[CFP] INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC АND PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE “TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETING TODAY: RESEARCH AND PROFESSION”

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International academic and professional conference TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETING TODAY: RESEARCH AND PROFESSION

March 13 and 14, 2025

(Association of Scientific and Technical Translators of Serbia, 9 Kičevska St, Belgrade)

Association of Scientific and Technical Translators of Serbia is pleased to invite you to present your research from any area of translation and interpreting (T&I). This includes, but is not limited to the didactics of translation and specialised language, the theory and history of T&I, issues concerning professional T&I, terminology, translation criticism and the application of modern technologies in the translation process.  We welcome you to participate in the International Academic and Professional Conference “Translation and Interpreting Today: Research and Profession”, which will be held on March 13 and 14, 2025, in-person at the premises of the Association or remotely.

The call is open to researchers from Serbia, the region and other countries. We particularly encourage young researchers to submit their presentations.

The conference aims  to enhance the scholarly and professional approach to T&I through the exchange of knowledge, experience and best practices. The participants’ presentations will be published in the journal Prevodilac after a blind peer review process.

We suggest that interested scholars consider the following TOPICS for their presentations:

  • Translation profession in theory and practice
  • Specialised language, terminology (standardisation, terminology management, term bases), lexicology and lexicography
  • Didactics of translation and specialised language teaching, use of artificial intelligence
  • Artificial intelligence, machine translation, computer-assisted translation tools: possibilities and limitations, influence on the translation process, creativity in the processing of results, quality assurance issues
  • Localisation, transcreation, adaptation
  • Translation for minority groups (languages of minorities, refugees, migrants), cultural mediation
  • Translation standards
  • Labour market and translation

TYPES OF PRESENTATIONS

Oral presentations (on-site  or remote) of up to 20 minutes and poster presentations are planned.  Each presentation will be followed by a 5 minute discussion.

Each presentation can be prepared by a maximum of  three  authors, and  at least one author is required to  attend the event.

Languages of the event: Serbian, languages of the region, English (the subject of the presentation may be other languages as well)

APPLICATION

Interested researchers, who wish to participate in the conference, either with an oral presentation or a poster presentation, are invited to fill out the attached application form by September 15, 2024. 

The application should contain up to 10 keywords and a summary of up to 300 words.

IMPORTANT DATES

CONFERENCE DATE: March 13 and 14, 2025

Application submission deadline: October 15, 2024

Notification about application acceptance or rejection: December 1, 2024

Registration for the conference starts on : December 15, 2024

Early bird registration deadline: January 17, 2025

Publication of the preliminary program: after the expiry of the early registration fee payment deadline

Late registration fee deadline: March 5, 2025

Publication of the final version of the program: March 10, 2025

Deadline for sending the written version of the presentation: May 15, 2025

For more details, please visit: https://prevodi.rs/en/international-academic-and-professional-conference-translation-and-interpreting-today/