Category: Events

Fourth International Conference on Research into the Didactics of Translation 20-22 June, 2018 PACTE (Process of Acquisition of Translation Competence and Evaluation) is organising the Fourth International Conference on Research into the Didactics of Translation (didTRAD), which will be held at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 20-22 June, 2018. This conference aims to provide a forum for researchers in the field […]

Talking to the World 3: Cognition, Emotion and Creativity in Translation and Interpreting International Conference for Translation and Interpreting Studies 17-18 September 2018 Newcastle University, United Kingdom Following the success of our previous two conferences in partnership with Televic Education, we are pleased to announce this call for papers for Talking to the World Conference 3 at Newcastle University, UK. […]

DECENTRING TRANSLATION STUDIES IN PORTUGAL TRANSLATING EAST ASIA: PRACTICES AND DIALOGUES OF INDIRECT TRANSLATION Friday 10 November 2017 One-day symposium at the University of Lisbon, School of Arts and Humanities (FLUL, Anfiteatro III) Convened by: Marta Pacheco Pinto, Hanna Pięta & Rita Bueno Maia Programme: Part I (in English) – Indirect translation research 09:15 – 09:30   Opening session 09:30 – […]

Dear all, we are looking for Translation Studies scholars willing to undertake volunteer English-into-Traditional Chinese translations for translating the abstracts of its 6thinternational conference (Hong Kong, July 2018) in an innovative online environment. To facilitate the coordination and the translation of hundreds of abstracts, IATIS has launched a partnership with TraduXio (a web-based platform of collaborative and multilingual translation). If […]

TRANSLATION AND DISRUPTION: GLOBAL AND LOCAL PERSPECTIVES Saturday 4 November 2017 Since Clayton Christensen’s seminal book Innovator’s Dilemma showed how a small-scale but innovative digital technology can overthrow large established businesses overnight, the idea of digital disruption has been causing both excitement and concern in businesses worldwide, from financial and legal services to entertainment distribution and the taxi industry. The world of translation is not immune to such upheavals […]

Prof. Mona Baker (Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies, University of Manchester/ Director, Jiao Tong Baker Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies, Shanghai)   12 Oct 2017 Yang Yongman Building (School of Foreign Languages) Room 214 Shanghai Jiao Tong University 10:00-12:00   Genealogies Software Development Shanghai 2017

ACT/Unlimited! 2 Symposium Quality training, quality service in accessible live events The ACT project for its final conference is teaming up with the Unlimited! Symposium, which will take place in Barcelona on June 6th 2018, at the Residència d’Investigadors (Hospital, 64, 08001 Barcelona). Google Maps link. The ACT project is working on the definition of a new professional profile, that of the “Media Accessibility Expert/Manager […]

TRANSLATION AND DISRUPTION: GLOBAL AND LOCAL PERSPECTIVES Saturday 4 November 2017 Since Clayton Christensen’s seminal book Innovator’s Dilemma showed how a small-scale but innovative digital technology can overthrow large established businesses overnight, the idea of digital disruption has been causing both excitement and concern in businesses worldwide, from financial and legal services to entertainment distribution and the taxi industry. The world of translation is not immune to such upheavals […]

9th Annual International Translation Conference: Translation in the Digital Age: From Translation Tools to Shifting Paradigms March 27th – 28th  2018 Call for papers The time is past when digital technology in translation was no more than a supporting tool. The digital revolution is transforming the landscape of translation theory and practice. From translation memory tools to online corpora and databases, to […]

Translation and Poetry (Panel) 16 October 2017, 17:00 – 19:00   Seminar Room SG2, Alison Richard Buildng. NB Different room today* Peter Robinson (Poet and Translator) María Mencía (Kingston University; e-poet-researcher) Olivia McCannon (Poet and Translator)  Moderator: Marcus Tomalin   Within the domain of literary translation, poetry has traditionally attracted a great deal of scholarly attention (Holmes 1970, 1988; Lefevere 1975, 1992; Bassnett 1980; Hermans 1985; Eco 2003; Robinson 2010; Jones 2011; Reynolds 2011, […]