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Summer Translation Institute – Western Michigan University

Dates: 6 – 30 July 2010
Location: Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
Courses: Practicum in translation / Theory and business of translation (Arabic, German, Japanese, Old French, Russian – English)

More information on Western Michigan University’s website
 
 
Workshop in Scholarly Translation – University of California

Dates: 5 – 23 August 2010
Location: University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Courses: English to Chinese translation / Chinese to English translation

More information on UCLA Confucius Institute’s website
 
 
Summer Institute for Creative Writing and Literary Translation

Dates: 20 May – 26 June 2010
Location: John Cabot University, Rome, Italy
Courses: Literary translation

More information on John Cabot University’s website
 
 
British Centre for Literary Translation Summer School

Dates: 18 – 24 July 2010 (provisional)
Location: University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
Courses: literary translation

More information on the British Centre for Literary Translation’s website
 
 
Continuing professional development courses in translation

Dates: June 2010 (other courses are offered throughout the year)
Location: City University, London, UK
Courses: Financial legal translation (English into French, German or Spanish / French, German or Spanish into English)
UK financial law and document analysis for translators
French/German/Spanish financial law for translators
Translating financial law – French/German/Spanish workshop
Terminology and translation of property documents
UK property law and document analysis for translators
French/German/Spanish property law for translators
Translating property law – French/German/Spanish workshop

More information on City University’s website
 
 
Imperial College London Summer Translation Courses

Dates: July 2010
Location: Imperial College London, London, UK
Courses: Audiovisual translation English into Italian (5 – 30 July 2010)
Audiovisual translation English into Portuguese (12 – 30 July 2010)

More information on Imperial College London’s website
 
 
London Metropolitan University Summer Programme

Dates: May to July 2010
Location: London Metropolitan University, London, UK
Courses: Intensive course subtitling (7 – 8 May 2010)
Training the trainers in translation: training course for teachers of translation (14 – 26 June 2010)
Preparatory courses for the DPSI: revision and preparation course for the DPSI oral exam 2010 (legal option only) (1- 4 June / 8 – 11 June 2010)
Introduction to diplomatic interpreting (21 – 25 June 2010)
International Translation Summer School: the translator and cultural knowledge (28 June – 9 July 2010)
Introduction to conference interpreting (12 – 16 July 2010)

More information on London Metropolitan University’s website
 
 
Translation Research Summer School

Dates: 14 – 25 June 2010
Location: University College London, London, UK
Courses: Theoretical approaches to translation studies / Research methods in translation studies / Research design & dynamics / Specialist module: translation and value

More information on the summer school’s website
 
 
Hong Kong Translation Reseach Summer School

Dates: July 2010 (exact dates to be announced)
Location: Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
Courses: Theoretical approaches to translation studies / Research methods in translation studies / Research design & dynamics / Specialist module: non-western perspectives on translation

More information on Hong Kong Baptist University’s website
 
 
Internationale Sommerschule Germersheim

Dates: 2 – 27 August 2010 / 6 – 24 September 2010
Location: Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Germersheim, Germany
Courses: Translation/Introduction to interpreting Russian/Polish/Italian/Spanish/English/Greek/Turkish/Czech – German
Russian-German interpreting for native speakers of Russian
Translation/Introduction to interpreting Italian/French/Bulgarian/Arabic – German (other languages on demand)
Translation/Introduction to interpreting English-German for native German speakers
Intensive course in interpreting Italian/Polish/Russian/Spanish – German (other languages on demand)

More information on the University of Mainz’ website
 
 
Institut für Sprachen – Kassel

Dates: 12 July – 6 August 2010 / 9 August – 3 September 2010
Location: Kassel, Germany
Courses: Translation: not just another word – Language, translation and intercultural skills

More information on Institut für Sprachen’s website
 
 
Zomercursus Literair Vertalen (Summer cours in literary translation)

Dates: 16 – 27 August 2010
Location: Antwerp, Belgium
Courses: Literary translation (from Dutch into Latin American Spanish or Portuguese)

More information on Expertisecentrum Literair Vertalen’s website
 
 
CETRA 2010 Twenty-second Doctoral Summer School

Dates: 16 – 28 August 2010
Location: Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Courses: Research program in translation studies

More information on the Catholic University of Leuven’s website
 
 
Nida School for Translation Studies (NSTS)

Dates: 6 – 12 June 2010
Location: University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain
Topic: Translation, meaning, and cognition

More information on the Eugene A. Nida Institute for Biblical Scholarship’s website

The World Trade Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, is looking to recruit a Spanish and French to English translator

Requirements: University degree, preferably in languages, law or economics, at least 3 years of professional experience in translation, perfect command of English and excellent command of Spanish and French
Application deadline: 10 February 2010

More information and application on the World Trade Organization’s website.

To see more jobs for translators and interpreters, visit the Language and Translation Job Board.

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 researchers who have started an academic career and are at the first stage of their research. The aim is to create a forum for a new generation of researchers and to offer them an opportunity to present their work. Therefore the Symposium will include, in addition to the individual papers, two roundtables that will analyse and discuss issues such as the choice of a research project, the structure of the research project, funding for young researchers, writing a doctoral thesis, postdoctoral work, publishing scientific articles in international impact-rated journals, awards and grants etc.

More information on the University’s website.

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.

Interpret America 2010 – 1st North American Summit on Interpreting

Date: June 17, 2010
Location:Washington, DC

From the Interpret America website:

Leaders from across the interpreting spectrum – community, conference, legal, medical, military and signed language – will attend this one-day summit aimed at taking stock of our field in today’s marketplace and legislative environment.

Interpreting as a profession has expanded exponentially over the past decade; yet it remains fragmented with no single body or organization promoting the field as a whole. At InterpretAmerica, we feel the time is ripe for our field to unite around its similarities. Our goal is to launch an open and ongoing forum where key players from all branches of interpreting can gather and foster greater connection among its many sectors. With leadership and collaboration we will achieve the broad national recognition, respect and remuneration we are all working towards.

The conference will include prominent figures who will present the most up-to-date and relevant information available from across the interpreting field. The day will close with an interactive open forum designed to identify critical next steps.

Those attending include leading figures from professional associations, major training and educational institutions, language service providers, government agencies, as well as researchers and other key individuals promoting the field of interpreting.

More information on the Interpret America 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.