Save Translation at Imperial Petition: Signature List Feed http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/save-translation-at-imperial.html Online petition signatures en-us Mon, 6 Apr 2026 09:43 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Mr Rafael Zhao [Signature #105] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15116101?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Apr 2013 07:09:11 UTC 15116101 Mr Tokushu Inamura [Signature #104] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14882903?utm_medium=rss I see translation at a premier science and technology institution as vital to the competitiveness of the UK. Without translingual competence, the UK will be disadvantaged.

]]> Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:11:09 UTC 14882903 Ms Chunhong Cao [Signature #103] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14882350?utm_medium=rss Wed, 13 Mar 2013 10:27:37 UTC 14882350 Mr Anonymous [Signature #102] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14803221?utm_medium=rss Coming from Hong Kong, I understand the huge importance of translation in science.

The Translation Studies Unit may not appear to have an immediate impact on Imperial College, but it is my opinion that it is hugely beneficial to both Imperial's international standing and to the scientific community as a whole.

]]> Sun, 3 Mar 2013 07:12:49 UTC 14803221 Mrs Alina Hollenthoner [Signature #101] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14798212?utm_medium=rss Sat, 2 Mar 2013 01:43:23 UTC 14798212 Mr Anonymous [Signature #100] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14794250?utm_medium=rss Fri, 1 Mar 2013 08:44:49 UTC 14794250 Caroline Scortariu [Signature #99] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14726069?utm_medium=rss Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:19:52 UTC 14726069 Miss Emily Chan [Signature #98] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14709157?utm_medium=rss Fri, 15 Feb 2013 03:12:31 UTC 14709157 Yixin Chen [Signature #97] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14707182?utm_medium=rss Fri, 15 Feb 2013 06:54:45 UTC 14707182 Mr. Roy Windmuller [Signature #96] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14703981?utm_medium=rss Thu, 14 Feb 2013 02:52:03 UTC 14703981 Mimi Li [Signature #95] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14703846?utm_medium=rss Thu, 14 Feb 2013 02:14:48 UTC 14703846 minna chang [Signature #94] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14703685?utm_medium=rss Thu, 14 Feb 2013 01:35:59 UTC 14703685 Mrs Diana Anderson [Signature #93] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14703116?utm_medium=rss Thu, 14 Feb 2013 10:45:55 UTC 14703116 Anonymous [Signature #92] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14702913?utm_medium=rss Thu, 14 Feb 2013 09:52:42 UTC 14702913 Ms Rachel Melinek [Signature #91] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14702911?utm_medium=rss Thu, 14 Feb 2013 09:52:28 UTC 14702911 Dr Jeremy Moore [Signature #90] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14702909?utm_medium=rss Thu, 14 Feb 2013 09:51:28 UTC 14702909 Sandrine Nurboja [Signature #89] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14702907?utm_medium=rss Thu, 14 Feb 2013 09:51:22 UTC 14702907 Dr Karen Polizzi [Signature #88] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14702885?utm_medium=rss Thu, 14 Feb 2013 09:45:43 UTC 14702885 mrs manya elrick [Signature #87] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14702730?utm_medium=rss Thu, 14 Feb 2013 09:06:41 UTC 14702730 Ms Yangqi Pu [Signature #86] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14702524?utm_medium=rss Thu, 14 Feb 2013 08:19:44 UTC 14702524 Mr Rhydian Bell [Signature #85] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14702377?utm_medium=rss Thu, 14 Feb 2013 07:37:22 UTC 14702377 Laura Filicicchia [Signature #84] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14702237?utm_medium=rss There is no plausible reason given by the College board to close the Translation Unit. Translation is crucial to spread research, the latter being very valuable to Imperial, so why close the Unit?

]]> Thu, 14 Feb 2013 07:01:22 UTC 14702237 Mr. Yuhang Yang [Signature #83] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14702204?utm_medium=rss Thu, 14 Feb 2013 06:52:20 UTC 14702204 Dr Katy Robinson [Signature #82] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14702126?utm_medium=rss Thu, 14 Feb 2013 06:37:07 UTC 14702126 Ms Laura Liucci [Signature #81] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14702032?utm_medium=rss This is the RIGHT thing to do. The Traslation Unit DOES fit at the Imperial. In fact, TU is an added value to this university and to every other scientific and technical university in the world.

]]> Thu, 14 Feb 2013 06:10:10 UTC 14702032 Elena Gutierrez Fernandez [Signature #80] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14701935?utm_medium=rss Thu, 14 Feb 2013 05:43:41 UTC 14701935 Mr Andreas Hadjittofis [Signature #79] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14701811?utm_medium=rss Thu, 14 Feb 2013 05:13:02 UTC 14701811 Mr Kavian Kulasabanathan [Signature #78] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14701772?utm_medium=rss Thu, 14 Feb 2013 05:01:02 UTC 14701772 Mr John Smith [Signature #77] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14701676?utm_medium=rss No to Transfer. No to closure

]]> Thu, 14 Feb 2013 04:32:35 UTC 14701676 Miss Laura Simmons [Signature #76] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14701603?utm_medium=rss Thu, 14 Feb 2013 04:07:34 UTC 14701603 Miss Anna Jordan [Signature #75] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14701576?utm_medium=rss Thu, 14 Feb 2013 03:56:50 UTC 14701576 mr alby roseveare [Signature #74] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14701480?utm_medium=rss Thu, 14 Feb 2013 03:19:51 UTC 14701480 Ornella Lepre [Signature #73] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14698276?utm_medium=rss Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:44:03 UTC 14698276 Dr Anonymous [Signature #72] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14696572?utm_medium=rss Wed, 13 Feb 2013 08:07:13 UTC 14696572 Imperial College Students' Union [Signature #71] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14696485?utm_medium=rss Wed, 13 Feb 2013 07:50:35 UTC 14696485 Mr Julian Phatarfod [Signature #70] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14696313?utm_medium=rss Wed, 13 Feb 2013 07:22:32 UTC 14696313 Dr Jorge Diaz-Cintas [Signature #69] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14683347?utm_medium=rss Mon, 11 Feb 2013 01:47:43 UTC 14683347 Mr Chin Shiang Jin [Signature #68] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14670835?utm_medium=rss Sat, 9 Feb 2013 07:51:07 UTC 14670835 Mr Richard Bennett [Signature #67] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14663045?utm_medium=rss Save Translation at Imperial

]]> Fri, 8 Feb 2013 10:40:31 UTC 14663045 Yong Wen Chua [Signature #66] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14662978?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Feb 2013 10:28:35 UTC 14662978 Mr Douglas Hall [Signature #65] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14660095?utm_medium=rss Shutting down a translation unit due to budgetary restraints, is not only short-sighted and worrying - it sends out a clear signal that by reducing translation facilities, the ability for people to effectively communicate with one another in an already difficult & desperate, conflict-fraught world, will be even further reduced, hindered & controlled. Think of the bigger picture and the ramifications of the actions that will occur as a result thereof!

]]> Thu, 7 Feb 2013 06:21:16 UTC 14660095 Ms Camilla Ferard [Signature #64] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14660014?utm_medium=rss I am an MsC Translation student at Imperial College. I was very keen to do this course because I feel the pioneering research in science, technology etc. needs pioneering research in cross cultural communication and this MsC provides this. Imperial College needs to look at the wider issues - we live in a world where technology seems to bring us all closer together but without cross cultural mediators we remain blind to the possibilities that the future holds. Thank goodness for plurilingualism - thank goodness for pluriculturalism - we can only really move forward when we recognize that every culture has something different to offer - and translators make this transfer of ideas possible. International research in science and technology holds the key to the future of our planet and it needs translators. Imperial College should have the foresight to embrace this opportunity and not turn its back on what the future could hold.

]]> Thu, 7 Feb 2013 05:54:12 UTC 14660014 Mr Anonymous [Signature #63] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14658420?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Feb 2013 01:12:41 UTC 14658420 TIANYI CHEN [Signature #62] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14658056?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Feb 2013 12:24:37 UTC 14658056 mr Duo Wang [Signature #61] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14658024?utm_medium=rss Should keep such a excellent unit!

]]> Thu, 7 Feb 2013 12:19:43 UTC 14658024 Mr Wenfei Sun [Signature #60] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14658021?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Feb 2013 12:19:19 UTC 14658021 Mr Yulin Zhang [Signature #59] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14657972?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Feb 2013 12:10:31 UTC 14657972 Miss JUNQI HAN [Signature #58] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14656846?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Feb 2013 09:17:14 UTC 14656846 Mr Zipeng Zhou [Signature #57] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14656702?utm_medium=rss As a small unit of the college, it may be not as popular as departments which provide undergraduate courses. But I am quite sure this unit was famous from the outside view. Its reputation are widely know around UK, when I was standing for the Manderin debating competition organizer and vice president of culture for the sociaty Chinese Student and Schorlar Association, I did heard about the unit from LSE, SOAS, Warwick and Durham prefecsors.

On my point of view, a second change should be given for this teaching unit, and see if they can overcome the college involvement problem.

]]> Thu, 7 Feb 2013 08:56:04 UTC 14656702 Dr Noa Talaván [Signature #56] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14655373?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Feb 2013 05:34:52 UTC 14655373 Mr shuainan nie [Signature #55] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14655130?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Feb 2013 04:34:38 UTC 14655130 Mr lan linfeng [Signature #54] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14655120?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Feb 2013 04:32:51 UTC 14655120 Feng-shuo Pai [Signature #53] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14651728?utm_medium=rss The Management Board made the preposterous decision not based on objective data and rational thinking, but based on biased speculation and arrogance. The hard work of translation specialists (staff, researchers and trainees) should not be taken for granted and reduced to nothing. Call for everyone to support the petition ── save the Translation Unit at Imperial!

]]> Wed, 6 Feb 2013 03:38:56 UTC 14651728 Mr Amir Ayub [Signature #52] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14650898?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Feb 2013 01:57:04 UTC 14650898 Miss Irini Kessissoglou [Signature #51] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14650614?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Feb 2013 01:18:13 UTC 14650614 Ms Anonymous [Signature #50] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14650523?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Feb 2013 01:08:24 UTC 14650523 Miss Giulia Zerbini [Signature #49] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14650352?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Feb 2013 12:51:31 UTC 14650352 Durreh Tabassum [Signature #48] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14647778?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Feb 2013 07:52:41 UTC 14647778 Miss Emily Skiggs [Signature #47] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14647699?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Feb 2013 07:44:24 UTC 14647699 Mr Timothy Thomas [Signature #46] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14647506?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Feb 2013 07:23:02 UTC 14647506 Mrs Belene Podmore [Signature #45] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14647357?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Feb 2013 07:09:14 UTC 14647357 Mr jeremiah ting [Signature #44] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14647212?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Feb 2013 06:55:24 UTC 14647212 Mr savvas georgiou [Signature #43] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14646895?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Feb 2013 06:21:58 UTC 14646895 Mr Martin Asprusten [Signature #42] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14646819?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Feb 2013 06:17:08 UTC 14646819 Mrs Qiufu Wang [Signature #41] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14646811?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Feb 2013 06:16:41 UTC 14646811 Mr Jake Hooton [Signature #40] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14646721?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Feb 2013 06:08:41 UTC 14646721 Mr Zhexin Wang [Signature #39] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14646634?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Feb 2013 06:00:11 UTC 14646634 Mr Long Yuan [Signature #38] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14645973?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Feb 2013 04:45:38 UTC 14645973 Mr Nicholas Richards [Signature #37] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14641866?utm_medium=rss It would be a crying shame if they shut this down !

]]> Tue, 5 Feb 2013 02:33:37 UTC 14641866 Sofia Argyropais [Signature #36] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14641391?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 Feb 2013 01:13:59 UTC 14641391 Mr Chun-Yao Yang [Signature #35] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14641084?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 Feb 2013 12:24:20 UTC 14641084 Miss Can He [Signature #34] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14639770?utm_medium=rss Translation Unit in IC is one of the best among the world which focuses on translation technology. It is known to all that translation technology is the mostly needed field in today's translation world. The courses concerned with various translation tools and softwares are leading this whole industry.

]]> Tue, 5 Feb 2013 08:49:05 UTC 14639770 Mrs Naomi Anderson-Eyles [Signature #33] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14639726?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 Feb 2013 08:41:27 UTC 14639726 Ms Irene Ranzato [Signature #32] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14639720?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 Feb 2013 08:40:23 UTC 14639720 Mrs Anya Richards [Signature #31] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14639398?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 Feb 2013 07:11:35 UTC 14639398 Miss Urszula Kuchta [Signature #30] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14639264?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 Feb 2013 06:19:41 UTC 14639264 Yi-chiao Chen [Signature #29] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14638751?utm_medium=rss The translation unit should not be removed or transferred because this unit has been running for a long time and it develops gradually. Why move away a unit the reputation of which is growing?

]]> Tue, 5 Feb 2013 03:22:12 UTC 14638751 Dr Josélia Neves [Signature #28] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14638539?utm_medium=rss I feel very priviledged to be among the students who have learned so much at Imperial. My post-doc in Accessible communication has been awarded a number of prizes at a national and a European level and this was only achieved thanks to all the support I was given by Dr. Jorge Diaz Cintas and the rest of the staff and colleagues from the TSU.

]]> Tue, 5 Feb 2013 02:12:31 UTC 14638539 Ms Meiyang Yin [Signature #27] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14636159?utm_medium=rss Mon, 4 Feb 2013 07:19:17 UTC 14636159 Ms Boshuo Guo [Signature #26] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14635964?utm_medium=rss I studied for my MSc degree in this department. What I have learned here brought good work opportunities to me including working as translator on high-profile occasions. I know from my work experience that in the fields of science and business specialised translators are needed for transfering, communicating and commercialising scientific ideas. TSU is here to meet the need for specialised linduists. Why cut it away?

]]> Mon, 4 Feb 2013 07:10:53 UTC 14635964 Miss Niki Karagianni [Signature #25] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14634880?utm_medium=rss I am a current post-graduate student in the MSc in Scientific, Technical and Medical Translation with Translation Technology. Imperial College is the only university in Europe which provides training in medical translation from English to Greek; as far as I am concerned, being indeed Greek, this is an invaluable source of knowledge and a significant asset for my future career. In a broader aspect, the training in the latest technological Computer-Assisted Translation advances and the provision of wide medical and scientific background make this course of studies focused on the facilitation of future scientific research being disseminated among different countries and multilingual research communities; as such, I firmly believe that the Translation Unit should remain in Imperial College of London to continue supporting the dissemination of scientific knowledge, to which it is inextricably related.

]]> Mon, 4 Feb 2013 06:17:05 UTC 14634880 Mr Stylianos Charalabidis [Signature #24] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14631875?utm_medium=rss I believe that the Greek language has better application performance concepts in science, medicine and technology

]]> Mon, 4 Feb 2013 04:31:12 UTC 14631875 Miss Anisa Sadat [Signature #23] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14630788?utm_medium=rss Translation is essential for the dissemination of scientific knowledge around the world. Imperial College produces high quality translators specialised for this purpose, and is unique in this respect. With such great international recognition and leadership in translation research, it would be tragic for the college, and the world, to lose this.

]]> Mon, 4 Feb 2013 03:34:46 UTC 14630788 Adriana Tortoriello [Signature #22] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14630563?utm_medium=rss Mon, 4 Feb 2013 03:22:18 UTC 14630563 Anna Ponomareva [Signature #21] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14630530?utm_medium=rss Mon, 4 Feb 2013 03:20:12 UTC 14630530 Mr Ruggiero Pergola [Signature #20] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14630330?utm_medium=rss "Lord, open the Imperious College's eyes."

]]> Mon, 4 Feb 2013 03:08:46 UTC 14630330 Ms Lindsay Donoghue [Signature #19] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14629655?utm_medium=rss Mon, 4 Feb 2013 02:30:57 UTC 14629655 Caroline Wong [Signature #18] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14628721?utm_medium=rss Mon, 4 Feb 2013 01:56:46 UTC 14628721 Ms Yingying Zhu [Signature #17] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14628506?utm_medium=rss Mon, 4 Feb 2013 01:50:09 UTC 14628506 Dr Jorge Diaz-Cintas [Signature #16] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14627768?utm_medium=rss Mon, 4 Feb 2013 01:24:31 UTC 14627768 Mr José Javier Ávila-Cabrera [Signature #15] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14627687?utm_medium=rss Mon, 4 Feb 2013 01:22:41 UTC 14627687 Miss Jiayi Huang [Signature #14] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14627563?utm_medium=rss Current MSc student for scientific, medical and technical translation with translation technology.

]]> Mon, 4 Feb 2013 01:19:41 UTC 14627563 Ms Chengyan Huang [Signature #13] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14626796?utm_medium=rss Mon, 4 Feb 2013 12:51:51 UTC 14626796 Ms Jia Luo [Signature #12] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14626790?utm_medium=rss Mon, 4 Feb 2013 12:51:29 UTC 14626790 Mr Mark Shuttleworth [Signature #11] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14626458?utm_medium=rss Mon, 4 Feb 2013 12:39:59 UTC 14626458 Ms Weijia Chen [Signature #10] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14626269?utm_medium=rss Translation is science!

]]> Mon, 4 Feb 2013 12:30:56 UTC 14626269 MR YUNHONG YANG [Signature #9] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14626248?utm_medium=rss god save the queen

]]> Mon, 4 Feb 2013 12:29:51 UTC 14626248 Ms Soledad Zarate [Signature #8] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14626222?utm_medium=rss Mon, 4 Feb 2013 12:28:17 UTC 14626222 Ms Yangqi Pu [Signature #7] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14626160?utm_medium=rss Mon, 4 Feb 2013 12:24:59 UTC 14626160 Mr Christophe Declercq [Signature #6] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14626129?utm_medium=rss Mon, 4 Feb 2013 12:22:57 UTC 14626129