Category: Events

26th and 27th October 2023, University of Liège, Belgium Initially relegated to the margins of translation studies, literary self-translation has now become a research topic in its own right, both in the fields of translation studies and comparative literature. While translation studies typically concentrates on the variety of (sociological, ideological, aesthetic) reasons why authors would choose to translate their literary texts […]

In recent years, there has been a surge in publications addressing the political impact of translation and interpreting across a variety of locations and settings (Baker, 2016a and 2016b; Doerr, 2018; Evans and Fernández, 2018; Fernández, 2020a; Valdeón and Calafat, 2020; Tesseur, 2022, to name a few). In this context, this special issue seeks to highlight the importance of translation […]

Assessment and Evaluation in Translation and Interpretation: Reflection on Quality The 22nd ITRI International Conference January 27-28, 2023 (online)  The Interpreting and Translation Research Institute (ITRI) at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS) in Korea is pleased to invite you to the 22nd ITRI international conference scheduled to be held virtually on January 27-28, 2023. The theme of the conference is “Assessment […]

PSIT in Transition 22-24 March 2023 The 21st century seems set to transform the world. The COVID 19 pandemic, the outbreak of armed conflicts, the climate change threat or the different population movements have brought about health, educational, social, economic, and environmental consequences. Countries are trying to cope not only at institutional level, but also with civil and private initiatives […]

Pharos University in Alexandria and Dublin University Faculty of Languages and Translation, English Department And School of Linguistics, Speech and Communication Sciences, Trinity College 2nd International Conference 3-4 March 2023 In today’s world, where every second counts, and the technology superhighway is attracting everyone to its ever-expanding lanes, the study of humanities seems to have been relegated to the backbenches. The question […]

10-12th July 2023 in Poznań, Poland The Faculty of English at Adam Mickiewicz University is organizing the seventh edition of the Using Corpora in Contrastive and Translation Studies conference series on 10-12th July 2023 in Poznań, Poland. Background UCCTS conference is a biennial international event launched by Richard Xiao in 2008 to provide an international forum for the exploration of the […]

Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED) Madrid – 22nd-24th March 2023 Submission of abstracts: from 13th May until 15th October 2022 Notification of acceptance: 15th December 2022 Registration: early bird registration until the 15th February 2023; standard registration from 16th February onwards Congress venue: Madrid, 22nd- 24th March 2023 The TRADIT group and members of the TRADILEX project are […]

A Two Day Conference at Senate House, London 10-11 Feb 2023 Keynote speakers: Lori Morimoto (University of Virginia), Jinhee Choi (King’s College London) Streaming video usage has expanded more than ever before since the Covid-19 pandemic. The growing use of Over-The-Top (OTT) platforms and Video-on-Demand (VOD) services has led to more media content such as TV programs and documentary as […]

About this event At the fourth of these seminars, editor Michael Cronin will be in conversation with Moira Inghilleri about her book Translation and Migration (Routledge 2017). Translation and Migration examines the ways in which the presence or absence of translation in situations of migratory movement has currently and historically shaped social, cultural and economic relations between groups and individuals. […]

Nicosia, 25-27 May 2023 ‘Unstated’ mediation: On the ethical aspects of non-professional interpreting and translation EXTENDED DEADLINE: 16 OCTOBER 2022 CALL FOR PAPERS ‘Unstated’ mediation: On the ethical aspects of non-professional interpreting and translation Download this page as a pdf by clicking here. Scholars from Translation Studies and other disciplines (such as Sociology or Communication Studies) are increasingly becoming more […]