Norms in translation and the translation of norms in European institutions and businesses
Strasbourg, France
23 – 25 June 2010

The conference aims to bring together translators, linguists, translator trainers, experts working in the European Institutions, as well as people working in the business sector, to discuss the practices and the demands which [the] European multilingualism generates.

Presentations can focus on any of the following topics:
- Harmonising translation practice in businesses and institutions.
- The use of terminology in a multilingual context, both in the public and private sector.
- Multilingual strategies in business communication and translation.
- European minority languages and translation issues.
- The impact of majority languages on translation norms.
- Problems of source text quality linked to the use of global English.
- The implicit and explicit diffusion of translation norms.
- Norms in translator training.
- Norms in translation as applied by the audiovisual industry and in publishing.

More information on the conference website

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