3^rd International Conference

Translation, Technology and Globalization in Multilingual Context, New Delhi, June 23-26, 2012

Jointly organized by Indian Translators Association and linguainda

Venue: Instituto Cervantes (Official Cultural Center of Govt. of Spaian), New Delhi

The previous international conference on “Role of Translation in Nation Building, Nationalism and Supranationalism” held in Delhi on December 16-19, 2010 at Instituto Cervantes has shown how translators play a key role in social and cultural change in society and help in dissemination of the ever expanding knowledge and information available, and how their role becomes more important in the Indian context as they help in spread of knowledge to all corners of Indian society that consists of a mosaic of sub-cultures and sub identities within multilingual and multicultural contexts.

The Third International Conference on “Translation, Technology and Globalization in Multilingual Context” extends these discussions to interrelationship between translation, technology and globalization followed by pedagogic challenges and professional development of translators.

Against this background, the International Conference on Translation, Technology and Globalization in Multilingual Context would like focus on the following themes:

FOCUS AREAS/ THEMES

 · Globalization, internationalization, localization and translation (GILT)

 · Translation in Interrelation with Globalization and Technology

 · Government policies towards translation and languages

 · Channels of communication and the mass media

 · Teaching and training in translation and interpreting

 · Theoretical approaches to translation

 · Pedagogic challenges in translation

 · Translation and interpreting as a profession

 · The role of the translation service providers

 · Translation Management in Global Markets

 · Team building and marketing of translation services

 · Quality Standards in Translation

 · Terminology management and project management in translation

 · The publishing industry and translation

 · Copyright in translation: theories and practices

 · Content management

 · Machine and memory tools in translation

 · Technology and innovation in translation

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Organizing Committee invites papers on the above mentioned themes. Abstract (400 words) should be submitted by April 20, 2012. While submitting your abstract kindly mention Title of your Paper and also attach your biodata (brief profile) and photo along with your contact details and e-mail address. Please send your abstract, paper and queries to ITAINDIA Secretariat at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Or call at: +91-11-26291676/41675530 Mobile: +91-9810268481 / +91-8287636881 Web: www.itaindia.org Skype: itaindia.net

Politeness and Audience Response in Chinese-English Subtitling 
Xiaohui Yuan

"Image, Music, Text…?" Translating Multimodalities

Issue n° 20 January 2013

Edited by Margaret Clarke, Caterina Jeffcote and Carol O’Sullivan

JoSTrans is an electronic, peer-reviewed journal bringing non-literary translation issues to the fore. Published bi-annually, it includes articles, reviews and streamed interviews by translation scholars and professionals.

The Journal of Specialised Translation will publish a special issue on translation and multimodality in 2013. Translation is usually thought of as being about the printed word, but in today’s multimodal environment translators must take account of other signifying elements too. Words may interact with still and moving images, diagrams, music, typography or page layout. Multimodal meaning-making is deployed for promotional, political, expressive and informative purposes which must be understood and accounted for by technical translators, literary translators, copywriters, subtitlers, localisers and other language professionals.

Contributions are invited on any aspect of the area. Suggested topics might relate to but are not limited to:

· Image and text: advertising, visual communication

· Technical writing, diagrams, layout and document design

· Illustration, bindings, typography and paratexts

· Comics, cartoons, graphic novels, intersemiotic translation

· Song, opera and music in translation

· (Poly)semiotic interferences and intertextualities

· Written to be spoken; the audiomedial text

· Performance, staging, movement; sign language interpreting

· Subtitling, dubbing, surtitling, mise-en-scène, audiodescription, videogame localisation

· Paralinguistic issues and non-verbal communication

 Multimodal spaces: museums, tourist sites, the World Wide Web 

We welcome a broad range of approaches to translation, including presentations with an empirical, critical, pedagogical, technological or professional focus.

Job Announcement

The Department of Translation Studies at the University of Graz is seeking to appoint a Professor of Translation Studies (40 hours per week, expected starting date: 1 October 2012).

The responsibilities of the successful candidate will include research, teaching, management and administrative duties.

Applications are to be submitted by April 11, 2012. For details please see the complete job announcement in the attachment or click on

http://www.uni-graz.at/en/uedo1www/uedo1www_stellen_praktika/ausschreibung__99_professur.htm

Postgraduate Students Conference 2012: Methods & Approaches in Translation Studies

 
Hong Kong Baptist University – Translation Center
2 – 5 May 2012

Call for Abstracts


The Centre for Translation of the Hong Kong Baptist University organizes its second International Postgraduate Students Conference in Translation Studies to further pursue its attempts to provide young researchers from all research areas with the opportunity to share and discuss their research.

Conference Aims
The Postgraduate Students Conference aims to:
•       enhance mutual understanding and cooperation among students of the tertiary institutions and to encourage creative and constructive endeavors which are conducive to students' learning and overall development;
•       provide local/international postgraduate students with an opportunity not only to exchange their views but also to benefit from the comments of prominent international scholars in the discipline; and
•       foster a supportive environment in which young researchers can exchange ideas on current themes and issues in translation and interpreting studies.

Keynote Speaker:  Professor Sherry Simon (Concordia University Montreal, Montreal)

Languages & The Media

Translation Studies Symposium

 
"Training Postgraduate Students for the Translation Profession:
Didactic Implications and Research Opportunities"

University of Auckland, New Zealand

Friday, 16 of March 2012, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Conference Centre Lecture Theatre, School of Engineering
22 Symonds Street (No Registration Fee)

Keynote: Assoc. Prof. Maria González Davies (Barcelona)


This symposium aims to showcase both work and research capabilities
within the field of translator training and to reflect upon the various
pedagogical contexts in which the training of translators is embedded,
in particular in New Zealand and at the level of postgraduate studies.
The training of translators often takes place in a primarily
non-translator training context, which involves a number of didactic
challenges such as the heterogeneity of the student body in terms of
language competence, their previous studies and the level of this
study, their motivations, cultural backgrounds and norms, and other
influencing factors. Other topics that will be addressed during the
symposium involve opportunities for research and teaching collaboration
that may emerge across various universities, departments and/or
disciplines, as well as the exploration of specific didactic methods
employed for the teaching of specialized translation courses. The
research presented is also highly applicable to the daily lives of
professional translators.