a given transcript. An intriguing hypothesis suggests that loss of RNA homeostasis is a central feature of many pathological states, including eye diseases. Since the elav (embryonic lethal, abnormal visual system) gene discovery in the Drosophila melanogaster, the mammalian ELAV-like family has confirmed its leading role in controlling the RNA me

Jay Rubin examines the challenges of translating Haruki Murakami’s Japanese prose. Although Murakami’s style bears a strong American and English-language influence, translating it still reveals difficulties rooted in the historical development of Japanese. The lecture explores this relationship between literary style, language history and translation.