Summer Workshop in Scholarly Translation – Chinese/English
August 3 – 22, 2009 Fudan University, Shanghai, China
This program is designed to teach the general principles of translation, understood not as a theory, but as a practical way of coping with the choices a translator will make. The workshop is open to graduate students and professionals working in any scholarly discipline with an advanced reading knowledge of Chinese and English. The goal is to teach participants to render scholarly texts in their fields from Chinese into English or English into Chinese. Participants will …

Translation World
Translating global priorities
Toronto, Canada, May 11-13, 2009
In these times of substantial economic changes, it becomes more important than ever to position translation and language as essential infrastructure elements that can have a positive impact on the global stage. How will the current trends affect you as a client or supplier of translation services? How will translation impact commerce and policy? How can research and education in translation support the evolution of our global arena?
Translation World is a learning, sharing and interactive conference gathering leading global stakeholders …

Court interpreting and translation seminar
Jersey City, New Jersey, April 25-26, 2009
Organized by the American Translators Association and the New York Circle of Translators
This seminar offers the following sessions:
• Advanced Simultaneous Interpreting Techniques
- María Cecilia Marty
• Transcription and Translation of Evidence Tapes
- María Cecilia Marty
• More sessions to be announced…
More information on ATA’s website

Translation Tools Seminar
San Francisco, March 14, 2009
Organized by the American Translators Association
This seminar offers the following sessions:
• Productivity Tools for the Professional Translator
- Rosalie P. Wells
• Computer-Assisted Translation Tools: From Term Extraction to Integrated Translation Environments
- Dierk Seeburg
More information on ATA’s website

ITI International Conference 2009
Sustainability in Translation
16-17 May 2009, 1 Birdcage Walk, London
Organised by the Institute of Translation and Interpreting, UK
Programme:
1. Sustainability in Translation, looking at where the worlds of translation and sustainability collide
2. Sustaining the Profession, looking at what is needed to secure the future of the translation and interpreting profession
3. Sustaining the Professional, looking at what you as a T&I professional can be doing to keep a healthy body and clear mind, and lead harmonious professional and private lives
4. Moving …

By Victoria Kim
Los Angeles Times
Posted Feb 21, 2009 @ 08:02 PM
LOS ANGELES — The international phone line connecting a downtown Los Angeles courtroom to a cell phone 1,500 miles away in Texcoco, Mexico, was repeatedly disconnected and difficult to hear at times.
But on that line hung the constitutional rights of Candido Ortiz, accused of drunkenly stabbing a man with a broken beer bottle and charged with attempted murder. Ortiz, 20, spoke only a variant of Mixe, a language used by some 7,000 people in the mountains of the southern Mexican …

Traducción, interpretación y tecnología
Curso de verano de la Universidad Complutense, Madrid, España
Del 6 al 31 de julio 2009. Mañanas de 9:00 a 14:00 horas, de lunes a viernes.
Más información en la página Web de la Universidad Complutense