Category: Events

XXII FIT World Congress   The International Federation of Translators (FIT) and the Asociación Cubana de Traductores e Intérpretes (ACTI), as the hosting organisation, are pleased to announce the XXII FIT World Congress, to be held from 3 to 5 December 2020, in Varadero, Cuba. The work of language professionals can often be undervalued and unseen, even though their contribution makes it possible for us to enjoy the […]

Thematic stream: The concept of translation in Africa Call for Papers ASAUK 2020   The 28 biennial ASAUK conference (8-10 September 2020) at Cardiff University will feature the thematic panel The concept of translation in Africa: challenging Translation and Interpreting Studies. The stream will provide a space where translation and interpreting studies scholars exploring the African context can meet and discuss […]

TRANSMEDIAL TURN? POTENTIALS, PROBLEMS AND POINTS TO CONSIDER 8–11 December 2020, University of Tartu, Estonia   We are happy to invite you to participate in the conference “Transmedial turn?” – the second conference in a series of academic gatherings dedicated to the studiey of intersemiotic processes in culture. As the title of the conference indicates, the central topic of inquiry is the cultural shift from logocentric to increasingly […]

Call for Abstracts [Plain text version] Machine Translation is here to stay. For many years, MT has seen advances in the quality of output, the number of users, language pair and domain coverage, as well as the number of enterprises investing in MT. MT is now an integral part of most CAT tools and post-editing is a de facto task […]

The 11th International Symposium for Young Researchers in Translation, Interpreting, Intercultural Studies and East Asian Studies will be held on July 3, 2020 at the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. The Symposium is aimed at students who have recently begun their research as M.A. students, PhD students or those who have recently completed their PhD theses. The […]

Submitting a proposal At this stage, we are inviting for proposals from convenors of panels, roundtables, workshops and artistic initiatives (deadline 30 April 2020) on the topic of the conference: The Cultural Ecology of Translation. Please note that individual communications will be submitted at a later stage (from June to October 2020).   Submitting a Panel proposal  Submitting a Roudtable proposal   Submitting a Worskshop proposal […]

HiT2020: Heritage in Translation University of Strathclyde Glasgow, UK, August 27-28, 2020 Submission link https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hit2020 Submission deadline March 27, 2020 Within a heritage context, interpretation is understood as ‘an educational activity which aims to reveal meanings and relationships through the use of original objects, by first-hand experience, and by illustrative media, rather than simply to communicate factual information’ (Tilden 1957, […]

The Centre for Legal and Institutional Translation Studies (Transius) will hold its next international conference from 30 June to 2 July 2021 in collaboration with IAMLADP’s Universities Contact Group (UCG). The conference will provide a forum for dialogue between scholars and practitioners with a common interest in legal translation and institutional translation settings more generally. It illustrates the Centre’s commitment to fostering international cooperation […]

Sign language interpreting in international conferences & high-level meetings Date: 8th – 12th June 2020 Venue: Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Our intensive 5 day course on sign language interpreting in international conferences and high-level meetings (SLIC) for professionally qualified national sign language interpreters focuses on strengthening International Sign skills, enhancing awareness of relevant European and international institutions, as well as practising […]

7th International Conference on Public Services Interpreting and Translation (PSIT7): The Human Factor in PSIT The FITISPos Group, committed since its beginning to the challenges posed by cultural diversity, multilingualism, migratory movements and technological advances in the configuration of 21st century societies aim to contribute to the fulfilment of the objectives set by the 2030 Agenda. These are related to […]