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[8 Apr 2010 | One Comment | 858 views]

Jornadas de Asetrad en la UPO
«Traducción, interpretación y mercado: medidas prácticas para momentos difíciles»
Sevilla, 14-15 de mayo de 2010
Organizadas por el Departamento de Filología y Traducción de la Universidad Pablo de Olavide y la Asociación Española de Traductores, Correctores e Intérpretes
Temas: gestión de proyectos, obligaciones fiscales, perfiles profesionales, corrección, presencia en Internet, gestión de la carrera profesional del traductor autónomo, la nueva normativa de la profesión de traductor-intérprete jurado, busqueda de clientes y otros
Mas información en la página Web de Asetrad

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[7 Mar 2010 | No Comment | 967 views]

Using Corpora in Contrastive and Translation Studies
Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, Lancashire, UK
27 – 29 July 2010
The 2010 conference is the second in the biennial Using Corpora in Contrastive and Translation Studies (UCCTS) series, launched to provide a forum for exploring the creation and use of corpora in contrastive and translation studies.
The UCCTS 2010 conference covers, but is not confined to, the following themes:
- Design and development of comparable and parallel corpora;
- Processing of multilingual corpora;
- Using corpora in translation studies and teaching;
- Using corpora in cross-linguistic contrast;
- Corpus-based comparative research …

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[7 Mar 2010 | No Comment | 460 views]

The Fourth Asian Translation Traditions Conference
Appropriation and transformation in Asian translation traditions
Chinese University of Hong Kong
15 – 17 December 2010
The Fourth Asian Translation Traditions Conference, jointly organized by the Research Centre for Translation, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, and the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, will be held at The Chinese University of Hong Kong on 15-17 December 2010. [...] the fourth conference aims to challenge the Eurocentric bias of Translation Studies by exploring the richness and diversity of non-Western discourses …

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[7 Mar 2010 | No Comment | 622 views]

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 …

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[7 Mar 2010 | No Comment | 475 views]

The Author-Translator in the European Literary Tradition
Swansea University, 28 June – 1 July 2010
Confirmed keynote speakers include:
Susan Bassnett, David Constantine, Lawrence Venuti
This conference seeks to reassess the importance of translation for European writers – both well-known and less familiar – from antiquity to the present day. It will explore why authors translate, what they translate, and how they translate, as well as the links between an author’s translation work and his or her own writing.
More information on Swansea University’s website

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[7 Mar 2010 | One Comment | 444 views]

INTERPRETING IN A CHANGING LANDSCAPE
6th International Conference
26-30 July, 2010
Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom
The School of Languages and Social Sciences at Aston University is proud to host the 6th International Critical Link Conference, which will bring together representatives from every sphere of the public service interpreting community. Academics, interpreting practitioners, employers, trainers, policy makers, service providers and service recipients will have the opportunity to participate in a lively and stimulating international exchange of information, knowledge and skills.
The main theme of Critical Link 6 will be ‘Interpreting in a Changing …

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[23 Dec 2009 | One Comment | 1,079 views]

7th International Conference on Translation: the paratextual elements in translation
1st International Symposium for Young Researchers in Translation, Interpreting and Intercultural Studies
Dates: 21-23 June 2010
Location: Autonomous University of Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
The Seventh International Conference on Translation will cover the following topics: discourse analysis, auto-translation, the history of translation, cultural and intercultural studies, interpretation, localisation, specialised translation, advertising and editorial translation, audiovisual translation, translation and Information Technology, literary translation, the teaching of translation and interpreting, cognitive perspectives on translation and interpreting etc.
This first Symposium is intended for all those young …