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MultimeDialecTranslation 2010
Fourth International Conference on the Translation of Dialects in Multimedia

Dates: 13-14 May 2010
Location: University of Bologna at Forli, Italy

The conference is directed at academics from various disciplines as well as translators and students who are interested in the translation of dialects in multimedia contexts. The conference will concentrate on a complex, interdisciplinary subject area involving linguistics, communication studies, film studies and translation studies as well as other areas of cultural studies, sociology and other disciplines. The main topics to be covered at the conference include dubbing, subtitling films in dialect and linguistic varieties; theatre translation; cultural transfer processes in the characteristics of dialects; archaisms, regionalisms, varieties in the continuum between dialect and standard language; diglossia (national language and regional or local language; “official” and “non official” language); the use of new technologies in the translation of dialect.

More information on the conference website.

The Maastricht session of the 5th International Maastricht-Lódz Duo Colloquium on “Translation and Meaning”

Dates: 19-22 May 2010
Location: Maastricht (Netherlands), Department of Translation and Interpreting, Maastricht School of International Communication

The 2010 Maastricht session will be geared towards practice, and will deal with the practical aspects of the central theme of the Duo Colloquium [Translation and Meaning] and the sub-themes suggested for it.

Participation is open to translators/translation companies, interpreters, teachers of translation/ interpreting, linguists, terminologists, terminographers, computer specialists, lexicographers, publishers, etc.

More information on the colloquium’s website.

Tradulinguas International Technical Translation Conference

Dates: 28-29 May 2010
Location: Lisbon, Portugal

Two full days of practical learning sessions – translation and terminology workshops (in Portuguese and in English, more languages if possible) – for the professional translator and interpreter of technical, engineering, scientific, and industrial materials delivered by engineers and technicians with extensive experience in translation, and by professional translators and interpreters and other leading experts in their field.

More information on the Tradulinguas website.