What's in a name?

You might remember having read an article on the name and languages of our society in the Fall Newsletter 2003. In it we appealed to members of the society to send a translation, into their language, of 'International Research Society for Children's Literature', so that we could document the name of the IRSCL in as many languages as possible. So far we have managed to procure more than 30 different names - you can see the result, which lists the language, the translation and the translator, below. I'd again like to thank all of you who went to the trouble of sending in your translations.

If your language is missing from the list, please send the translation (as an attachment) to the following email address: osullivan@em.uni-frankfurt.de This list will be constantly updated whenever members send us new translations of 'IRSCL'.

Emer O'Sullivan
(Emer O'Sullivan, Vice-President, has special responsiblity for questions of
international development of the IRSCL and for the archives of the Society)

Language	Name	Translated by
Afrikaans	Internasionale Vereniging vir Navorsing in Kinderliteratuur	Thomas van der Walt
Arabic		Shereen Kreidieh
Bulgarian	Международно общество за изследване на детската литература	Margarita Slavova
Chinese		Mieke Desmet
Czech	Mezinárodní organizace pro výzkum dětské literatury	Nadezda Sieglová
Danish	Internationalt Selskab for Forskning i Børnelitteratur	Nina Christensen
Dutch	Internationaal Genootschap voor Onderzoek van de Jeugdliteratuur	Anne de Vries
English	International Research Society for Children's Literature	IRSCL Board 1970
Estonian	RAHVUSVAHELINE LASTEKIRJANDUSE UURIMISE ÜHING	Mare Müürsepp
Faroese	Altjóða felag fyri barnabókmentagransking	Turið Sigurðardóttir
Finnish	Kansainvälinen Lastenkirjallisuuden Tutkijajärjestö	Riitta Oittinen
French	SOCIÉTÉ INTERNATIONALE DE RECHERCHE EN LITTÉRATURE D’ENFANCE ET DE JEUNESSE	IRSCL Board 1972
German	INTERNATIONALE FORSCHUNGSGESELLSCHAFT FÜR KINDER- UND JUGENDLITERATUR	Original Name of Society (IRSCL Board 1970)
Greek	Διεθνής Εταιρεία Έρευνας για την Παιδική Λογοτεχνία	Alexandra Zervou
Hebrew	האגודה הבין-לאומית למחקר ספרות הילדים	Zohar Shavit
Indonesian	Masyarakat Internasional Peneliti Sastra Anak	Murti Bunanta
Irish	An Cumann Idirnáisiúnta um Thaighde ar Litríocht do Pháistí	Celia Keenan
Italian	Società internazionale di ricerca sulla letteratura infantile	Ann Lawson Lucas/Lindsay Myers
Japanese		Yoshida, Junko
Korean		Hea-Soog Jo
Lithuanian	TARPTAUTINĖ VAIKŲ LITERATŪROS TYRĖJŲ DRAUGIJA	Kestutis Urba
Norwegian	Det internasjonale forbund for barnebokforskning	Karin Beate Vold/Gunvor Risa
Persian	انجمن جهانی پژوهش در ادبيات کودک	Morteza Khosronejad
Polish	Międzynarodowe Towarzystwo Naukowe do Badań nad Literaturą Dziecięcą	Dorota Michulka
Portugese	Associação Internacional para a Investigação em Literatura Infantil	Rui Marques Veloso
Romanian	Societatea İnternatİonala de Cercetare asupra Lİteraturİİ pentru Copİİ	Anca Dumitrescu
Russian	Международное общество исследования детской литературы	Margarita Slavova
Slovenian	mEDNARODNA ZVEZA ZA RAZISKOVANJE MLADINSKE KNJIZEVNOSTI	Milena M. Blažić
Spanish	ASOCIACIÒN INTERNACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN DE LITERATURA INFANTIL Y JUVENIL	IRSCL Board 1970
Swedish	Internationella Forskningssällskapet för Barnlitteratur	Lena Kåreland
Turkish	ULUSLARARASI ÇOCUK EDEBİYATI ARAŞTIRMA DERNEĞİ	Aytül Akal