Translation and Authority – Authorities in Translation

The Cardiff Conference on the Theory and Practice of Translation in the Middle Ages

The 2013 issue of the Cardiff Conference on the Theory and Practice of Translation in the Middle Ages takes place in Leuven (Belgium) on 8-12 July 2013.

Translation in Iberian-Slavonic Cultural Exchange

Call for Papers for a Special Issue of IberoSlavica

Guest-editors: Teresa Seruya and Hanna Pieta
Editor-in-Chief: Beata Cieszynska

Translating Ethnicity

European Journal of English Studies Vol. 18

Guest Editors: Silvia Bruti, Roberto Valdeón and Serenella Zanotti

The Taboo Conference

TaCo2012 Forlì (Italy), 25-27 October 2012

Call for papers

http://taco2012.sitlec.unibo.it 

In a world that seems continuously to be pushing the envelope of what is acceptable to the inhabitants of specific linguistic and cultural contexts, this interdisciplinary conference acknowledges the importance of investigating taboos and their reinforcement/breaking in various areas of language, culture and society, and across different cultures.

The languages of films

Dubbing, acquisition and methodology

14-15 September 2012 - University of Pavia

This conference aims to offer an original contribution to research on audiovisual translation and language learning from a descriptive and a methodological perspective by focussing on the specificities of original and dubbed film dialogue. The main themes which will be investigated during the conference include linguistic aspects of original and dubbed film dialogue, the representation of conversation on the screen and the role of original and dubbed audiovisual input in second/foreign
language acquisition.

Norwich Papers

Call for Contributions 2011/12

Theme - The Next BIG Thing: Current Trends in Translation.

MMDT2012 - MULTIMEDIALECTRANSLATION -  3-5 May 2012

5th Conference of the translation of dialects and dialects in multimedia - University of Turku (Finland)

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.

Theories and Methodologies of Translation History

Special Issue of The Translator (Volume 20 Number 1, 2014)

Call for papers for a special issue of The Translator guest edited by Christopher Rundle (University of Bologna and Manchester).