TOURS OFFERED TO PARTICIPANTS OF THE V IATIS CONFERENCE

The Local Organising Committee of the V IATIS Conference has made arrangements to provide a few tour options to conference participants. Although limited in number, the tours selected by the Local Organising Committee cover two daily tours in the vicinity of Belo Horizonte, Instituto Inhotim and Ouro Preto, and two longer tours to Serra do Cipó and along the Royal Road between Ouro Preto and Rio de Janeiro. To take advantage of the special tour rates, jointly organised by Master Turismo and Central do Estudante Travel Agencies, reservations must be made directly per e-mail.

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11 July or 12 July

Inhotim Instituto

Inhotim is home to a museological complex featuring a series of pavilions and galleries with works of art and sculptures on display in the open air. Its gardens are unique, with rare beauty and a landscaping design that exploits all the aesthetic possibilities of the botanical collection. The Inhotim experience mainly involves a spatial relationship between art and nature that allows the artists to create and show their works in unique conditions. The spectator is invited to stroll through gardens, forest landscapes and rural settings, roaming among lakes, trails, mountains and valleys, actively experiencing the space.

•  Transfer from hotels to Inhotim: 08:00 am
•  Duration of the tour: 09 hours
•  Transport in private vehicle (car, van, micro-bus or bus, depending on number of participants)
•  Complete tour of the museum complex - bilingual guide (English and Portuguese)  Entrance fee included
•  Lunch not included
•  Price per person: R$ 340,00 (minimum of 04 participants)  

11 July or 12 July

Ouro Preto

Unesco World Heritage Site Visit to the historical cities of Ouro Preto and Mariana
The visit includes the following sites: Igreja São Francisco de Assis, Museu de Mineralogia and Museu Casa dos Contos in Ouro Preto and Catedral da Sé (cathedral) in Mariana. Panoramic views of Museu da Inconfidência and Praça Tiradentes in Ouro Preto. Igreja do Carmo, Igreja de São Pedro, Casa de Câmara e Cadeia in Mariana.

• Departure: 08:00 am Duration of the tour: 10 hours
• Transport in private vehicle (car, van, micro-bus or bus, depending on number of participants)
• Bilingual guide (English and Portuguese)
• Lunch at Restaurante Casa dos Contos or Deguste (beverages not included)
• Price per person: R$ 380,00 (minimum of 04 participants)

11 to 12 July

Serra do Cipó National Park (Adventure tour): see http://www.serradocipo.com and http://www.serradocipo.com.br 

Itinerary: 02 days and 01 night
1st day: transfer from Belo Horizonte to Serra do Cipó. Lunch at Restaurante do Marquinho. After lunch, visit to Serra do Cipó National Park and Cachoeira Grande (waterfall). Check in at the hotel.
2nd day: After breakfast, check out the hotel and then visit to Cachoeira Véu da Noiva (waterfall). After that, lunch time and then transfer to Belo Horizonte (or Confins Airport).

Minimum of 07 participants

Prices per person:
Single R$ 1.365,00 
Double R$ 1.100,00 

The price includes:

• Transport in executive vehicle (Car, van, micro-bus or bus)
• Bilingual guide (English and Portuguese)
• 01 night stay at Pousada Carumbé with breakfast
• 02 meals (lunch)
• Entrance fees
• Travel assistance

The price doesn’t include:

• Beverages during the lunch
• Extra expenses  

13 to 16 July

Royal Road - from Belo Horizonte to Rio de Janeiro

Itinerary: 04 days and 03 nights
• 1st day: Belo Horizonte/Tiradentes Transfer from Belo Horizonte to Tiradentes. On the way, a stop in Congonhas, to visit Basílica Bom Jesus de Matozinhos, Capela dos Passos and Profetas. Lunch at Restaurante Cova do Daniel. Arrival in Tiradentes in the afternoon. Overnight stay at Pousada Mãe D’água or similar.
• 2nd day: Tiradentes/São João Del Rei Train journey (Maria Fumaça) from Tiradentes to São João Del Rei. Panoramic tour in São João and lunch at Restaurante Villeiros. Transfer back to Tiradentes by car. Overnight stay at Pousada Mãe D’água or similar.
• 3rd day: Tiradentes/Petrópolis After breakfast, transfer to Petrópolis. Lunch at Churrascaria Lago Sul. City tour in Petrópolis, visiting Museu Imperial, Gothic Cathedral, Santos Dummont’s house and Palácio de Cristal. Overnight stay at at Grande Hotel or similar.
• 4th day: Petrópolis/Rio de Janeiro After breakfast, transfer to Rio de Janeiro. End of the journey.

Minimum of 07 participants

Prices per person:
Single R$ 1.837,00
Double R$ 1.582,00

The price includes:

• Transport in executive vehicle (Car, van, micro-bus or bus)
• Bilingual guide (English and Portuguese)
• 03 daily rates of accommodation with breakfast (02 overnights in Tiradentes and 01 overnight in Petrópolis)
• 03 meals (lunch)
• Entrance fees
• Travel assistance

The price doesn’t include:

• Beverages during the lunch
• Extra expenses

The Local Organising Committee of the V IATIS Conference has made arrangements to provide accommodation offers to conference participants. Although limited in number, the accommodation options selected by the Local Organising Committee have taken into account two different locations, Savassi and Pampulha (see descriptions below), and a reasonable price range for Brazilian standards.

SAVASSI is a neighbourhood close to downtown Belo Horizonte, located approximately 12km from the UFMG Campus. Originally, a residential neighbourhood until the 1970s, it is now thriving with cafés, restaurants and situated within walking distant to the cultural circuit of Praça da Liberdade and Palácio das Artes with several options for cultural and evening entertainment.

PAMPULHA is a neighbourhood in the vicinity of the UFMG Campus and ideally located to those who want to avoid travelling back and forth between the hotel and the conference site. However, one should bear in mind that options for cultural and evening entertainment are rather limited around this neighbourhood.

Prices for all hotels include breakfast and daily transfers between the accommodation site and the conference venue, both in the morning (hotel/UFMG) and in the evening (UFMG/hotel)

To take advantage of the special rates arranged by the Local Organising Committee, accommodation must be booked directly per e-mail. Further information is available at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Here are the options:

ACCOMMODATION AROUND SAVASSI

Hotel Mercure Lourdes

Distance to UFMG: 10 km. Strategically located on Avenida do Contorno, one of Belo Horizonte's main arterial roads, the hotel is close to bars, restaurants and major city attractions. It offers all the comfort and facilities one needs for a conference trip. Start the day off with a delicious breakfast served from 6am, and enjoy the variety of services provided. Shuttle service included: Hotel/UFMG/Hotel

Daily rate: single, R$306,00 – double, R$330,00

ACCOMMODATION AROUND PAMPULHA

Pampulha - Soft Inn Hotel

Distance to UFMG: 3,6 km. The hotel has 170 rooms spread over 16 floors and offers free wi-fi and free parking. Soft Food, a new concept in restaurant and convenience store, open 24/7, features as main attraction of the services provided by the Soft Inn Hotel. Rooms are equipped with LCD TV, minibar, air conditioning, workbench and private bathrooms with free amenities. Shuttle service included: Hotel/UFMG/Hotel

Daily rate: single, R$190,00 – double, R$222,00 – triple, R$254,00

INSURANCE COVERAGE

Participants are strongly advised to take out an insurance policy to cover travel, accommodation and registration costs in case they have to cancel participation in the conference. There are plenty of insurance companies that cover not only cancellation costs for travel and accommodation but also for conference registration fees. Although this may increase your expense from the outset (by around 5%), it allows you to safely take advantage of the early-bird registration fee and to benefit from early-booked and non-cancellable airplane tickets and/or accommodation deals. Bear aware that most of these insurance coverages must be contracted on the very day you do the actual payment of your flight.

The Local Organising Committee leaves it up to delegates to compare insurances deals by themselves and opt out the possibility of recommending one or another. Delegates are welcome to use the conference Facebook page to share tips on accommodation, insurance and travel deals.

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Conference Theme

Multilingual and multimodal forms of interaction, prompted by material and symbolic exchanges in our increasingly globalized world, have brought new challenges to translation and intercultural studies. New technologies in the broadest sense of the word are sought by society in order to allow for a diversity of meanings to be created, exchanged, and disseminated on the basis of equality, complementarity and reciprocity. In this scenario, studies promoting and seeking innovation play a fundamental role in providing insights and solutions to meet those challenges.

The theme of the conference – ‘Innovation Paths in Translation and Intercultural Studies’ – is meant to foster exchanges and discussions on the topic.

Within the scope of IATIS 2015, innovation is understood in its broadest sense and includes not only new technological developments but also other relevant aspects, such as social and cultural innovation, including all forms of innovation which lead to changes in interactions and practices in translation and intercultural studies.

Related thematic areas include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Emergent practices in translation and intercultural studies
• Innovative approaches in language policy and social transformation related to translation and intercultural studies
• Innovative approaches to multilingualism, translation and intercultural studies
• Innovative approaches to the study of style in translation
• Innovative methodologies in the development of the profession, teaching and research
• Innovation in collaborative research with other disciplines/domains
• Innovation in audiovisual translation and media accessibility
• Interaction of translators and interpreters with and through technology 
• New approaches to different modalities of interpreting and translation
• New perspectives on the relationship between literature and translation
• New trends in empirical-experimental research in translation and interpreting
• Recent advances in signed and spoken language interpreting research, teaching and practice
• Teaching innovation in the classroom, in curriculum design, in education policy 
• The role of electronic data bases and bibliographies in translation historiography
• The use of IT in translation and interpreting research, teaching and practice

Confirmed Keynote Speakers and Lectures

ABSTRACTS OF LECTURES CLICK HERE

ARNT LYKKE JAKOBSEN

is professor of translation and translation technology at Copenhagen Business School (CBS). He taught English literature at Copenhagen University from 1972 to 1985, where he developed an interest in translation. In 1985, after joining CBS, his interest in translation became more oriented towards international business communication and translation technology. He developed the first version of Translog, a key-logging software, in 1995. Subsequent versions of the program have been a key technology in a wide range of experiments, including two major EU research projects, the Eye-to-IT and the CASMACAT projects. In 2005, Arnt Jakobsen established CRITT, the CBS Centre for Research and Innovation in Translation and Translation Technology, which he directed until 2014. CRITT’s main focus of research has been on developing and exploiting a methodology for translation process research using keylogging and eyetracking. Arnt Jakobsen was appointed CETRA professor for 2014.

LUCIA SPECIA

is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield, UK, where she is a member of the Natural Language Processing research group. Her research focuses on machine translation, with special emphasis on automatic evaluation and estimation of translation quality and on ways of making machine translation more useful to end-users such as professional translators. She is currently involved in various projects on machine translation, including the European initiatives QTLaunchPad (breaking quality barriers in machine translation) and EXPERT (empirical methods for machine translation), and the UK project Modist (discourse modelling for machine translation). Before joining the University of Sheffield in 2012, she was Senior Lecturer at the University of Wolverhampton, UK (2010-2011), and research engineer at the Xerox Research Centre, France (2008-2009). She received a PhD in Computer Science from the University of São Paulo, Brazil, in 2007.  

SABINE BRAUN

is Director of the Centre for Translation Studies at the University of Surrey. Her research focuses on new modalities of interpreting and translation, especially videoconference-based and remote interpreting, which is used increasingly to deliver interpreting services in business and public service contexts, and audio description, a growing media access service for blind and partially sighted people and a new modality of intersemiotic translation. Sabine Braun has led, and participated in, several multinational European projects relating to videoconferencing and legal interpreting. Furthermore, she is also interested in the use of methods and new technologies in interpreter education and currently leads a European consortium which develops and evaluates a dedicated 3D virtual reality environment to simulate interpreting practice. Sabine Braun teaches Interpreting Studies and Applied Linguistics, and has developed several MA programmes in interpreting at the University of Surrey.

KOBUS MARAIS

is Associate Professor in translation studies in the Department of Linguistics and Language Practice at the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, in South Africa. He is also the Programme Director for the Language Practice Programme. His research is aimed at providing a conceptual framework for linking translation and development, focusing on the African context in which he works. Combining a philosophy of complexity with semiotics and biosemiotics, he is working towards a semiosic response theory of development. He is a founding member of the Summer School for Translation Studies in Africa of which the fourth meeting will be held in 2016. His recent book, Translation theory and development studies: A complexity theory approach, won the University of the Free State Prize for Distinguished Scholarship.

As the conference official carrier, TAP Portugal has agreed with IATIS, the International Association for Translation and Intercultural Studies, in the scope of the "V IATIS Congress" to be held in Belo Horizonte from 6th to 10th July 2015, to offer a discount to participants who make their flight booking and buy their ticket exclusively through TAP Portugal's website.

The discounts offered are the following:

- 10% in economy class

- 20% in business class

Conditions

The discount applicable to this event is only valid for online bookings made through TAP Portugal's website www.flytap.com and with payment by credit card. The ticket will always be an electronic ticket.

Bookings made previously by travel agencies or at TAP desks are not eligible for this discount.

The final price shown at the end of the booking is the final fare, including the discount and all related taxes. The discount is applicable only over the fare, excluding all taxes related to the voyage.

The discount only applies to TAP operated flights. Bookings on or which include code-share flights operated by other airlines or on other airlines do not benefit from the discount. Code-share flights are identified on online bookings with the message "OAL" or

The discount is not accumulative with fares for resident/student/child/infant/senior, etc.

The conditions and restrictions regarding changes and refunds are those of the applicable fare. Please check the fare details before ending your booking.

Who can benefit

The discount applies only for travel to the event. It is valid for round trip journeys from any TAP destination to Belo Horizonte (following airports Belo Horizonte (CNF) Rio de Janeiro (GIG), S. Paulo (GRU), Brasilia (BSB), Viracopos (VCP)).

The booking can be made at any time. The travel dates must be comprehended in the period of 10 days before / 10 days after the event dates. The dates of the event must be comprehended in the period of travel.

The discount is also extended to the participants accompanying persons (adults).

How to benefit from the discount

If you are interested in taking advantage of the TAP offer, please complete the registration process (see HERE), pay the respective conference fees, and then write to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to ask for the promotion code that will entitle you and your travel companions to have a discount when buying your tickets on the TAP WEBSITE.

How to make the booking

To make the booking, the participant should follow these steps:

- enter the website www.flytap.com

- select flights and dates

- insert the event code in the Promotion/Congress Code Box, located on the left side of the webpage

Example:

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