PACTE (Process of Acquisition of Translation Competence and Evaluation) is organising the Fifth International Conference on Research into the Didactics of Translation (didTRAD), which will be held at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 8-10 July, 2020.

This conference aims to provide a forum for researchers in the field of translator training.

Plenary Speaker: Don Kiraly, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

Conference Topics

Teaching translation: introduction to translation, legal translation, scientific translation, technical translation, literary translation, audiovisual translation, localization, inverse translation, etc.

Teaching interpreting: simultaneous interpreting, consecutive interpreting, community interpreting, etc.

Teaching signed languages interpreting and translation.

Teaching technologies for translators and interpreters.

Teaching language for translators and interpreters (L1 and L2).

Teaching professional aspects.

Assessment in translation and interpreting teaching.

Cross-cutting aspects of curriculum design: tutorials, final-year dissertations, placements, etc.

Applications of empirical research in translation and interpreting teaching.

Deadline for submissions: 19th January 2020

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