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First International Conference on Non-Professional Interpreting and Translation

Despite being a hugely spread and submerged practice, non-professional interpreting and translation has always been the poor relative of both interpreting and translation studies and, as such, neglected and under-researched by academia and condemned by professional categories. By bringing together researchers from various disciplines this conference aims to bring to the fore and provide a forum in which researchers and students will be able to share information, perspectives and experiences of non-professional interpreting and translation, and explore a plurality of theoretical, methodological, ethical and disciplinary approaches related to the study of this form of linguistic and cultural mediation. Topics will include : Natural/native translation/interpreting Ad hoc translation/interpreting Adult/child language brokering (oral and/or written) Adult/child cultural brokering Family interpreting Literacy brokering Brokering between deaf adult signers and hearing groups Non-professional church/religious interpreting and/or translation Non-professional media interpreting and/or translation (fansubbing, fandubbing, fanfiction, news, talk-shows, the web, etc.) Non-professional interpreting and/or translation in the field of War/conflicts NGOs Asylum seeking Health care Community and social care Legal and police Interdisciplinary and/or mixed-method approaches to the study of Non-professional Interpreting and Translation